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What milestones, teenage rituals or rites of passage have you missed this year? It could be a sports tournament, a special birthday, a school dance or even just time spent with friends after school. How has it felt to have another year changed by the pandemic?

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Tell us about a milestone you observed during the pandemic that you were not able to celebrate the way you had imagined. What did you originally want the celebration to be like? How did your plans change because of the pandemic? What did that change feel like? Was it empowering to create your own tradition? Or was it hard to not celebrate the milestone the way you wanted?

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Tell us about a milestone you observed during the pandemic that you were not able to celebrate the way you had imagined. What did you originally want the celebration to be like? How did your plans change because of the pandemic? What did that change feel like? Was it empowering to create your own tradition? Or was it hard to not celebrate the milestone the way you wanted?

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What do you think about the new traditions the teenagers in the article came up with for their important moments? Have you created any pandemic-friendly rituals to celebrate your accomplishments and milestones over the past year? Do you feel inspired to commemorate upcoming occasions in a new way?

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Tommy Sinclair said that Covid-adapted rituals, even when they were sometimes less fun, were “better than not doing anything at all.” Do you agree with this sentiment? Have you found creative ways to participate in the activities you’ve looked forward to, like school plays or the prom? Or have you struggled with the mask mandates and social distancing requirements?

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Amaya Wangeshi said that she and her friends “feel lost in time.” Do you identify with this feeling? If yes, in what ways have you felt lost? If not, how have you found meaning at this time?

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If you’re in your senior year, did you anticipate events like visiting colleges, attending the senior prom and crossing the graduation stage? What has it felt like to not experience those milestones? What have you done in their place, if anything?

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Since my junior year, I missed out on many things. My plans to attend prom were canceled and it's a miracle. I hate school dances and avoid them, but I wanted to go out for a night, dip and then go to downtown. My friends who did graduate didn't get to on a stage and it was a little sad. Covid cancelled our plans to celebrate them. Now that I am in my senior year, I am happy we get to graduate on stage, but it sucks. We never got a prom, and honestly I love the idea of staying home. But having the option to go out anytime would be nice.

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Q6: I felt like I was robbed from my money with the fact that junior dues were paid, though we are having graduation and our cap and gowns were pre-ordered so, that's not necessarily an issue, but if I had to be honest about the way I felt losing my chances with these thing, my initial reaction was " Oh nooo, anyways.." like as if I'd go with a passion. I did not care so much so the activities, but instead only for the cost, and either have I tried to substitute any of the events.

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Q4: Thinking about, No. I wouldn't lost to time, because looking at how we all communicate the stress frustrations, and dilemmas we have, in all of ourselves, we have develop in some way, not waiting for some pandemic to say "Stop, and stay there." If we're also here to talk about life meaning, it's stress enough even give yourself time for that concept and have melded into your brain, as a motivator or something you feel like using to carry on. I didn't have to find meaning, I innovated the on I have currently, and made it stronger.

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I would definitely relate with “feel[ing] lost in time” because of the pandemic. Everything has felt kind of surreal in a way and the concept of time has kind of felt absent in a situation where it felt like everyday was the same. There wasn’t much to do during the pandemic and it felt like the days were going by fast and slow at the same time. This was a weird feeling and there wasn’t much to do else from what was required. It was a “just to get by” mood.

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I don't agree with this at all. I would prefer to do nothing than to attend virtual events. I appreciate the effort that the people behind these events put into them but no. It's not the same as being there in person and experiencing it for yourself. It's better to have your own experience at an event and when you attend a virtual event everybody has the same experience looking at the same thing on their screens.

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The new traditions that the teenagers came up with for their important memories was a creative idea. They managed to make sure that they were able to make new memories with all the limiting circumstances. Their creativity is a good indication that they didn’t let the pandemic ruin all their fun. I haven’t created any rituals because of the lack of motivation I have experienced. However, this article did inspire me to become more creative and take different approaches as it may influence positive behavior.

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Q3: The traditions that they made for themselves  in the time where their important events were ruined is nice. It's nice, because in the idea of going ahead and pushing the limitation for a benefit to your life where you felt you were stopped for doing something you've been waiting for and had it ripped away from you, is commendable. Now with me, it was never a thought. I stay home, I go get snacks, I buy tea, I lounge, I work, and I do practically plentiful of things that never required me to be with others. I stayed still in the instance of knowing, "Well, what regular thing I do, should I do?" Not necessarily needing to think about it.  I would say that I'm inspired to go out with friends more often, but that varys.

