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Philip Olesinski

2020-03-23 19:57:13 UTC

I feel like school is going to be confusing for at least this week. Some of my teachers are very confused on how to work google classroom. It’s very hard to keep track of all your work if all of your teachers are giving digital work. Right now I have like 20 tabs open and it is kind of confusing. It’s confusing now, but next week I think that it won’t be as confusing and I will know how to do most things, as will my teachers. The homework is a little overwhelming because you get everything at the exact same time. It’s also annoying that I cannot go outside with any of my friends. There isn’t much to do if you can’t go outside or hang out with your friends.

Sithranjan Suresh

2020-03-23 20:41:15 UTC

Hello! This is my first entry! The world is now completely crazy. Coronavirus has taken over the strength of people in the world. And in case you don’t know what coronavirus is, it is a disease that is similar to black death. Most of the people in this world died because of the disease. I’m very disappointed because nobody can leave their house due to this deadly disease. This disease originated in China. Some say this originated because people there eat bats. Others say it was a disease spread by something else. But no one knows it’s true origin. China, therefore, has the highest cases of coronavirus. This was normal until January when it started to spread. This soon spread to the USA and Italy, then China’s neighboring countries, and finally, to India. Now, safety measures are being taken. Italy has the highest number of deaths. The number of people died in Italy is 6077. But, the number of people who has symptoms of coronavirus is 63,927. This way, coronavirus affected the world. We are a part of history too. This has disrupted everyone’s normal life. Now if we just sneeze or cough, people stats to avoid that person. We have to stay at the home during this whole coronavirus stuff going on. Our state, California, has the third-highest cases of coronavirus in the USA. This is very dangerous. That’s why they decided to shut down school till April 17, but they are still deciding to extend the shut downtime. This safety measure is taken by other people in other countries too. The main entertainment of India during spring, the IPL, was shut down too. Now, all the cricket fans are sad and most people in the world are worrying whether they will get the coronavirus or not. Anyway, that’s the end of today’s update on coronavirus and more information coming tomorrow.

Alex Kaplan

2020-03-24 16:03:21 UTC

So far I absolutely hate COVID-19 it is keeping me stuck inside, and cant really talk to anyone outside of my household unless doing so virtually. Online school is really getting on my nerves though because its really laggy, it is pretty confusing because some of my teachers have a set schedule but don't really follow it all that good. Honestly I thought using google hangouts and Zoom were going to be way better than actually having to go to school but now i really regret saying that.

William Chyan

2020-03-24 16:44:04 UTC

This school year started out amazing. I had great teachers and I made a lot of new friends at school. I also got to hangout with my cousin a lot more during breaks this year. This winter, I had even got to a higher level in my tennis class and I was so pumped and happy to start off 2020 with a big smile. Then, this virus comes along. When my parents first heard about it, they thought that we would be fine. A few days later, it got worse and worse. My parent and I started to get worried. They made me wear a mask to school just in case. Then, we heard it had got to the bay area and a few weeks later, on a weekend, my mom received an email from the school district. They said that kids were allowed to stay home if their parents said they had a fear of the covid-19. My parents made me stay home for the whole week (except wednesday when I went to school for the socratic seminar and workout wednesday) and I just did all of the classwork and homework at home. It was super boring but my parents did let me play video games sometimes. On the weekend of that week, the principal told us that there would be a whole week off for the teachers to get online learning prepared and that school would start on March 23rd. At first I thought, “Hey, this is going to be fun,” but when the week actually came, there was really nothing to do. I had some math homework from Mrs. Swenson already and I read book everyday. I watched a lot of TV and played a lot of video games and this surprised me but it actually felt super boring. And now, who knows how long we have to keep doing this for; maybe until summer or maybe even the next year. My head just hurts thinking about it. I just want this all to end so we can get on with our normal lives.

Kalia K.

2020-03-24 17:46:57 UTC

Online school is confusing and overwhelming all the teachers give you things to do but some don't explain that much and it is hard also since some teachers don't do any google hangouts or zoom. For all the online work It is hard because I literally have so many tabs and links open because the teachers put so many things and links to do. The thing that annoys me the most is that the shelter in place won't let us do anything it sucks because some of my friends I haven't seen in over a week and we can't do anything outside our house. Also, only people that work in the hospital or medical people or food and other things like that are allowed to go to the offices like my mom. but on some days she works from home so the whole day I'm stuck with my family on somedays.

Vishwesh Chandramouli

2020-03-24 17:59:44 UTC

Writers notebook 3/24/20

Vishwesh Chandramouli

Starting of the year 2020 hasn't been that great. There was a recent virus that spread around the world killing people. It has affected more than 300,000 people. More Than 16,000 people. Many have been affected greatly, even the ones that don’t have it. This coronavirus has affected many students including me very much. From Monday March 24, the United States has declared to start online school due to this. This is my first day and I don’t enjoy this at all.

Firstly, I have to say that the Zoom meetings are terrible. My teachers take a lot of time to come into the call. Also, it’s like having 20 monkeys around your house jumping and being loud. Okay, I have to admit that I over-exaggerated. I still have a million questions to be answered about assignments and I have to email them every time. It would be easier if I could meet the teacher. Although, this can be used as an advantage. Taking rest a lot, watching youtube throughout the day. This can be very tempting but you have to keep your focus. Or else you will suffer in 8th grade.

My second reason is, All my after school activities have been postponed or taught through zoom. I got a indian singing class and having to sing through Zoom is very cringy. You have all these kids that look at you. And the worst part is that, you have to show your face. I am greatly affected because I have stage fright and I’d rather be there in front of the person then looking through zoom.

Another reason is that the assignments are overwhelming. They post more on google classroom than actually teaching. It’s like only doing homework and no time for learning. We have teachers from every class giving us at least two assignments.

This is how the coronavirus has affected me.

Aryan K P.M.

2020-03-24 18:01:14 UTC

Corona Virus has really disrupted my daily routine. It has closed my school and shut down all of my extracurricular activities. Now, we have an online school which is a huge change, and not easy to get used to. Also, my Hart Beat Dinner has now been cancelled, which is a big bummer because we worked really hard and we were looking forward to this fun concert for a long time.

I get easily bored at home nowadays because of being in quarantine. To keep myself busy, I read books, watch TV, play video games, and spend time with my family. I have started reading the Harry Potter series again as it has been years since I first read them, and I have forgotten most of the detail.

Taking aside the cons, one of the pros of being in quarantine is that I get to spend a lot more time with my family than I used to normally! We easily find time to chat with each other and talk about how our day has been. Another pro of being in quarantine is that we face more challenges, and learn how to live with them. As we face more challenges, we get used to not giving up, and try to find a solution. These life skills will help us later on in our jobs or businesses!

