Journal 2- First Reactions
Hey everyone! This journal is going to be about my first reactions of Covid-19 and when I learned that we were getting time off of school, and then when we learned that we weren't going back to school until further notice so it was going to be online.
When I first heard of the corona virus, I didn't think much of it. I just figured it was some sort of flu in China and it wasn't a big deal. It started getting a little more serious, but I was still skeptical and not really believing that it was that big a deal. Then it started spreading around the world, but it was still overseas. By then I figured it was probably fairly serious, especially when I heard that Italy had closed its borders so that nobody could carry the virus in or out so that they could take care of it. It started getting closer and closer to us, until it was finally in the United States and Canada, and I was getting a little nervous about it. Everybody started buying all of the toilet paper and freaking out and buying everything in sight.
I feel bad for all of the seniors who are missing out on their final year at high school and whose proms got cancelled. I don't understand why they couldn't just postpone the proms and have them in the gyms or cafeterias of their school, because I'm sure the students would rather have their prom in their gymnasium than not have it at all, especially the girls that spent hundreds of dollars on their prom dresses. I also feel bad for the kids in grades 7 and 8 who won't get to go on their fun year-end trips and the grade 8's that won't get their graduation. I feel like I'm pretty lucky to be in grade 10 right now because I'm not missing out on my freshman year or my last year and prom, and the work is probably easier in grade 10 than grade 11.
When I first heard of the corona virus, I didn't think much of it. I just figured it was some sort of flu in China and it wasn't a big deal. It started getting a little more serious, but I was still skeptical and not really believing that it was that big a deal. Then it started spreading around the world, but it was still overseas. By then I figured it was probably fairly serious, especially when I heard that Italy had closed its borders so that nobody could carry the virus in or out so that they could take care of it. It started getting closer and closer to us, until it was finally in the United States and Canada, and I was getting a little nervous about it. Everybody started buying all of the toilet paper and freaking out and buying everything in sight.
We were told about two days before March Break that we were getting two weeks off after March Break so that people that went on vacation over the break would have the two weeks for the symptoms to show up, so then we would have three weeks off total. I was pretty happy about that, not because I don't like school, which I do, just because I needed a break, so I was happy that we got three weeks off. We were told at the end of the two extra weeks, however, that we were getting more time off, and eventually they announced that we were going to be off indefinitely. By then I was getting a little bored, but we started work online, so I got a little less bored. When they first announced the extra time off I was okay it, but after a week or so I wanted to go back to school and see my friends, and some of the subjects I have this semester are easier in-class than online, like science. Eventually though, I got used to online work and realized that we seemed to have less work online, but I still wanted to go back to school to see my friends.
Now, I feel like the situation got a bit better, and the moment people heard that it wasn't as bad they went right outside and doing things again, so the progress that we made went down the drain and we had to start all over again and stay home even longer. That made me pretty mad. I still want to see my friends, but I think it would be fairly pointless to go back to school now that we only have a couple of months left.
I feel bad for all of the seniors who are missing out on their final year at high school and whose proms got cancelled. I don't understand why they couldn't just postpone the proms and have them in the gyms or cafeterias of their school, because I'm sure the students would rather have their prom in their gymnasium than not have it at all, especially the girls that spent hundreds of dollars on their prom dresses. I also feel bad for the kids in grades 7 and 8 who won't get to go on their fun year-end trips and the grade 8's that won't get their graduation. I feel like I'm pretty lucky to be in grade 10 right now because I'm not missing out on my freshman year or my last year and prom, and the work is probably easier in grade 10 than grade 11.
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