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I know a lot of clubs did virtual meetings, but it honestly just didn't feel the same. I used to love going into clubs, sitting down with some friends and being able to talk about life when we were suppose to be quiet. All these meetings, conferences, clubs and classes online just suck. I was overjoyed when we didn't have class over 2 weeks but after a month it got boring really fast. Honestly I would prefer to do nothing than any of this. It doesn't feel the same and doesn't give me the same motivation.

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I agree with this sentiment because even though the rituals were less fun, it may have relieved some people. For some people, these types of adapted rituals may have been worthless. However, for others, these types of adapted rituals could’ve been a good experience to help them get through this pandemic. I have participated in some virtual events and though the real experience may have been better, the virtual experience was still something and it was fun to attend to.

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Something that I was excited about was getting to decorate that burger king crown. I was looking forward to coming up with a cool design to make it look pretty. I was going to add some fluffy stuff around the edges but obviously, like everything else, that was cancelled!!!! I have not done anything and I don't plan to either unless I can get a crown for free because I do not know how that works, I don't go to burger king. Either way I'm too lazy to buy the materials in order to decorate it.

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Ritual? Activities I missed were SkillsUSA Competition, cross country runs, tennis practices, minor adventures after school walking myself and catching home whilst talking to myself about corrections. I missed plenty of small things, I can't being complaining, because it has all pasted and I'm just currently gald plenty of the people I care about are still going and alive. Though, even as this year is still going through the issues of COVID, I'm just glad we're all doing fine.

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At the beginning of this pandemic I certainty "fel[t] lost in time." I was going through a rough patch and I couldn't go anywhere to take my mind off of it. Not even the park, it sucked, but now time feels meaningless. It's the same basic routine each day and it gets boring.

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I have missed many of my friends' birthday celebrations. It has been hard missing simple gatherings after anticipating for a wild senior year. I was also going to work this year to save up for a new computer and car but my parents stopped me from leaving the house. I was also suppose to travel back to China to attend my sister's wedding, but unfortunately missed the event. I looked forward to my senior year, but it can't be helped that we are stuck in a pandemic. I can only hope that we will go back to a somewhat normal life soon.

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I have definitely felt lost in time. This past year has been a blur and I don't think I can pin point any significant events that have happened either. My parents took the pandemic super seriously and still don't let me out without permission even after getting the first vaccine. The total isolation of the past year has taken a toll on my mental health. It has made simple tasks of getting out of bed to attend school super draining. The repetition of the same routine is another reason why I've felt lost in time. It is still hard to believe that we're just one week away from graduating because of this.

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No, I don't think "COVID-adapted rituals" can really replace the actual in-person events. Personally, I don't like turning my camera on so any virtual event wouldn't be my cup of tea. It is unfortunate that the Class of 2021 wasn't able to experience any of the events held at CK, seems like we got the bad end of the stick. There isn't anything we can really do as it is in the past now. The only thing I can wish for is a somewhat normal first year at college. I wouldn't say I struggled with mask mandates or social distancing, but I have definitely struggled with staring at a bright screen everyday for school. RIP my eyesight.

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I anticipated visiting GSU and UGA with my friends. We had also planned many trips and had plans to visit other places. This year has felt underwhelming regarding the missed events, however the pandemic itself has been really overwhelming. It is been more than a year and people still can't wear their masks correctly. Instead of going out, I haven't really done much at home to replace those events. I have just been home sitting, hoping for the fall of COVID-19.

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I was planning to go to prom my junior year but it got cancelled. Since prom got cancelled my hopes went down for my senior year prom because I knew my senior year was going to be bad. It was sad to not see class of 2020 cross the stage because majority of my friends were seniors. Im glad im going to cross the stage for graduation but I feel like it wasn't my best year the year of highschool that we live our best lives in. THIS YEAR WAS SAD AND STRESSFUL BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO SAY THAT WE DID IT.

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I anticipated going to prom because I had seen so many other high schoolers go to it. I wanted to at least have the opportunity to go to my senior prom if anything. I'm planning on "remaking" what prom was supposed to be in my college's ball next fall. It won't be the same as no one I know will be attending UGA. However, I'm grateful that I'll have a date and hopeful I'll make new friends. I just really hope people wear their masks and get vaccinated so I don't have to miss out on college too.

