High School vs. COVID

Four years ago, during the last period of Bobby Parrish’s freshman year, when the flowers were starting to bloom and the sun starting to shine. It was like any other day for many, students doing their own thing, and friends talking and laughing about something pointless. Then, everything changed in the blink of an eye. The school bell rang as students flooded the streets on their way home from a long Friday. Students were suddenly informed that they were to stay at home because of something that seemed unimportant to many. While students navigated this new form of learning, many wondered what was to come next. For people at the time, COVID was something that majorly affected their high school experience. And for Bobby, the effect was inspiring. “We were not together, but we were still able to learn in a weird way even though it wasn’t a physical way, and I think that was really important…

[it was] a lesson that I would not have learned if COVID hadn’t happened.” Being able to bond with others over a Zoom call was a life lesson that he was grateful for learning, and even though it was during a tough time for everyone he still found a way to see a good side to things and didn’t let digital learning stop him from connecting with others.