How My Life Changed During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Three years ago when I was 13, everything in my life was going well. I had social interactions every day at school and lots of recreational activities afterward. I went swimming twice a week and practiced the breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, and was learning the sidestroke. My favorite time was during Sunday sessions; we had […]
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How Masking Impacted My in-school experience
After one year of online learning in 8th grade, I chose blended learning for my freshman year at Beacon High School. I only had to go in person one day a week, and during the rest of the week my classes were held remotely. But I soon learned it didn’t really make sense to go […]
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My Parents are anti-vaxxers
My parents are against getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Before 2020, I never heard them say anything about conspiracies or anything close to being fanatical. Then in the early months of the pandemic, my mom or dad began to show me random Facebook posts with captions like “Covid is a hoax!” alongside a crude illustration of […]
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What Online Learning Has Been Like For Me
In mid-March 2020, I was having a wonderful week in school until I heard these words come out of my 8th-grade science teacher’s mouth: “So guys, if you haven’t heard about COVID-19, cases are rising so there’s a possible chance we’ll be out of school, and if it gets worse, we might not come back.” […]
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