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I had this thing before where I would walk home and take the royal instead of the school bus. I would do this when I would get bored or when I just needed to talk to myself. It sucked, after COVID hit my parents were very picky on what type of transportation I took. For the first two months they didn't even let me enter my friends car : / . Once again I got to miss on a lot of my friends accomplishments. I did get to work more but oof, it was not worth it. It did not take my mind of things and it just made more anxious.

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A milestone that I couldn't celebrate the way I wanted due to the pandemic is spring break. Usually during spring break my family and I will do fun things throughout the week, but sadly we couldn't. This was like the only spring break that I actually spent majority of my break inside the house. It definitely wasn't the best break, but it also wasn't that bad, it was just uneventful.

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Virtual events suck ! Yes that's a good way to prevent the spread of covid but its not the same. Virtual events do not give you the vibes. Its all through technology which sucks. I used to want to be homeschooled and now I understand that its not good as I thought because you only communicate with you teachers through computer even to your friends.

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A milestone that I won't be able to to celebrate the way I would like is my graduation celebration. My sister and I graduate around the same time so we had planned a trip together. She graduated from college in December and I'm about to graduate in a few weeks. We were saving up to visit Tokyo for a week or two but since the pandemic hit we cannot anymore. It's a bit sad but I'm sure we´ll be able to go another time.

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I have missed out on a lot of events this year. From junior events to senior events, it was all avoided because of the pandemic. Hanging out with friends and celebrating birthdays has also been restricted and basically any type of fun interaction was strictly limited. Now, a year after the virus, many of these restrictions still exist, however some interaction is allowed with exceptions which at least serves as progress. I’m planning to join an event later this year for some type of achievement and I’m hoping it doesn’t get cancelled.

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I attended virtual events just for the sake of it but it quickly got so tiring. I consider myself an introvert but even I felt affected by the lack of in person events.  It's really not the same as being in person and socializing with your friends. Sometimes it feels like your'e talking to bunch of computer icons and no one is really listening to you. You don't feel heard or seen and that can really take a tole on a persons mental health. I understand holding important meetings and classes virtual. Nonetheless, things like prom and graduation should just be kept in person. Holding events like that virtual just takes away the sentiment.

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Yes, I have definitely felt "lost in time" over this past year. It feels like everything on the outside is moving fast, but your processing things too slow. It's the end of the school year, but it doesn't even feel like it yet. It's weird.

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A milestone that the pandemic changed for me was getting into college. I anticipated to visit campus and participate on scholarship weekends in person. However, I am sort of grateful that they adapted everything virtually. I feel like in person, people are just a lot more awkward or shy. Where as sitting in front of a computer, in the comfort of their own home, people are likely to be more easy going. It was super easy for me to make new friends and get to know staff.

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I have definitely felt lost in time during this pandemic. In all honesty, the past year has felt like a complete blur. It's been hard to care about school when sometimes I don't even remember what day of the week it is. However, I think this pandemic has made me reevaluate some things in life, like to appreciate the little things.

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Absolutely I do. Looking back now I can say that after returning to school in August, it felt like we had only been gone for the summer break when in reality we missed about 5 months of school when taking into account those initial missed months prior to summer break. Having online school doesn’t help either. At times it feels as if we haven't even returned from summer break. The disruption of day to day life has not only been stressful but it has also made me ‘lost in time’

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I was lost in time but I also found meaning during this time

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YESSS I definitely felt lost in time. It literally feels like I'm in a never ending break from school. Everyday has felt the same ever since March 13th. I honestly don't even remember half the things I do everyday. Anything I did do to pass time, quickly got repetitive and boring. The only thing that's helped is ordering take out and making new types of dishes. It distinguish some days from others.

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No, not really. Virtual events can't replace the real thing. I think the only upside to virtual events is getting to socialize a bit but that's about it. So much of our time is spent on our computers and phones that virtual events sort of just blur in between the lines.

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Not a specific event but I did anticipate going to school and socializing in general. I especially missed the constant heated debates we would have during lunch the day after an important soccer game. Luckily I was still able to socialize given that my soccer season was the only thing that was canceled. We were able to have regular training sessions several times a week for about 3 months and nobody ever got sick. It was one of the only things that I looked forward to.