A while back, the United States’ economy shut down, and because of this, many are unemployed, such as janitors, who have nothing to clean. To help people during this crisis, the Federal Reserve has offered 700 Billion Dollars of money and supplies needed at hospitals to take care of patients. Part of the money will go in helping the unemployed, and the rest will go for the hospital supplies. I think that the Federal Reserve is doing a great job in helping the country because, with that money, the United States is going to be healthier.

Rachit Jajoo

2020-03-24 22:03:27 UTC

The whole week's writing consisting of 1676 words. ^_^

The coronavirus has changed how we work, play and learn: schools are closing, sports leagues have been canceled, and many people have been asked to work from home. This, all in all, has had a great impact on me. The idea of social distancing came out as the Trump administration released new guidelines to slow the spread of the coronavirus, including closing schools and avoiding groups of more than 10 people. Social distancing has gotten a great effect on me because now I can’t meet anyone else other than my family in person anymore. Before this disastrous event of the corona, I had more opportunities to explore my interests and passions with others than anybody else. My plan was to go to India after meeting up with my friends for the last time to say goodbye. The coronavirus at this time has disrupted everything. I can’t say goodbye to my teachers, friends, or family because of this.

Ever since the government announced to shut down for all stores, people have been going crazy. For example, a student in the United Kingdom was sent home from school a week for selling squirts of hand sanitizer to his peers, his mom claims. Though coronavirus is so dangerous, people are not thinking critically. They do not understand that if we had human rights, democracy, and freedom, we would have learned about what happened in China one month earlier so that we can at least prepare for what is happening today. The U.S. has some 700 confirmed cases, and at least 29 people have died. Cases have been found in 37 states and the District of Columbia. The federal government has not announced significant nationwide measures to contain the spread of the virus, beyond restricting travelers from certain countries from entering the U.S. Restrictions or containment measures have mostly come from state and local authorities. But now after a few weeks, we get hope that everything will be fine. President Trump said Monday that he will ask Congress to pass a payroll tax cut and relief for hourly wage earners, in order to assist workers who may be squeezed financially by the coronavirus outbreak. "We are going to take care of and have been taking care of the American public and the American economy," Trump said.

Though there are strengths given out in the community for hope there are also some weaknesses. Many people are worried about this situation as they are scared that they might get it. My dad got emails earlier before coronavirus from the World Health Organization (WHO) and they keep adding new things. For example, WHO recommends in their article, “basic hygiene such as regularly washing hands with soap and water, and covering your mouth with your elbow when sneezing or coughing for the people who are worried. Few weeks ago, WHO declared coronavirus as a pandemic which has infected more than 300,000 people worldwide and accross almost all the land known to man. They also told everyone to maintain ‘social distancing’ - keeping at least 1.8 meters (six feet) between yourself and others - particularly if they are coughing and sneezing and avoid touching your face, eyes, and mouth with unwashed hands. Avoid unnecessary, unprotected contact with animals and be sure to thoroughly wash hands after contact.” This has ruined the daily lives of not just mine, but the whole world. Today, everyone is scared of this virus and this has become a great weakness in our community.

People say that it's not about individual risk, but about the risk you pose to others, whose vulnerability to Covid-19 may even be invisible to you. For someone who often gets bronchitis or has severe asthma, for the elderly and whose immune system is weak, your small risk could expose them to a much greater one. This statement always makes me quiet, since I don’t want to hurt anyone, and to do this I have to put myself in pain. The pain of quarintine. Doctors say, “you start to see people like 'oh this isn't a big deal, I'm not going to change my behavior’. Maybe don't do that. That's a big takeaway. Epidemics are a social problem... minimizing the seriousness of something is sort of real-world griefing.” Though there are people saying that, none of them have taken any precautions to stop this spreading. Dr. Lofgren says this kind of strong reaction is actually important: "It's hard once a disease gets really well-established in a population to put that genie back in the bottle." It might already be too late for that. The US could have been better prepared to deal with the coronavirus, but "we have over the last couple years reduced our ability to respond to epidemics," Dr. Lofgren says. If this continues it will get harder and harder for the virus to go away.

It may provide some comfort to know that thousands of other people are going through the same thing, and as in China, collective coping strategies will emerge. I had wondered for so many days what I should do before I leave. Soon I realized that TikTok videos, memes, stories, essays and poems about living in isolation will all become part of the culture since this is a time of history one can never forget. We could come out of this feeling more connected to each other than ever before.

Humans of this generation have a great role in the history being made today. This corona thing has disrupted everyone’s normal life. Now if we just sneeze or cough, people ask them to go to the bathroom and wash their hands or start to avoid that person. This corona thing has been very annoying for me since I can't go back to my normal life. Every event that was going to take place during this time is now postponed. As the coronavirus spreads globally, it has caused a major impact on the sports world as well. An example would be how the IPL for cricket in India is postponed because of this. There is not much to do when you are sitting at home. Either you have your studies, your book, or Netflix. When it comes to sports and exercise, we have nothing.

Sports play a pivotal role in the makeup of a young athlete, especially in middle school to high school years where student-athletes are much more mature and mentally developed. They give the children another source of entertainment that is also good for their bodies. Since corona has taken this opportunity away from us, I have decided that I will not stop doing what I was doing. Hence, during this time, I have started doing exercise at home so I can complete my PE homework and stay healthy as well. It's like shedding layers of weight and moving into a new world of amazing energy. With the help of this workout, I don’t feel bored anymore and I feel like doing more and more. This leaves me craving for more as I progress through.

Though we are far away, I have learned to adapt to this situation in many different ways. I finally learned to be happy with what is currently happening. I learned how to enjoy a new sense of purpose in my academics as we went into remote learning. Learning online gave me a new type of experience. Experience of hope, the experience that will give knowledge. In Wuhan, people gathered at their windows to shout “Wuhan, jiayou!” Which translates to “Keep fighting, Wuhan!” A business owner packed 200 meals for medical workers, while a villager in a neighboring province donated 15,000 masks to those in need. Just like that, in order to bring hope to myself that everything will be fine, I started to check in daily with friends and relatives and look for ways to spend time together, either through a FaceTime or WhatsApp call, through collaborative gaming or just by using the phone.

