One huge thing that I learned this year is that life can be very unpredictable. I had high hopes of finishing my junior year with holding up the graduation flags for my senior friends during their graduation but instead they got a drive through graduation and I got some boba for finishing up my junior year. I cant complain that much because at least I got to spend the last couple months in quarantine getting closer with my family and really understanding how they work when I am not home.

I am really going to miss my senior friends because I have known them for 3 years and they are the closest thing I have to a second family. They most likely taught me more about life than school has. I know that once this huge mess has calmed down, I won’t be able to get off of them. I will finally be able to hang out with my second family and make up for the lost time.

The past few months have been very hectic with all of my online school work. I have to admit, the online school was nice sometimes because it gave me time to plan my days out better and make up a schedule that works for me the best. Most of my teachers would give me the schedule for the week on Sunday or Monday which would help with my time management. Some days I would feel really overwhelmed with all the work I had to do but my teachers were understanding if I did not turn an assignment in on time because of stress or other things. I really appreciated that all my teachers were concerned for their students and wanted to make sure that we were still learning everything we needed to. My teachers didn’t give out as many tests as I initially thought they would so that was very nice.

However, some of my classes worked better when they were in person. My chemistry class was the hardest class for me during this time because I could not understand the concepts as much as I did in person. I was able to teach myself the information with a little help from the textbook but I was confused most of the time. My teacher would give us assignments everyday and that was very overwhelming because although they were not due, they were still full of useful information that I thought I would be able to retain for the test on Friday. Our class would have small tests and quizzes every Friday which would help me understand what I would have to study more but I wouldn’t get the best grades on them. Sometimes they would hurt my grade more than help my grade which made me upset.

I would like to have a block schedule for next year because I miss being taught face to face and there would still be online school to help me with time management but I won’t be able to see all of my friends as much. Hopefully the school comes up with a option that allows the students time with the teachers for questions and a online aspect for those who like being online.

A couple things that kept me going and positive was looking forward to next year because it will be my senior year, listening to music through Spotify/YouTube, and looking at the message I made for myself. However, that does not mean I am still not nervous for next year. I have to keep reminding myself that I am not the only one impacted from this and everyone else in the world is going through sometime similar. With so much chaos going on in the world, I find comfort knowing that this will change the world hopefully for the better. I am going to be apart of history and I look forward to reading all about everyones experience with this year.