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It Ruined My Senior Year: Opinion
it ruined my senior year: Opinions from
seniors on The growl
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With this current pandemic, everything has been really crazy at my house between my family and I. I love my family— don’t get me wrong — but when you are having to be in the house with them 24/7, it gets pretty annoying. It is especially hard when my 3-year-old little sister wants my attention when I am trying to do school work. This has also affected me and my friends because we can’t really see each other during all this. We either have to Facetime or text to stay connected. It also affects my classes; producing this magazine was hard to do because it was difficult getting interviews and talking with other staff members. This is a huge thing that is affecting my life, and it is just difficult to finish senior year off strongly. But with all the staff and teachers emailing us and making sure we are all doing all right, it is very encouraging, and it helps us to keep going. Being able to see and talk to old friends during class calls is nice. And with all the support from random people decorating doors and leaving encouraging letters, this is becoming easier for me. McKenna Frakes Maddy Stadler & Jordan Lear & McKenna Frakes MADDY STADLER
We are going to get through this together. You are loved. You are stronger than this virus. You are so much more than you think. We will come out of this stronger and more united than ever before. We are living through uncertain times, but I know with faith, we will have victory over this war we are fighting. Don’t fight one
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: JORDAN LEAR
JORDAN LEAR
Life’s crazy. We have all had to adapt in different ways, but I think we can all agree that the transition from daily school to online was rough. Some classes just aren’t meant to be taken online— but that’s ok. We have such a wonderful teaching staff. Thankfully, my family have been so supportive of my sister and I. Being stuck in the house everyday sucks — that’s obvious. My friends and I hang out all the time, but because of this we can’t. Though there are more negatives than positives, I can say that a positive for me is that I can be outdoors a lot more. Since I’m leaving for Nebraska in August, I’m trying to get as much hiking and outdoors activities done. So far, because of the quarantine I can do just that. Though my senior year was ruined, I can say proudly that I am stronger than before. Thank you, ThunderRidge, for your help and support these past four years. Once a Grizzly, always a Grizzly.
MCKENNA FRAKES
The coronavirus has made a huge impact on my life not only physically, but mentally as well. I no longer get to have the best part of my senior year, I get no prom and there is a small chance of me actually getting a graduation ceremony. So when all these announcements came out, I felt like my whole world was crushed and over. I was sad and angry. But truly how is this affecting me personally? I can’t hang out with my friends anymore or for long periods of time. So I really miss getting to laugh with them. We used to be so close and now I feel like we struggle to find time to hang out. Communication with others is hard, since we can really only text and FaceTime. My family is all at home and I have no place to go other than my room. I feel like everyday is the same as the one before it. I FaceTime almost every other day and on the weekends with my extended family, and we have a happy hour and just talk and chat for a while. I think this has been a big eye opener for me personally. I’ve been able to help my community more, and I ap preciate what’s in front of me so I am able to love in the moment. I wish life would go back to our normal, but life for me hasn’t really ever been normal, so I think that’s helped me a lot to cope with this situation.