Recently, to cheer me up, my dad bought me new wireless earbuds. To take complete advantage of this situation with my new earbuds, I started watching the Netflix series to pass the time. Whenever I’m bored, I start watching Netflix. I just finished the office and it is amazing! I started watching other series such as The Arrow, The Flash, Legends Of Tomorrow, etc. I have started to enjoy my life by learning new things, exercise, and video gaming. I also have started eating a lot these days, more than ever before I guess. My favorite snack of this time is popcorn. Popcorn is something I can always enjoy, whether I’m doing my homework, watching netflix or chatting with friends. It gives me a completely new purpose to live for. I kept telling myself that my hard work would reward me in my personal life. And to protect myself, I decided to stay quiet and not argue about the situation even though I'm angry.

Doctors and researchers who are doing their studies on Coronavirus (Covid-19) say, "One of the things we are finding, if we look at both Wuhan and Italy, is there's a huge demand on the healthcare system, and that's a genuinely serious concern here in the United States, so essentially validating what a bunch of hospitals are doing right now, preparing, and a little bit bracing for the worst."

In conclusion, as we slowly enter this life of remote learning from home, slowly hope has developed in everybody’s minds. Before, everybody used to be bored, but now, it turns out that there are many things we can do. We can all stick together and do many different things to pass our time. I believe that watching Netflix, studying, and chatting with friends will soon become a part of everyone’s life. Together, we will pass through this tough time and everything will be fine. Because as John Lennon once said, “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”

Kailee Lock

2020-03-25 17:08:46 UTC

The coronavirus is affecting the current world in many ways. Thousands of schools across America have been closed down due to the virus, and the cases are increasing. Whole countries, such as Italy, are on lock-down, which has caused other issues, such as the question as to when the virus will end, shortages in supplies, and panic among the civilians. I think that the introduction of the virus has exposed certain weaknesses in the world, such as that some of the populace is liable to panic and paranoia, and have started hoarding, while others are completely unconcerned. Strengths that have been revealed in our communities include that we are able to stay together and obey the orders given to us for quarantine without protests, and are able to continue through our daily work and school lives without too many drawbacks. An example of this is the remote learning being offered by our school district and the ability to have paid work from home for many employees in various companies. My parents have been able to use digital means to communicate with their colleagues and continue to work, though this is more difficult for them than being at their workplaces in person. The stores are very short on certain supplies, such as paper goods, hand sanitizer, and medicine, due to the panic caused by the virus.

Most of what I see on the news nowadays is about the virus, and ways people can avoid contact with it, not to mention the number of places closed down due to it. During this time, leaders of various regions in the world should be checking in on the state of their people, and creating a sense of stability in their environments. They should be leading the people toward keeping themselves safe and healthy, and making sure that the virus doesn't negatively impact certain aspects of society.

my thoughts in the corona virus is that we should be able to go outside and play but not in big groups bun in tiny groups of like 3 to 4 people not just one other person. If we only hang out with one person at a time and we get in a fight but still want to be outside it is hard to be outside by yourself and not everyone can hang out so that's why we should be able to hang out with small groups of 3 to 4 people at a time not 5 to 10 people because then you have a bigger risk of getting it. If you go to a concert or a big ‘meet up’ then you have a good chance of getting the corona virus. Even though most people live through the corona virus it is still a plague and has killed a lot of people. My daily life has been disrupted by the virus by me not being able to go outside with my friends like i used to, and i can't ride my bike every weekend like i used to be able to now i have to stay inside or close to my house, I can't go to downtown like i used to be able to and that annoys me because i can't ride or get enough exercise as i am used to and my body is reacting to that by being mentally and physically more tired and not feeling as good as i used to feel. It has affected my friends by not letting them go outside and being able to hang out and just go anywhere like they used to be able to. I think one major lesson I have learned to do so wash my hands and use hand sanitize and stay healthy by doing healthy things like eating healthy and a in home workout is also healthy for you to do.

2020-03-25 20:02:20 UTC

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Bassel Ashour

2020-03-26 00:43:11 UTC

The novel coronavirus has exposed many weaknesses in our society, but some strengths as well. For example, one weakness that is creating havoc and anxiety for many people is a combination of both people being selfish and being stressed out. Everyone is rushing to the stores to buy milk, eggs, toilet paper, and other food, in excessively large amounts, more than they currently need. The people are scared of running out and not having any, or if they are no longer able to go. They are selfish and pretty much don't care about the needs of others, so they take all the essentials for themselves. To solve this problem, stores have been rationing the supplies and adding restrains to the number of certain items that you can purchase. The coronavirus also exposes some strengths in our society. For example, our government has the power to provide twelve figure bills. These bills cover the cost of supplies needed for testing and medical equipment. Another strength is that the citizens show that they can pay attention to the news and follow orders. If that aspect wasn't present, then there would be chaos everyone. A final weakness that the coronavirus shows is greed. Businesses have taken advantage of the sudden demand for their supplies. They increase the price of their products, which I think should be illegal. Of course, they would just say that it is the concept of supply and demand, but in most cases, the supply is high, as in easy to create. For example, it is not very difficult to make toilet paper and is generally easy to find. Two months ago, you would find it at almost every store. Now, thanks to people overstocking on supplies, the businesses know that people will buy their items, not matter what the price tag is.

Daniel Gore

2020-03-26 01:16:46 UTC

Hey Journal, Today was like any other day does homework, go on a walk, and eat. I was pretty bored today so I started to think of things to. At first I was going to make toys for my baby brother because I have a toy oven that makes little plastic toys but I thought it through and decided not to do it because it's a choking hazard. My baby brother has been sick lately he's been coughing, sneezing, and throwing up all his food I hope that he will get better soon because I enjoy having siblings. For 12 years I was the only child it was pretty fun because I was spoiled but it was very lonely. I had no one to really talk to except my cousins I have a lot of cousins but you cant always go visit them. Ever since I got a brother it’s been pretty fun even though he cries a lot. But in a way today was different because I was able to get all my work done and not have to rush like on Monday. On Monday I woke up late and could finish all my work I had to take time on Tuesday to complete my work. The work was a little confusing and I didn't understand it a first but today is a new day. I feel like I'm getting way better at this online work but regular school is way better. I believe that in a couple of weeks everything is going to be out of control because of the coronavirus. I believe this going to happen because in new york they ran out of supplies and people started fighting for supplies. In most movies, I watch when there's a plague this is how the chaos starts.

