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Covid completely changed my life. For me personally when I look back at how covid
affected me I get a really bitter taste in my mouth. It ruined college plans, highschool, and the
summer. Although I hate to look at it only negatively, I think you grow as a person in
uncomfortable situations so I will try to explain a few positives that it brought me. Throughout
this essay I’ll explain, almost in timeline fashion how covid turned everything upside down.
The day is march 27th, 2020 and I am sitting in my principal's office getting suspended
from school. As I leave the parking lot at about noon on a day where we as students get out at
2:15 I was actually kind of happy I no longer had to be in school. My best friend's truck
happened to be in the shop that day so I went back at 2:15 after school to pick him up. Once we
got to his house we got an email that stated “due to covid-19 reasons we will be continuing our
school year remotely…..”. Those first four words became the basis of about half the information
I would receive over the next year. A positive, I no longer had a suspension to serve but my
entire senior year had been ended. I was sitting in that office earlier that day not realizing that
that was the last time I would ever be in a highschool setting. This was the theme that was
starting to develop. I began to have things stript from me due to covid, this was the first of many
“due to covid 19s” I would receive.
The date is June 6th, 2020 and I am scheduled to graduate. It had been cancelled for a
while by then but it was still a big deal to many of us. Following our teachers driving gift baskets
to our house for the sole reason of them feeling bad for us, we hopped in the car and went to
graduation. However, we wouldn’t leave the car, I could when I first got there to see all of my
friends in their caps and gowns in a different parking lot. We drove the snake path that my High
school parking lot makes. I passed each grade of teachers I had gone through previously to
begin at the highschool as they were lined up throughout the parking lot. By the time I got to the
front and past all my teachers it was my turn to step out of the car, walk up to the entrance of
the school, grab my diploma, then instantly get back into the car and drive off. I drove off that
day upset with the way everything had turned out. This once in a lifetime event had been
destroyed “due to covid 19”.
The months of April and some of may consisted of me sneaking out of my house to see
people. Basically the whole country was in lockdown “due to covid 19”. I enjoy alone time but
was never the one to be alone for days, weeks, and months on end. This was new for me and
changed my perspective on a lot of things. This time period changed me in both good and bad
ways. I grew so much as a person simply off of having time to reflect but the same thing that
made me grow is also what tore me apart. Thinking too much can be evil and when I was in
quarantine I saw this for the first time. For the first time in my life I was aware that I was being
self conscious and just overall unsure of how to carry myself. I was confused, but all I could do
was sit in my room and think some more. This created some dark days, however I can’t dismiss
the fact that some of these days gave me the opportunity to figure stuff out. Concepts that I had
rejected spending the time thinking about, were now at the forefront of my brain because I had
no distractions. I figured out things about the world around me, my friends and family, and most
importantly myself. It sucked but I don’t know if quarantine will hinder me when I’m older, I think
I grew a lot as a person during this time period.
The date is today, Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 and I am sitting in my dorm reading
the number of covid related deaths in America. 226,383. Just like that we went from the last day
of highschool to now. The number rose so quickly I thought the news station was lying
everytime I looked, It would jump 10,000 in a day. However, I’m sitting in my dorm reflecting on
how school has gone this year while being in a pandemic. Everytime I leave my dorm I run
through a mental checklist. Normally I would just grab my phone and my ID but now I have to
remember my mask. If I Forgot it and was caught I would get kicked out of school with no
questions asked and no refund. My friends have been getting kicked out of school every other
weekend for having their masks over their mouth but not all the way up over their nose which is
extremely against the rules. You can’t have more than four people in one room at the same time
but we do probably every day. You always have to look over your shoulder in case there’s an
RA and trouble presents itself. The list of things you have to do because of covid is ridiculously
long but you get the point. The amount of added stress to our lives because of covid is
immeasurable. At college you’re supposed to stress about school and that’s literally the last
thing I worry about on a day to day basis. How can I think about what I just learned in my
business class? When Donald Trump is ruining our country, the political divide is at its highest in
centuries, and there’s a disease killing hundreds of thousands of Americans.
“Due to covid” we had to sacrifice a lot. We gave up things that everyone in every year
prior to us had had. Mentally it tore us apart and gave the US some of the biggest Depression
and anxiety problems it had ever seen, with a suicide rate that was going through the roof. For
many people that weren’t as fortunate as I am got completely destroyed by covid, and some that
had enough money to go where they wanted and stay there, were unaffected. I can’t speak for
everyone on how Covid affected them but for me it’s just put a depressing stamp on everything
that’s happened since February.
affected me I get a really bitter taste in my mouth. It ruined college plans, highschool, and the
summer. Although I hate to look at it only negatively, I think you grow as a person in
uncomfortable situations so I will try to explain a few positives that it brought me. Throughout
this essay I’ll explain, almost in timeline fashion how covid turned everything upside down.