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Due to Covid, we missed lots of junior and senior events that would have happened in CK like our junior picnic, prom and even after school wandering in the hallways just wasting time to not go home. With the pandemic in the way of all these major events that seniors got to miss out on, it kind of makes me feel incomplete or even like robbed of a senior/ junior year. The milestone of graduation doesn’t feel complete without all the things we missed out during this time with the pandemic and social distancing

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I think a milestone that I had to miss out on was the way I could have celebrated my 18th birthday. Considering that the pandemic started in March, I assumed that it would last a couple weeks or even months but it stayed well past to the next year. I would have liked to celebrate it with a couple of friends and family but Covid had a change of plans. I had a small cake with just my family because we wanted to respect the social distancing restrictions. I was disappointed at first but it could have been much worse where not even my family celebrated with me. I think it was good that I celebrated my birthday because I had more time with family for the memories.

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Yes, I did feel lost in time where every day felt the same. I had the same routine of sleep. school, homework, food, and then sleep again. I felt like everyday was the same and nothing new was happening. The days either went really slowly or we were already in the new month where we learned new things over the computer. Time felt imaginary and there was no way to tell how things were going to change in the future.

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Visiting colleges was probably my number 1 most exciting thing I wanted to do this senior year. I wanted to see how campuses were, if this school was the right fit for me, and how comfortable I felt. With that taken away, all I had was just their website and things I’ve heard from other students which I don't mind but it would have been better to experience these things first hand.

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The teenagers in the article are very creative for thinking of all these different ways to celebrate their important moments while still staying safe. For example, Ms. Ebbenga chose to spend time with 2 of her friends for her 16th birthday. They had a bonfire and made the best of things. This sort of optimism is what inspires me to do this myself and make the best out of those special moments. I haven't really started any pandemic friendly rituals but I hope that soon everything goes back to the way it was.

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I feel lost in time but also I have found meaning in time. I feel lost because of how everyday feels the same. I do online school, go to work, and go home to sleep. It's the same everyday and that's what makes me feel lost and bored most of the time. At the same time, I have found meaning in all this time. I have found out a lot about myself and what I am capable of doing. For some reason, I have gained even more motivation and excitement for college. I feel as if this will definitely change the way I feel right now.

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Just like every other senior, I definitely anticipated celebrating all these special moments. Since our freshman year, people have always talked about how wonderful senior year is. They would always talk about how much fun we'll have once we get to experience it ourselves. Most of us waited for that moment, but sadly the pandemic changed everything for us. Not being able to experience these milestones like everyone else feels unfair but we shouldn't complain. Instead I think we should find ways to still celebrate these milestones in our own way. I haven't really done an alternative to these milestones because I haven't had time but for graduation I plan to find a way to celebrate it differently.

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I miss being able to go out without having to worry about the pandemic and everything that changed as a result. Honestly, I miss going to school because it was where I would see my friends. Having another year affected by the pandemic feels annoying. However, i'm hopeful that by the end of this year everything will be back to normal.

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I was looking forward to celebrating my birthday last year but that obviously fell through. I really thought everything would be back to normal again by now. I had many things planned and I hate how this pandemic has stretched itself all over 2021. I hope things can get back to normal soon for the sake of everybody's health and sanity.

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I’ve seen people come up with very clever and creative ways of doing things like traditions. The teenagers in the article are very creative in their own way. Since the pandemic has started I myself have begun celebrating milestones and accomplishments with cocktails. As far as celebrations go, I don't feel inspired to commemorate the occasions.

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I always looked forward to going to prom. It's a once in a lifetime experience. I wanted to experience getting ready with my friends and eating out.  I wanted to go dress shopping with them and mess around with make up. I didn't go to any homecomings in high school because I only cared about prom. Some people say prom wasn't what they thought it would've been, but I never had the chance to come to that conclusion.

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A milestone that I had to change was my birthday. I was planning to go out with my friends to a restaurant and then to a trampoline park. Instead, I just stayed at home and took birthday pictures. I didn't mind much as I got to spend time with my mom and sister and it was just my 17th birthday. However, all my friends turned 17 before me and were able to celebrate how they wanted to. I was grateful that my family tried to make the best of out it though.

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I agree about lost in time. The days feel repetitive as we're doing the same almost everyday. The week days began to blend together. The weekends even felt shorter to me, because I was busy with work and school. The winter break and sprig break flew by and didn't even feel like a break. Only being able to go to two place --- work and home, gets monotonous and depressing.

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I anticipated visiting college campuses. Since I was little, I always wanted to experience living in a dorm and walking about campus. I saw how fun college could be in movies and tv shows my whole life. I felt like going to college was a big accomplishment, but it doesn't feel the same. Previous seniors had the opportunity and visit their campuses. They also got a day where they could wear a shirt to the college they're going too. I was looking forward to doing that as a senior.