Jocelyn Dolan :)

2020-03-26 16:59:14 UTC

2020 has NOT been the best year at all! First, there was tension with the United States and Iran. Second, Australia’s wild fires. Third, we lost Kobe and Gigi Bryant. And now, the Coronavirus. There have been a lot of other terrible things this year but those really spoke to me. Everybody in 2019 said that 2020 was going to be the best year, but it has not been! According to the Ted Talk, Coronavirus has unique characteristics. For example, they use RNA instead as DNA for genetic material, covered with spikes on the surface and use them to invade cells. The spikes are the corona in coronavirus. In addition, all the corona viruses are respiratory syndrome (lungs/breathing). Covid-19 usually goes for the older and kids are safer and the virus morphs. What I mean by that is the virus went from animals to people and we don’t know how it will morph again. The way it travels so fast and far is because person to person is more contagious than animal to human. A lady ate a bat and got it, so it's more difficult. Lastly, bats have a lot more diseases that humans can get and so do other animals. But not everyday pets and birds.

Jack Fowler

2020-03-26 21:13:25 UTC

Ahhh. Another day in the books. Well, this quarantine is going quite well and school is smooth sailing. Even though my family and I are very interactive with our friends, that is not the case this past week of shelter in place. As the days move on, I enjoy my time walking my dog, Dexter, and playing outside with my sister. We are currently working on a 750 piece puzzle of melting ice cream. So far we have done about ⅓ of the puzzle and hope to complete it soon.

While many kids my age are probably sitting around inside playing video games 24/7, I tend to stick to a nice daily routine and it has been going nicely. One area of focus during this time for all of humanity is patience. I know this is weird coming from me, but I say that patience will bring this pandemic to its defeat. Also, cooperation is something many need to work on due to the shelter in place and self-distancing from others not in your family. Another key factor in this quarantine is staying calm. Soon this will be over and our daily lives will be restored with sporting events and school all both filled with joy.

I have a couple of reviews to give to you as I have officially finished the Uglies series. It was phenomenal. So much drama and action with surprising truths and unsuspecting events. My other review is about the Simpsons. Man, that is one TV show. I love it! My favorite character is Bart. He is such a joke. While it is very funny and amusing, it will eventually teach a lesson every couple of episodes.

To conclude today’s writers notebook write, I would express to everyone of you people out there who want to be out in the sunshine with friends, hanging out with people you would not normally see on a day to day basis, I say to stay calm, cooperative, and most of all, have fun during this time to engage with your family and to always stay true to yourself and others around you.

Good Night here from Pleasanton!

Zayn Syed

2020-03-27 01:49:43 UTC

This virus has disrupted me badly, when i'm at school I can focus but when at home i'm just not ready for remote learning. My daily life had been disrupted because I can't focus on one thing I just get distracted from anything and don't focus on work and pretend I don't have anything to do. It's effected me because I can't go outside at all and i'm quarantined in my room and can't do much except video games and homework. Things we can learn from this crisis is take it seriously and people should actually wash their hands and not use sanitizers because it does not clean your hands fully. Everyone in the government should be far from each other and be more aware then us and be serious about this 'pandemic'. The weaknesses of corona-viruses being exposed to others are bad hygiene, as in people not being clean/ not cleaning their hands wearing the same clothes everyday

Gavin Schoenweiler

2020-03-27 16:15:59 UTC

the virus disrupted the school system by having the self-quarantine and making it so we can't go outside to enclosed public places. It has affected people by causing a panic and making people think they have to stock up on stuff when they should just do what they normally do when they get stuff because 1 it leaves less for everyone else and 2 the virus is just like the flu. If the flu doesn't kill you then if the coronavirus is like the flu then why should you worry about not having enough food items if you already have enough. it also got blown out of proportion and the only reason people are dying from it is that they are old and have weak immune systems. also, all professional sports were canceled at the time because they don't want to get the teams sick. Along with sports, all major events were postponed. the coronavirus is exposing that people lack calmness and are thrown into panic as soon as something goes wrong but it does show that the government is able to come up with a decent solution for how to solve the virus. although they are trying to make sure it doesn't spread as much it would take months of quarantine to make sure that the virus was no longer spreading and everyone would have to be tested for it. I think that the government should be telling people that it isn't that harmful to help stop the panic that people have created and make the quarantine more orderly where people are only taking what they need not what they think they need because chances are what they think they need is going to be way more than what they actually need so the government should give a speech about how the virus isn't that harmful.

Kamryn Poulsen

2020-03-27 17:03:31 UTC

The effect that the coronavirus has had on my friends and family is that I have to communicate with my friends more often than I usually do. I think my family is handling this pretty well, but they are generally scared, and I think its the end of the world. My mom thinks that it's going to last for a while and be gone in May. She recently read a book about having a virus and a bunch of people getting it, then it's going to be gone soon. I think my friends are handling it very badly because it's very tiring to complete all the work we are getting from five different teachers and have to keep track of what's due a specific time. My brother doesn't like this because he doesn't have a computer, so he has to go to my other one and it's hard on him. He doesn't like having zoom calls with people. plus, I think it's hard for everyone to know that we can't go outside and that all stores are closed. It's kind of like a scene from a movie, I think that's hard because all streets are closed and it's weird to look outside and so no one outside

Kavina.K

2020-03-27 17:17:40 UTC

The Coronavirus is getting worse by the minute. Staying at home is so boring. Some days, I need to check my phone to know what day it is. On the bright side, I think that pushing through these times of crisis has brought everyone closer together. We have all started to realize how important our friends and family are. The last time I was outside was more than a week ago, and it was only a walk I took with my family for thirty minutes. I’m trying to exercise as much as I can, but sometimes, I feel like I’m pushing myself too hard. For example, today, my mom told me to be relaxed because my back hurt, but I didn’t. In my defense, it’s not like I had a choice. I have to do PE and I can’t lie either. If I lie, the only person I’m hurting is myself. Also, my friend and I started a two week workout challenge yesterday, but I told her I’m not going to be able to do it this week. I’m trying my best not to be lazy, but it’s really hard. I have to come up with a better routine than I already have, since I’m going to be stuck at home for the next two months. If I’m being honest, every day feels like a year. On the other hand, this issue that’s happening right now is teaching us important lessons too. It shows us that the only way to get through anything is to stick together. If I was alone for the next two months, I would literally go crazy. That’s why it’s so important to be there for each other. It can get a little tiring sometimes, but you have to be strong for yourself, and everyone around you. I never ask my parents for help with anything nowadays because I know that they’re already really stressed and I don’t want to add to that.

