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Although this might me late literally five days this was posted but I wanted to have some time to think about all this happening. Never in a million years though this was going to happen to us. This virus never concerned me because it was at the other side of the world far from us, so I did not put attention. All this time the only thing I am thinking right now is I or we Seniors did not enjoy this month to spend time with our friends. When we come back (I hope so 🙏🏻) it is going to be only a month and a half to walk around the hallways, seeing/hanging out with our friends, entering our classrooms, seeing our teachers etc. I really am going to miss all those things and when we come back I am going to make the best of it. I see posts mostly everyday about us Seniors saying that it is sad to see this and the most scariest part is graduation. What if we don’t get to walk on that stage? Or spend our last moments in school with friends? It’s scary but I know something will work out and we WILL walk on that stage, I believe it. And I honestly miss waking up at five or six in the morning to get ready for school even though sometimes I will complain but after being stuck at home this 3 weeks never in my life will complain about school ever again.

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The beginning of Quarantine it was fun at first but slowly turned boring. But  it kind of gives me time to do stuff around my house I never have time to do.

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When the quarantine began, i felt a sense of comfort since I didn't have to wake up at like 7am to go to school, that's really all I thought about in the beginning. But up until now I've just felt alone, since my mother won't let me go and hang out with my buddies. When you have nothing to do, and another 2 weeks to go, you don't have the sense of comfort that you originally felt. I want to just go outside and enjoy the nice climate take a walk through downtown. This makes me miss hanging out with my friends. Once we get out I'm gonna enjoy the outdoors and see my friends in forever.

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At first being quarantined was alright focusing on spending time with my family, but I got bored trying to find something I started bench watching Supernatural.

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At first when the Coronavirus was first mention I didn't had any interest into it. Later on around the beginning of February when they made memes about it how the year is coming to. For instance, January was about how the U.S almost had a war with Iran. February was about the deadly virus that came from China. In the middle of February I was realising that it was really serious because of the fact they had China in quarantine. I didn't feel like it would really effect the U.S because it's in the other side of the world. That being said, the next few weeks when the news lead out that there was a person with the virus that freaked me out. After the announcement of everyone being in quarantine and schools closing had me in a panic because of other people gathering food and supplies. I mean yes it's not a big deal but imagine what the future awaits us if now we as a community and the government, we're struggling on maintaining distance and still have running businesses in the country, doctors risking their lives to serve innocent people. Imagine doctors getting contaminated, who will take care of us. Imagine the business running out of resources, where would we get our needs. I fear for the future that awaits us because of not being well prepared for this tragic event.

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The beginning of quarantine I wasn’t really scared of it because I knew that I was safe and that’s all that matters to me if I was with my family. But know that most things are cancelled it got to me because people are dying because of one person. I hope that this can end soon so we can all go back to normal.

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When quarantine began I feel excited but not really because of some up sides and down sides. There was some changes like I need to do work online and practice driving -just education in general- that’s all. I miss driver’s ed because of the lessons, yes I need to do driver’s ed online but it seems easy if there was no quarantine. Not much difference I’ll do, but I could do something different if I feel like I need to change.

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I've been okay since the quarantine started. Although I am worried about graduation, I know it will all work out in the end. I think we should cherish this time we have with our families because once the quarantine is over I think we will miss the quality time we spent that wasn't on a time limit or scheduled. I know some are worried about getting the virus and loosing their jobs, but I believe God is in control and He can handle this situation.

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At the beginning of this journey I start to make a list of things that I would like to be before graduation or college.  I feel so blessed to be able to enjoy dinner time with the family.  We hardly did it in the past because my family members worked a lot. Now most of the time we all cook together. And I also felt I have experience no stress and importantly I'm going back to doing my hobbies it gives me time to actually enjoy myself.  And giving me self love has helped me.  When you do things that make you happy changes began to occur.

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tbh I thought it would’ve been something that would help me, but turns out it’s not. This is basically a winter break but w/o the fun. Not being able to go anywhere is hard because you can’t see your friends, bf/gf, etc. And then there’s the thing with our senior year and how it may be ruined now all because of Auntie Rona 😒. When this is done, I’m going to figure out my work schedule and get my life back on track. BTS is coming in June and I need to be prepared for that as well.

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Since the beginning of the quarantine I was feeling excited because they canceled school for that, but now I know this is really complicated.
This days I spend a lot of time in my room and I noticed that I really need to clean up all my clothes, so now my room looks nice. I miss my friends and be on time at school, because do home work online is boring.

