This year has certainly been a roller coaster to say the least not only for me but for everyone. Everyone staying at home during time has probably gone through very similar situations in there time in quarantine. From school to staying home and watching Netflix. Some people even consider this as one of the worst years to every happened. Who would have predicted our school year comes to a stop from a virus.

From the very beginning of this year tons of events has took place. From Kobe’s death to the first case of Covid-19 in the US this year has not slowed down in the slightest bit. The real journey starts on March 13 for the students of Fountain Valley High School. School cancels and school is pretty much out for the rest of the year. Seems great and all not going to school. For me I thought it was great school was fun and all but eventually you get bored of it. We are off until spring break that was the estimated time that we were predicted to come back. Little did we know March 13 was the last time we would be at school for that school year.

Distance learning had to be placed as soon as possible due to school possibly not coming back. This is the start of zoom and Google Meet calls. Distance learning had different views on it some people hated it and some loved it. I personally did not have a problem with distance learning. Sure, the workload seems a bit more but that was due to us being at home. Being at school the learning environment was so much more different that learning at home. I usually do my homework in my room right next to my bed. I would see my bed and say one nap won’t hurt and wake up 5 hours later. Classes grading system did take a turn since distance learning was added this year. This helped many students get there grade up during this time period. Distance learning had its ups and downs but in the end I thought every teacher did a good job trying to educated their students.

Being in quarantine you have time to work on yourself more. Like many other people they have picked up new skills during this quarantine. People began baking, cooking, learning to do card tricks, and etc. All things that are extremely useful to past the time during this quarantine. Just like every teen during quarantine we all have stayed up until 5 am doing something that is a waste of time. The more time you spend by yourself you begin to self reflect on the past year and what have you done. During this time I’m often asked if I was doing okay or how was I feeling. I have never been asked how I’ve been feeling in general. This made me think, was I really happy during quarantine or was I not. Just like anyone out there reading this will probably be asked the same question. I hope that people going through quarantine and feeling really sad uses this time to seek the help they need through a friend or anyway they find impactful.

As this school year comes to an end, I am glad I at least meet my teachers before quarantined took place. During this time I have found many ways to check on my well being and I hope you can too. For the people protesting for the BLM movement find justice for the people that have passed away. Until then I hope whoever reads knows that whatever you seek in this year they will find.

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