Rohan Raina

2020-03-27 17:54:49 UTC

As the clock ticked George looked around.He could see his friend,Charlotte enjoying the food.They were having a delicious,spicy,garlic,crispy beans dish.George's father was the president of the USA.He got an assignment that he couldn’t finish.He was a mastermind for the country.He currently was studying a baffling case.“The government’s only bank’s money was suddenly disappearing from it.All the guards were questioned.But they knew nothing.”Mr. Smith announced.George immediately stood up.“I want to solve the mystery dad.” he replied.“Well,I guess you can help out.” he answered unsurely.The next day George awake to the delicious aroma of cooking.But that was not the only thing on his mind.His mind was also on the government mystery with the banks being robbed.George and Mr. Smith finished breakfast of pancakes and waffles.They got it in the car and drove to the bank.It was like any normal bank.Inside on the left there were desks to talk to tellers about taking loans,opening,and closing an account.There were two atms next to the desks.Then best of all there was the physical bank vault.It was 10 ft tall by 10 ft wide.Mr. Smith asked to see where the robbery was taken place.As George was walking inside he saw there was thousands of gears on the back of the vault door.

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pb42931 — 2020-03-27 18:06:01 UTC

2020-03-27 18:08:07 UTC

The shelter in place has really took a toll on me. I so desperately want to hang out with my friends and just have human interaction in general with people other than my family. I am on facetime with my friends almost everyday, but we just talk and not do much. I have been on my phone and been watching TV more than ever now because I don’t have much to do. The other day me and my mom went on a walk and it was so eerily quiet at the park and was kinda scary. It’s just so weird for such a lively community like Pleasanton to be so quiet and not interact so much. The day shelter in place was announced, my family and I went a bought LOTS of food. So now we have a lot of food and only go to stores for stuff like milk every once in awhile. We can still go to the park and do stuff like that, but right now it is very cold which doesn’t make things much better because we can’t go out much either or in the backyard. If this was in the summer, I think it would be better because we could still go to the park and on runs with ease. The weather is about 60 degrees right now but it feels colder because it’s windy. My dad and I have been going on bike rides lately but it’s kinda boring but not as boring as staying at home. We’ve taken out the old board games and my family have been paying them sometimes. We've resorted to many things we haven't done for a while. A downside is that now I’m always home my mom makes me do more chores like mop the whole house because I have so much more time. All my sports have been cancelled also so I really don’t have anything else to do, so I don’t fight it.

Annmarie Cruce

2020-03-27 18:35:25 UTC

I believe that a problem that hugely affecting society during this time, is the fear of the unknown. During this time, people have become very anxious and scared of the Corona Virus mainly because the effects are somewhat unknown. Without knowing how long this will last, the ultimate cause of the disease, a cure, or a definite list of side effects, our world has gone into a state of anxiety. Due to having never faced this disease before, it has also caused people to worry more about the spread of the virus. To help cope with this problem many areas and countries have “shelter in place”, and are advising people to stay in their homes. Due to this protection of society, it has also caused another reason for stress. “Will I have enough supplies and food?” Recently, grocery store shelves have been wiped clean, with no hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, or other cleaning supplies left. It is also hard to find common grocery goods like meat, milk, canned food, rice, and even toilet paper.

Even though our society is facing this real, and stress-inducing problem we can all learn some very important lessons from the events during this time. For example, people can learn better coping strategies for stress and anxiety during this time, because with having more free time in their day, people can focus on their mental health more. Also, it can teach people to be kind and empathetic to others because everyone is going through the same scary situation. Instead of hoarding supplies to yourself you could share with others because everyone needs things like food and toilet paper. By uniting together as a whole, we can help each other to survive this time and learn important values.

Samaira Gupta

2020-03-27 18:51:27 UTC

Today I got up a little late. I guess this is a bad part about quarantine. I got mad at my mom for not waking me up. I get annoyed very easily. After that I filled up my water bottle, kissed my brother, and got to work. My brother keeps on asking me to bake him cake. I baked brownies yesterday, but we ate it all. Now it depends on how long my work will take. If I finish it by two pm I’ll bake something for him. For some reason I am in the mood of baking cookies instead of cake. I also want to make pizza, but we don’t have enough flour and the trackers says that it will come on sunday. I’m a cooking freak. I am feeling extremely tired since I woke up, so I am probably going to take a shower after I’m done with my work. I will also order things like:

Paint
Canvas
Watercolor pencils

I want to order these because I love to paint and I ran out of supplies. While working I can’t stop singing tiktok songs and dancing along with it. My parents are probably not gonna let me be on tiktok after quarantine, seeing how obsessed I am with it.

Krish Virk

kv56591 — 2020-03-27 19:31:29 UTC

Day 2 of online school. Still not as fun as the other day. I got a ton of work to do, including this. I got a ton from science, math, and block. Math is the hardest since the lesson is really hard. Looks like I’ll be done with my work at 12:00. I spent almost 3-4 hours on school. Time flies by fast. Actually not really, still feels like I’ve been staying inside my house for 2 months. I just wanna go to school already, this online thing is slowly killing me. Typing random stuff at this point to fill the 300 word limit. The only thing that has changed for the virus is that things have gotten worse. I keep getting news about how bad it is in Itlay. I hope it gets better for them. I believe it said that Italy has more deaths than China from the virus. Kind of suprising since China has way more people living in it. I belive China has the highest amount of population. Hopefully after spring break this entire thing just ends already. I’m tired of all of this. Its gotten old and stale. The work, and waiting, and boredom! I just want everything to go back to normal for once.

Lucas Tompkinson

2020-03-27 19:54:48 UTC

Honestly, I am feeling a little more worried each day. I am worried about my parents and siblings because they work such tough jobs and touch almost everything. me and my family have to adapt because most of the time we will go out and eat if there is absolutely nothing at home. my family has to cook meals more and more often. Now that baseball is gone and school I have to exercise almost every day in my house instead of just running at school or practice. As I have stated before it is extremely boring and recently I had made something cool to entertain myself with. The downside of the virus is that you can't really see special family members. My mom and I wanted o see my little cousin which was a baby because who doesn't like babies. I couldn't go because of the virus and we decided not to see my uncle as well. The only person I can see is my brother that lives 4 hours away. I have been thinking recently that since this is going on it might cancel my birthday plans which were going to monarchy bay. My dad was going to surprise me with baseball tickets to go to a game but that's canceled too. I can't even see any fun friends or family members. This honestly sucks.