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At first, I thought it was going to be fun to stay at home and everything. But now it’s just been very boring and frustrating. It’s mixing and messing with my emotions towards in home activities. Including my homework. All I’m pretty much doing is cleaning, babysitting, and sitting around. I miss going out with my friends- probably the first time in forever I want to go back to school. When I’m at school, I can look forward to meeting friends and actually having fun with them! It helped you compromise and adjust. But now it’s different and lonesome. I hope this doesn’t continue long when prom or graduation hit. That would be a real bummer

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Since the quarantine happened I been spending more time with my family, but I don't like being in my house all day

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At first being in quarantine was ok I got to do school and hang out with my family more often, but as the days went by I started to get bored and all I did was school, clean and babysit that’s all I been doing I never thought that I would be saying this but I miss school.

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At first hearing about the quarantine, I did not care at all because I've never thought that it will get here. But now that they have cancelled school and jobs. I'm feeling a lot of emotions because this is something serious and could affect us tremendously. I lost all type of motivation for doing homework at home. Something I miss about life before quarantine is school and my friends. I've never thought that I would say that I actually like school.

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Quarantine  pretty much gotten towards my boredom because after I finish online school I basically clean EVERY day for no reason(my mom makes me go crazy sometimes), eat, and at the end I basically do nothing but be in my electronic. I honestly miss being in school crazy as it sounds but it's true. I miss being with friends, learning with the teacher in present, and mostly having to go to my 5th period class to see my senior:/ still sucks that I go to work still though, but it's better than being home.

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This quarantine has been harsh, depressing, and tired. A good thing about it is that I been with Family more, and been more proactive. One thing I'm worried about is when we go back to school and do tests, the reason for that is that I learn better by a teacher explaining (for some classes) instead of doing things by electronics. I'll say this is an experience I'll never forget, I also feel that by staying home and not going outside is a bit depressing well in my opinion.

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My quarante  has been good I get more time than the usual. I have a advantage because I'm working while other companies are closed.I have more chance to talk to my boss about my career.im glad for this opportunity  get more time to think about my future.

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During all this quarantine I have been getting so much rest and I love it, but I also miss walking up and driving to school. The last time I drove was last week on Friday to get some things from the supermarket. I also miss (and I never thought I would be saying this) being in school. We are so used to being in a building with 4 thousand people in it.

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Quarantine hasn’t been too bad thus far. Not having to go to school has been very beneficial as the amount of time we are expected to do class work as reduced significantly. This has allowed me to allocate my time to different goals that are of a higher importance or simply require more time, such as studying for placement exams.

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When I first heard about the quarantine taking place, I was kind of excited because I thought it would mean free time and more time to work on homework and thinking I would be able to do it all and have the motivation. Now, I am very happy that we are able to hang out with my mom now since she always worked and im able to talk more with her. But I have lost all motivation to do anything. I have been procrastinating so bad about the homework or online classes. I was thinking about how I was barely starting to pull it together before the quarantine and now its kind of all falling apart in just a couple of days or weeks and I cant keep myself from falling even deeper. I worry too much about stuff I myself can do but never really can get myself to do it. I don’t know. It shall get better from here.

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During this quarantine period I have felt a mix of emotions. Escaping from Illinois was not a big issue, however all states are now closing down making my personal sanity stoop lower and lower each day we get denied access to places and events.

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It was the first day of quarantine and I really didn’t mind about going outside because I’ll rather stay inside my house. I have seen people post about being bored during these times and I can’t relate because I always find something to do. It might be watching something, playing games, even read for a few minutes or take naps. I have been doing ok pretty far because I’m used to this. I’m not an outside person. So I’ve been pretty chill in these times of quarantine.

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My time in quarantine has been quite a mix of things. When I first heard that we were closing school due to the quarantine, I was nervous about how e learning would go. My amazing and dedicated teachers have made that problem less problematic, and I am so blessed to have them. Puzzles, baking, and learning a new language are all keeping me very busy. At the beginning, I didn’t think it would be this hard to stay busy. It might sound sad or shocking to some, but I miss all the good things I had at school. I miss learning with in person instruction. I miss my friends. I miss my English class. I miss having a safe place to vent in. I miss the teachers who would be there for me when I needed someone to talk to. I find it easier to talk to my teachers than it is talking to my family, as weird as that sounds. I know we aren’t able to see the bigger picture right now, but I know God will make something good come out of this.

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The amount of time I’ve spent in this quarantine is driving with me mentally at this point. i don’t know I’m the only one and i don’t know if this will make sense but this quarantine really put us understand the microscope to reflect on ourselves well that how I feel at least like, isolating yourself can be great... but only when you KNOW you have the option to go outside and do stuff if you choose. with this self-quarantine, it takes away that choice, so you end up feeling trapped instead. Every new year i think about how i feel and what i think the vibe of the year is gonna be, and i remember feeling like this one was going to be comparatively good but in a boring, habit building, self improvement way and honestly, kinda true, except also amidst a pandemic

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Having quarantine helped me have more time with my siblings, but at the same time being home all day everyday got boring. Quarantine made it hard for me because I have siblings I have to take care of and the house to; I have to do homework on top of that, and I have little time to do it but I try my best to finish it. At first it was nice, but then everything kept on getting harder. Having school while taking care of the house and siblings it’s no fun and not easy. Having to go to school is way better than staying at home, but I’m making time for everything. I miss waking up early and going to school. I’m one of those people who like going to school because being at home feels like you are stuffed. Once the quarantine is lifted I’ll get on track and keep on doing what I used to do.

