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More memes!!

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MEMES!!!!!!

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I interviewed my friend Carol about COVID.
Q: How has your life changed since first going on quarantine last year?
A: Well school definitely changed, now we need to wear masks and half the people are online. I didn’t do much while at home cause I didn’t spend much time at home, I was mostly outside but it was good way to get closer with my parents especially my mom since we both had to do work from home.
Q: Did you have to cancel any major event like a vacation, a Bar Mitzvah, etc. because of the pandemic?
A: Yes, I had planned on going to New York, Brazil, Summer Camp, and other places during the summer but unfortunately everything got canceled
Q: How is today different from when the pandemic first happened for you, your family, the nation, the world?
A: Well first obviously the whole world changed because now we need to wear masks, be social distanced, etc. But my personal life hasn’t changed as much as I thought, I did spend more time inside than i used to in the beginning but now it’s pretty much ‘back to normal’ except for the fact that I haven’t seen my family in about 2 years because they live in Brazil.

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I interviewed my Grandma about COVID and her previous job at the FBI.
Q: How had the virus affected you?
A: I was really worried at first for my family, and myself. However, I began to do things I wouldn’t have done before like read more books and catch up with my friends.
Q: How did the gender barrier affect you in the FBI? Would you have been an agent if it was different?
A: I had thought about being one and I was very tempted to do it, but I couldn’t because of the way women were perceived at the time. A female agent would have been crazy at the time.
Q: What was a normal day for you?
A: I would wake up early every morning and take the bus to the office. Once I was there I would start to write the notes for the agents and talk to them through the radio. When I got home I would make supper, watch TV and go to sleep.
Q: What was your most memorable case?
A: There were two cases that I will never forget. One was a woman named Mary Little. She was kidnapped while grocery shopping on her way back to her car. Unfortunately she was never found. The other was another kidnapping case of a little boy, we stayed up for two days working on that case.
Q: Have you met anyone famous?
A: Yes, I actually met Martin Luther King Jr., but it wasn’t a big deal at the time because he wasn’t that big yet. I also met Bobby Kennedy a few times.

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My first reaction to the pandemic was not very big. I remember when COVID was just started, Mrs. Page was talking about it and she said she would be shocked if we went out of school. Of course everyone was hoping for school to go out, but no one actually expected it to. It was immigration day in seventh grad when we first heard about it. My groups job was to pick leaves up off of the playground which was super pointless. Anyway, we were watching the movie and once it was over we got the news we would be doing online school for the rest of the year. I was so excited to stay home all day but it was NOT what i expected.

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This one was just funny.

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This relates to the pandemic because I think more than anything i have been online shopping.

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A few months after Covid hit, I started to volunteer to get my hours for school done. I was not excited at first, but my friend invited me to go volunteer with puppies, and we had a great time. Since then, I have helped make Easter Brunch for the less fortunate, and much more.

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During quarantine, I started watching the show Gilmore Girls. It is now one of my favourite shows to watch and I am almost done with the show.

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Biden and Harris made history, Harris being the first woman of color to be Vice President. During the election, it was hard to predict who would win.

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This was when Trump and his wife tested positive for Covid. This was when most people realized that Covid was a serious issue.

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I have always loved to draw, so last semester I signed up for art as an elective. We started out so boring, learning how to make circles and squares and triangles. It felt so utterly useless. And the teacher kept saying how we would need it for our art in the future. It has been many months of me continuing to draw since that class and I did not use any of the methods. I dont think it should be necessary to learn how to draw shapes because there isn’t a guidebook to making art. I personally don’t make a sketch before i start the final art. I just draw and let my pencil guide me wherever it wants to go. Art has impacted me so much in this pandemic, and I dont know what I would do without it. It acted as an escape from my life, whenever i was anxious about friends or school, i would draw. I still resort to drawing as a therapy in a way. Doodling on my papers helps me concentrate because I do this funky thing where i relate the lesson to the drawing. It helps a lot, although i only seem to doodle sketches of eyes and facial features. Whether it was painting or sketching in my French workbook, art is a huge way i cope with the pandemic.

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During the 2021 Oscars, Chloe Zhao won best director. She is the first woman of color to get this award and the second woman to earn it in history.

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I just started a volleyball team at the YMCA. It is so much fun and everyone is supportive and gets along well!

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Because of covid, I have been limited in the time I can spend with my friends. This was a time where I spent the night at my friends’ house. We had a really nice picnic and went swimming, I think we all had a great time.

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I went to Colorado over Spring break, intending to have a quiet week sking with my family. But on the first run of the first day, my brother tripped and fell on his wrist! He broke it and he had to get pulled down the mountain in one of those body bag things by the ski patrol. I also found out that my friend Krystal was staying in the same village as I was, so while my mom and my brother were in the hospital I basically skied with Krystal and her family the rest of the time.

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Every year I go to a sleep away camp in North Carolina over the summer. My brother and I normally stay for about a month. Last summer, my trip to camp got cancelled because of Covid. Going to camp is normally the way I get to have a break from school, and I can leave my life behind for a few weeks. When i found out I wasn’t going and couldn’t see my friends that summer, i was devastated. I realized i couldn’t see my friends for another year, and i normally celebrate my birthday there. I spent my birthday at home last year and to be honest, it was so different. I still had a great time and spent it with my friends here, though. All of my camp friends live in different states, so we wrote to each other some times, but not too often. Fortunately, i can go to camp this year with covid restrictions, of course. For example we will have to wear masks and social distance, but the experience will still be vivid and fun. I am so excited to spend the summer with my old friends, and make up for the year we didn't have together.