Laasya Panchagnula

lp51791 — 2020-03-27 20:03:33 UTC

don't even know how I feel about this quarantine any more. It either brings or overwhelming or just some unknown feeling I can't name. The days go by at a normal rate, and I've been using my time either finishing up assignments or reading. I started a new book yesterday. Its called With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo. It's pretty good so far but I don't know how I feel about it. I really need to get my emotions in check. I guess I just feel tired of looking at the same walls and the same decor every day for 24 hours. I am tired of not being able to go outside and see my friends face to face. I am tired of everything I have to do and feel because of the quarantine. I just really want to go to school. I feel like I have more homework than ever instead of doing classwork. I don't like doing things without anyone to talk to. At least at school, I've got friends to talk to while I do my work. Even after I came home, I would face tie one of my friends and talk to her while I did my homework. Now, I have no one because my parents have their own work to talk to and I have no siblings. Even my friends are too busy doing their own work. Well, at least I have quality music on my side. My guilty pleasure is watching Bollywood music videos because it makes me smile watching them dance with big grins and happy faces. It just fills me with energy watching them. I guess I'm happy that at least I have something to do and I'm not sitting at home bored out of my mind, even though the work I'm doing is boring itself.

Josh Lin

2020-03-27 20:57:54 UTC

Today is my birthday. It is an unique one because I have never gone through a birthday while in quarantine. Today is also our first day of digital classwork. So far the classwork has been a bit easier than usually in class but I assume that is because the teachers are still figuring out how to incorporate our classwork into digital work. I wonder how people are faring in places like Wu Han, China; New York, or even Italy. I also wonder what caused the Corona Virus to begin in the first place, like how it was created or, how it affects its victims.

So far, being cooped up in my house isn’t so bad because I have books to read that I had previously borrowed from the Pleasanton Library. The books are the whole series of “A series of unfortunate events” and I enjoy reading it. So far, I have read to the 7h book and it was “The Vile Village”. So far, this book series has kept me entertained but I wonder what will happen when I finish them (all of the books). I imagine I would scour the internet for some PDF’s or books.

I am able to maintain contact with my friends through the use of websites that allow us to talk. I have kept in touch with many friends, most of which are also from Hart. Also, now that I am stuck indoors, I am not able to see what the outside is like for fear that I will get the virus. I think that is how so many people in the U.S. are getting the virus; by being outside or going to group gatherings even though they were advised not to. I wonder what other families are doing to stay safe.

Addison Hobizal

2020-03-27 21:52:38 UTC

At this moment it really feels like coronavirus is taking over our world. Already there are so many things changing. For example, so much stuff is going out of stock in the grocery store. Also, my family is going to go to my lake house in a few weeks. But, we won’t be able to take our boat out on the lake because they aren’t letting people anymore. I’m getting a little frustrated that we can barely do anything but people tell me we have to think of all of the people dying. Even though it is rare for a kid to die from it, we have to remember those who are old and or have respiratory issues. I also feel bad for all of those doctors who are working so hard to help these people. It must be a very stressful job. I really miss seeing my friends. I try to face time, text, and call them as much as possible. Sometimes it feels like i’m going to go crazy sitting in my house all day. My family has been trying to get out as much as possible. We have been going on drives around town, hikes, walks, and we have been going to parks. But, at the parks nobody can go on the play structure. I feel bad for my younger sister because that's all she really likes to do at parks. So, we have been going to parks with volleyball nets so that me and my older sister can practice. She made the A team and I made the B team for volleyball. We let our younger sister play volleyball with us too even though she is horrible at it. I really never thought that I would miss school so much but I do. I miss my friends. I don’t have a lot of my friends phone numbers so I hope somehow we can get in touch. I can’t wait for all of this craziness to be over. For now, i’m going to try to stay positive!

Kaia Hoyman

2020-03-27 21:56:39 UTC

I am not very happy that this virus has taken over my city, my country, and definitely the world as well. I normally have soccer 4 days a week and I have a very big soccer tournament coming up on April 3 in Arizona.. When it got cancelled as well as all of my other events and practices, my team and I was devastated. Then all of a sudden the school shut down, then my piano got cancelled, then we got and still are quarantined for I don’t even know how long. This virus has just knocked life right out of me. Ever since we have been quarantined, I have had to run two miles and do a hardcore 45 minute workout everyday except Sundays (Sundays are for practicing my soccer skills outside, like juggling). Although, now that I have nothing going on, it is a little nice to slow down a bit since I am always very busy. Also, most high school dances are being cancelled, such as junior prom and prom. I feel very bad for the seniors because they have to miss out on one of the most important memories of their childhood. For example, my mom always tells the story on how she broke up with her boyfriend a week before prom, and she wanted a date so she randomly started dating this guys that goes to a completely different school than her so she could have a date for prom. Plus even if seniors don’t go to prom its their last year of high school, sports, and mauybe childhood. I am already kind of mad about, but when I do get overly upset about it, I try and put myself in a seniors shoes, and realize that I still have next year but them, nope.

am7271 — 2020-03-27 22:03:39 UTC

300 Words: So yesterday I said I would talk about Math and Physical Education. So because I have math first I will talk about that before Physical Education. For the work from home thing in math, my teacher said that she would post a video of her teaching the lesson on google classroom and that she would not be checking the homework! I mean for starters why would anyone even do the homework. But that is not as bad as the next thing. The next thing is that she posts the answers to the homework in Google classroom. I mean does she expect us not to just copy the answers? Now for P.E, For P.E he just gets a video of exercises from YouTube, and then he expects us to do the video and answer a few questions after like what was the hardest exercise and how many times did you do the video. It is the same story. Does he expect us not to pretend we did the video 3 times and make up answers? I mean are they both too blind to see how easy it is to cheat on the work. It just wants to make me say WHAT!!!!

Nisheeka Toju

2020-03-27 22:19:02 UTC

Coronavirus is a virus that originated in Wuhan, China. According to NPR.com, people have recovered from the coronavirus are being tested again for coronavirus. From the article Mystery In Wuhan: Recovered coronavirus Patients Test Negative ... Then Positive patients who have recovered are being tested again ¨Based on data from several quarantine facilities in the city which house patients for further observation after their discharge from hospitals, about 5%-10% of patients pronounced “recovered” have tested positive again.¨ This is very concerning because after people catch a viral fever they usually are immune to the virus. According to NPR.com, virologists think that the people being tested positive after they already caught it probably don't have the virus. ¨It is possible they were first given a false negative test result, which can happen if the swab used to collect samples of the virus misses bits of the virus. Dr. Li Wenliang, a whistleblowing doctor who later died of the virus himself in February, tested negative for the coronavirus several times before being accurately diagnosed. ¨ These tests are not as accurate, and maybe the patients being tested negative might have it. The New York post said ¨Wang added that surveillance of similar patients showed that 80 to 90% had no trace of the virus in their system one month after being discharged from the hospital, according to the report. ¨ This is a good sign. Most people who have had the virus are more likely to not get it again. According to the new york times, ¨Dr. Lipsitch offered an analogy: a jam jar with mold on top. Scraping off the surface might give the impression that the jam is now mold-free, but in fact the jar may still contain mold that continues to grow. ¨ The virus could still come back to a person who has been recovered the same way the mold grows back. Some evidence this is happening is ¨The Japanese woman initially had mild symptoms of coronavirus infection and tested positive in late January. She was released from the hospital on Feb. 1. She tested positive again on Wednesday after coming in for a sore throat and chest pain.