The day is march 27th, 2020 and I am sitting in my principal's office getting suspended
from school. As I leave the parking lot at about noon on a day where we as students get out at
2:15 I was actually kind of happy I no longer had to be in school. My best friend's truck
happened to be in the shop that day so I went back at 2:15 after school to pick him up. Once we
got to his house we got an email that stated “due to covid-19 reasons we will be continuing our
school year remotely…..”. Those first four words became the basis of about half the information
I would receive over the next year. A positive, I no longer had a suspension to serve but my
entire senior year had been ended. I was sitting in that office earlier that day not realizing that
that was the last time I would ever be in a highschool setting. This was the theme that was
starting to develop. I began to have things stript from me due to covid, this was the first of many
“due to covid 19s” I would receive.
The date is June 6th, 2020 and I am scheduled to graduate. It had been cancelled for a
while by then but it was still a big deal to many of us. Following our teachers driving gift baskets
to our house for the sole reason of them feeling bad for us, we hopped in the car and went to
graduation. However, we wouldn’t leave the car, I could when I first got there to see all of my
friends in their caps and gowns in a different parking lot. We drove the snake path that my High
school parking lot makes. I passed each grade of teachers I had gone through previously to
begin at the highschool as they were lined up throughout the parking lot. By the time I got to the
front and past all my teachers it was my turn to step out of the car, walk up to the entrance of
the school, grab my diploma, then instantly get back into the car and drive off. I drove off that
day upset with the way everything had turned out. This once in a lifetime event had been
destroyed “due to covid 19”.
The months of April and some of may consisted of me sneaking out of my house to see
people. Basically the whole country was in lockdown “due to covid 19”. I enjoy alone time but
was never the one to be alone for days, weeks, and months on end. This was new for me and
changed my perspective on a lot of things. This time period changed me in both good and bad
ways. I grew so much as a person simply off of having time to reflect but the same thing that
made me grow is also what tore me apart. Thinking too much can be evil and when I was in
quarantine I saw this for the first time. For the first time in my life I was aware that I was being
self conscious and just overall unsure of how to carry myself. I was confused, but all I could do
was sit in my room and think some more. This created some dark days, however I can’t dismiss
the fact that some of these days gave me the opportunity to figure stuff out. Concepts that I had
rejected spending the time thinking about, were now at the forefront of my brain because I had
no distractions. I figured out things about the world around me, my friends and family, and most
importantly myself. It sucked but I don’t know if quarantine will hinder me when I’m older, I think
I grew a lot as a person during this time period.
The date is today, Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 and I am sitting in my dorm reading
the number of covid related deaths in America. 226,383. Just like that we went from the last day
of highschool to now. The number rose so quickly I thought the news station was lying
everytime I looked, It would jump 10,000 in a day. However, I’m sitting in my dorm reflecting on
how school has gone this year while being in a pandemic. Everytime I leave my dorm I run
through a mental checklist. Normally I would just grab my phone and my ID but now I have to
remember my mask. If I Forgot it and was caught I would get kicked out of school with no
questions asked and no refund. My friends have been getting kicked out of school every other
weekend for having their masks over their mouth but not all the way up over their nose which is
extremely against the rules. You can’t have more than four people in one room at the same time
but we do probably every day. You always have to look over your shoulder in case there’s an
RA and trouble presents itself. The list of things you have to do because of covid is ridiculously
long but you get the point. The amount of added stress to our lives because of covid is
immeasurable. At college you’re supposed to stress about school and that’s literally the last
thing I worry about on a day to day basis. How can I think about what I just learned in my
business class? When Donald Trump is ruining our country, the political divide is at its highest in
centuries, and there’s a disease killing hundreds of thousands of Americans.
“Due to covid” we had to sacrifice a lot. We gave up things that everyone in every year
prior to us had had. Mentally it tore us apart and gave the US some of the biggest Depression
and anxiety problems it had ever seen, with a suicide rate that was going through the roof. For
many people that weren’t as fortunate as I am got completely destroyed by covid, and some that
had enough money to go where they wanted and stay there, were unaffected. I can’t speak for
everyone on how Covid affected them but for me it’s just put a depressing stamp on everything
that’s happened since February.