COVID-19 Situation

       I remember before the school closure was announced, many of my teachers were very sure that school would not be canceled and some talked to us about the pandemic, but that same day, right after lunch, at the beginning of 5th period, the school closure was announced. A few days before that Friday, many events were already being canceled, but people still were not expecting school to be closed because the school district had assured everyone that school would stay open.

       On March 13, 2020, school was confirmed to be canceled for three weeks. Just until right after spring break, school was scheduled to start again on April 6, 2020, but that changed. On March 24, 2020, and email was sent out by the school district that the school closures would be extended to May 1. This was of course very devastating, and I thought that It wouldn't get worse, but on April 1, 2020, school was confirmed to be canceled for the rest of the school year. I won't be able to see my friends in person, and I won't be able to celebrate my birthday with my friends. 

       I was super sad, and all my friends were sad about it, and one of my teachers even sent out emails to talk about the situation. The coronavirus has forced everyone to go into quarantine. My parents won't even let me leave the house, and for the first time in a very long time, I'm finally writing a blog post. Since I'm in quarantine, I wrote that shorter blog post a few minutes ago about my old journals. This pandemic is extremely severe, and there have been over one million cases.
       EDL, or emergency distance learning, has also been a very big change that I'm still not very used to. I personally think that it's harder to learn without a teacher in front of you. For me, we don't even do video calls or anything, our teachers just assign us homework, they don't really teach us. It's not a very effective way of learning, but at the same time EDL is kind of nice. I can stay at home all day, and finish my work before lunch, so I can have free time in the afternoon. I'm still very surprised that this happened, and it's like we're living in history right now. In the future, people will read about the 2020 pandemic that caused everything to stop. I just want everyone to stay healthy and safe.