Tanvi Gupta

2020-03-27 22:37:10 UTC

This quarantine has given me a bit of extra time to sit back and relax. Using that time I have read the book “Call me by your name” by André Aciman. I decided to read this book because recently I have lost my interest for reading. I realized it was because of my lack of interest in the books I’m reading. I heard of this book and I thought it would be a great start to my reading adventure. After this I hope to read, “A brave new world” by Aldous Huxley.

So, "Call me by your name” is centered around the main character Elio and his love story with Oliver, a 22 year old scholar who is staying at their house in Italy for a few weeks while he prepares his book as well as gets advice from Elio’s father, a professor. Although Elio usually dislikes the guests at their home, he finds a peculiar interest to Oliver and his carefree attitude. Us as the audience watches this unfold, as Elio recalls the events of that summer and his feelings towards Oliver. I feel like what makes this book different than most books though, is how the author, (Andre Aciman), writes it. The way he writes makes the audience so engaged and we can feel the passion Elio feels for Oliver and how strong his emotions are. This along with how well the setting is described just makes it so great to read.

I think that this is definitely one of the best books I’ve read just because of how amazing the writing is. You just can understand the emotion so well. Everything feels so magical yet at the same time it’s all so real.

Adithi Vuligonda

2020-03-27 23:36:14 UTC

Good Morning! I woke up, again, rushing. I was first awake at 7 a.m. but then it was 9:15 a.m. when I woke up after a ‘’nap’’. I can get ready in a snap! I got ready in less than an hour! After other activities, I thought I had a call at 10 but I didn’t. After my daily procrastination. I started working on my homework. Have to catch up on procrastinated work! My week has been going fast and I wish it wend slower. I noticed that it goes slower when something is not interesting and faster when you enjoy something!

Things are very different. I wish we were back in the 90s or 80s. The time when everything was BEYOND perfect! I always feel like I know about back then and feel like everything was better back then. Old is gold. It was the time were nothing was corrupt. By corrupt, I mean corrupt. Not the basic things are corrupt but the people are corrupt now. THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

If nothing bad happened, I, along with all my friends, would be at school. Enjoying time in my favorite class(AM Block <3). I could be outside playing with my friends after school, depending on the way I finish my homework. I worry about the elderly people and infants and everyone at risk. Many of us may not be at risk but there are a lot of others who are.

A book named Eyes of Darkness, written by Dean Koontz, predicted this too. This is where the theory of ntentionally creating this virus comes from.

Lakshanya Palani

2020-03-28 17:26:05 UTC

The coronavirus is commonly referred to as COVID-19. It is an infectious disease/virus and a global pandemic. It spreads through contact with an infected person when they cough or sneeze. It can also spread if someone touches something that has the virus on it, then touches their eyes, nose, or mouth. People can protect themselves by washing their hands frequently, avoiding touching their faces, and avoiding close contact with others. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Some victims of the corona may have aches, pains, nasal congestion, a runny nose, a sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually.
It started in Asia(in the Wuhan Province) and spread to other places around the world. Now, in the United States, President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency. Six counties, as of March 17th, have taken action by addressing the ¨shelter in place¨ protocol. The shelter in place protocol basically means that people cannot go out of their homes except for their essential needs. According to the John Hopkins University, by March 26th, there was over 84,200 cases of the COVID-19 in the United States, with more than 1,170 deaths. Worldwide, there have been over 529,000 cases, 121,000 recoveries, and 23,700 deaths.

Sophie Tsai

2020-03-28 17:29:13 UTC

First time the virus struck, nobody was too worried. The virus has grown and infected many people without knowing, and now it became a national emergency. Introducing, coronavirus. This virus isn’t deadly to those with a strong immune system, so it’s only the old and the newborn that we have to worry about. The only major problem is that people with the virus can carry it around for around two weeks without symptoms showing, therefore spreading it faster. Now that this issue has been recognized, the government has issued a national quarantine, preventing anybody from leaving or entering the country, also preventing schools from teaching. Daily life has been disrupted in so many ways, nobody can go to school or afterschool activities. Large sport gatherings have been canceled or postponed, schools may not resume until after summer break. There still is a way that helps students learn, also known as online school. People are currently adjusting to this new learning process, where students can learn without leaving their houses. Teachers can assign material through something called Google Classroom and students can call their teachers. Teachers can also have a video chat with their students, keeping communication with them. The coronavirus prevented many people from going to work, therefore not receiving paychecks and crashing the stock market. It isn’t all bad though. It has been shown that the pollution in China has dropped greatly due to the lack of humans operating in factories and driving cars that release harmful emissions in the air. Canals in Venice have cleared as well, and dolphins are getting closer to Italy. Deers have started to roam the streets of Japan and monkeys came closer to Thailand.

Nolan Chavez (Monday Week 2 Entry)

2020-03-30 23:44:57 UTC

Simply stated, Mondays are the worst. I will try every week to be positive and energized when I get up on a Monday morning, but nothing I do seems to work. It’s like Mondays are cursed, and will always be everyone’s least favorite day of the week. After the first week of online learning, I feel like I’ve been doing this for years. Time is a drag these days, and I can’t wait to look back on this in a few years and laugh. Until then, however, I’m stuck inside, feeling overwhelmed with no friends to help me or hang out with. It’s getting annoying, because the weekdays feel like they move by so slowly, but the weekends are over in an instant. Lately, I’ve been writing with a positive and negative side of things, but today I just want to rant about this whole situation. I plan to be more positive tomorrow, but until then, I just want to be done with schoolwork. These times are certainly strange, but it doesn’t help that it’s only a Monday and the week ahead seems so long. In the end, there is only one positive thing about this: spring break is just around the corner, but this week is going to feel like forever until I get there.

Brian Qian

2020-03-31 22:25:22 UTC

The coronavirus of this year known as COVID-19 has disrupted my life completely. I am also

totally upset that I can’t go to school and meet my friends especially Rachit who has to move to India, and I didn’t even say goodbye to him just because of this coronavirus.