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When the quarantine first took place at first I thought please don’t cancel our track season don’t even cancel sports at all we had great success this especially with basketball and when they cancelled the sectional championship game then it was disappointing that Thursday morning we got word that they might cancel school and we could get iPads to do online school to help us stay focus so we won’t forget once we come back. Since we were off I thought about the SAT and how they might push it back and I hope they don’t push it back we still need a little more time practicing. I think having a this free time is helping me with stress and I’m doing good practicing online taking no days off while off. During this time I’m taking responsibility on doing my work for each class everyday and not forgetting what to do when I come back.

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During the beginning of the quarantine I was upset yet determined to get through the three weeks of e-learning. I was nervous about the last quarter of my senior year being taken away from me, however I was hopeful.  Currently I have been extremely unmotivated and discouraged. I have love ones and family friends who have been affected with the virus, and it isn’t a pretty sight. It’s gruesome and raw and many patients die alone away from friends and family. This virus has expanded at lighting speed which makes it more difficult to process what is going on in the world around me. As a senior I am distraught and fearful. I have worked hard each and every day for the past 12+ years of my life. I want to have a graduation, go to prom, and visit potential colleges during spring break. I want to go on a trip with my class, and spend as much time with my friends before college. In the spam of two weeks all of that was taken away from all seniors. Each of us had something to look forward to this final year in high school. These are moments that I won’t get back and that is truly devastating. I have yet to develop a coping mechanism to get through this difficult time. I miss being useful and having something to do such as work or school. This virus as humbled me as a person. I will not take for granted the things I’m free to do without a hassle. I will spend my remaining few months at home living and being thankful for all I am blessed with.

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When the quarantine started, I new doing school online would be way harder then being at school; especially since I'm not very good with technology. For the first couple of days it was chaos trying to get the emails and then doing the work, but I'm in a little routine now. What is still frustrating is I still haven't heard from one of my teacher's about what we are supposed to be doing for his class; even after emailing him several times hopefully I'm not behind. I hope that the quarantine is over when they say it is going to be over because learning at school is alot better for me.

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When I heard the announcement about Not being in school and being in quarantined, I was excited at first because theres no school and I get to do everything I wanted to do like draw the whole day, finish a show, spend time with family. When it’s the 5th day in quarantine everything got boring, I did everything I can to do something entertaining but I didn’t work out because I was tired. It’s day 6 in quarantine and I’m starting to miss school, sometimes school be fun and theres a lot of loud kids, people making other people laugh. It’s been quiet in my house and theres nothing to do except doing my online classes. I’m glad my family and I are safe and healthy and hope everyone else is doing great and healthy.

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In the beginning of the quarantine I thought, oh I’m going to get things done while I’m in the house, but started off not doing any of the work my teachers gave me. Now I’m doing it, even if it’s graded or not. I thought it was going to be easy to stay in the house and just be able to go to work. Then they closed all dine-in restaurants and now I’m only able to go to work 2 times a week. At first I took this as a joke but I mean most people did. Something that is making this go by a little bit better is me spending time with my family more. I never really got to see my little sister or my little brother while I had school and work going on. Now it’s nice I’m growing a bond with them. I miss everything before the quarantine. I miss seeing all my friends, I miss seeing all my coworkers and I miss going out to places to have fun. Once this is all over, I’m going to focus more on school, knowing that I miss it and shouldn’t just treat it like it’s nothing. I’m going to use my free time and spend it with my family because they legit the best people I have in my life right now.

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When the quarantine first began, I felt like I would have way more free time to accomplish the things I needed to get done, and I technically do, but I have been dragging my feet and procrastinating way more than I should be and more than I ever do in my normal life. I've been sort of crashing lately and am having trouble feeling motivated. I'm trying to create a schedule and stick to it in order to establish a routine. I think that will be healthy for me but I already failed on day 1. I'm trying to not let that get me down too much. I need to forgive myself when I stumble like that. I miss seeing everyone from my classes. I feel like learning online isn't nearly the same as learning in person, and it's certainly not nearly as much fun. I think we took that for granted, how much fun we had together. When the quarantine ends, I hope to get back to my normal routine without too much of a hassle. I don't want it to be like returning from summer break where I struggle to get in the flow of a productive day. I hope to stay as productive as possible during this time; that way I can jump right back into a normal routine when things go back to normal.