All the places I go learn such as Chinese school, Hart Middle School, my writing class are

All closed, and we literally have to learn online. This virus is absolutely outrageous, and

the Bay Area is the one of the most affected places of the coronavirus. I am thankful that

I don’t have to face bigger problems like ones in Seattle, and New York. Besides my school

Friends, it also affected the relationships between my closest friends which I can’t even

play, hangout with them, and I have to be stuck in this misreable, mayhem, and I can’t stay

less than 6ft away from them. I am discouraged from going outside or go to the mall. I

especially feel so mad that I can’t ride my family’s beautiful 2020 Ford Escape Titanium Hybrid due to its amazing functions, and its luxurious inside design of the car. I don’t know why but I just love things with luxury. I did some research about it today and USA was in

3rd place for the most amount of confirmed cases for the coronavirus with about 42,000

cases. I was astonished that there were this many people with this disease. I thought there were only 30,000 cases. Overall, I truly miss the everyday vibes which includes sunshine,

laughing, talking, hangouts,joy, playing sports in P.E, even the quietness

of studying and doing work in the library, and reading books. I even miss the bad vibes of everyday life.

Laasya Panchagnula - Week 2 Journal Entry

lp51791 — 2020-03-31 23:15:50 UTC

I have decided to take inspiration from the book Love from A to Z by S.K Ali and turn this journal entry thing into a Marvels and Oddities journal. Here we go. One marvel for every oddity.

Marvel: Books
Reading is definitely my favorite pastime. That and watching late-night shows. I am very grateful to my mother who taught me how to read even though I am the one now correcting her English. I am especially grateful to my teachers who have given me time every day to read in class. I am also grateful for fo libraries because if I were to order books from Amazon, my house would be overflowing with books. There would be books everywhere and it would be hard to keep track of them. I am happy I have something I can never get bored of. I am happy that there are so many books for everyone to read. In short, I love books.

Oddities: Homework
I really despise homework. I'm grateful for the fact that they give me something to do, but I have too much going on. Tests are especially brutal. I hate working from home. This is this week I have been away from school and I could really use a break by going to school. My life has gone off track. I don't even know what to do anymore or what to feel anymore. Should I feel bad for all the people dying or scared or should I feel happy that I can work from the comfort of my own home? I wish that I could see my friends and do our homework together but we can't because of stupid corona. UUUUGGGHHHH!

Brett connolly

2020-04-01 16:33:00 UTC

I had a good weekend it was my 13th birthday and i got a lot of presents. I go t a guitar and a amplifier. Now i can rock out to guitar music in my garage. This was a fun birthday party but it was different to o. I had a very fun time and i did so many fun things. i went to the fun park down at my friend's house and we played together. We had so much fun. We played baseball, and i struck him out many times. We also played basketball and we made three pointers like it was nothing. We went on the swing and walked their dogs. Their dogs are a huge german shepherd and a little maltese i'm surprised the big dog hasn’t eaten the little dog yet. When i got home i munched on some delicious buffalo wild wings and munched on some red velvet cake.

Lucas Gergeo

2020-04-01 17:44:07 UTC

The first day of homework is super hard, there is too much homework and it takes me 5 hours at least. I made a schedule to made sure I did all my homework. Also I also made sure there are some times that I can play a little video games and still be able to finish my homework. I also make spaces that I can exercise. I also made a space where I can eat and clean my pets cage so I don’t just play video and have a variety of what to do. I first start with my science and do my homework in an order so I don’t forget anything. I also try and complete all my homework even the homework that is due later. I really don’t like the amount of homework I have because it prevents me from being able to do other things and I had to skip half my schedule just to be able to finish all my homework. After that I started playing video games with quinny and it was really. I recently got into playing and me and him were playing skywars together. It was really fun and I got a couple wins. He started raging a little because it was really hard to win because both of us were pretty new.

Julian Mencarini

2020-04-01 18:56:32 UTC

The coronavirus has disrupted my days because i can't go to downtown pleasanton or my friends house every day like i used to. I cant wait till we all can go back to school and have fun and all be together. If i don't go outside all day i am in my house watching tv of laying down on my bed wondering what i can do that is fun. If i am not in my house i am at a park of at my grage having fun on my bike and skateboard. My skateboard deck s about to snap because there is cracks and i need a new one soon. I am also saving up for a new bike and the bike i want is a se bikes big flyer and the color i want is red blue and white because it looks the best to me. I think the coronavirus is going to be gone by the start of the next school year but if it isn't i am going to be sad because i want to see my teachers and friends and learn more. I might also be moving soon but i will still go to hart middle school because i want to stay at the some school with the same set of friends. I want to go to downtown but the police station is there and i don't want a warning or a ticket so i am going to stay away from downtown but i can go to livermore and have fun there.

Jocelyn Dolan:)

2020-04-02 18:18:31 UTC

We are all worrying about the corona virus and what will happen next, but what's going on outside COVID-19? Is there any hope?!? According to "The Online Odyssey", there has been random acts of kindness and good things for the environment. For example, efforts are being made to protect coral reefs and volunteers are going to help Australia with the wildfires. Nice acts of kindness include, a single mom received a $2,020 tip after waiting on 2 people in a restaurant. Other good things… a god was reunited with his owner after a car crash. Plus, a boy was rescued from a frozen lake in very late December. Fun fact, April 2nd is national ferret day and national burrito day! According to World Meter, there are 999,806 recorded cases of corona virus, 55,318 deaths, and 210,191 recoveries. In the United States there are 253,385 cases.

Andrew chao

2020-04-03 16:16:57 UTC

Today is the last 200 words until spring break. In spring break i'm going to be doing a lot actually not really but im going to be playing video games for the whole weak because it's the time where there isn’t any homework which gives me more time to play video games i recently found a new game and it's called brawlhalla its pretty easy if you have ever played super smash bros this game would be familiar me and my friend played it the whole night yesterday and it was so fun. And also i just checked math and i have no homework that means i am finishing my homework at 9:15 which is a good time to finish considering i started at 9 so yeah today going to be a short day. after this im going to go play some baseball in and get some work in for the day. I was checking the Corona virus tracker and it doubled yesterday day for the us so now theirs 200000 cases which is insane we probably double or triple multiple country already and the main land china already has a lot less then us which is very hard to believe.

Lucas Gergeo

2020-04-03 18:44:48 UTC

So far, today has been amazing. I did a lot of fun things and we made a new schedule. It is where we wake up and then play video games until 9 and then I eat breakfast and then I start to do my homework until I finish which is until 1-2. After that then I start to play video games and then after that I eat dinner or watch a movie with my family. After that I play for the rest of the day. That is my new schedule but I still don’t like Coronavirus because… I mean who doesn’t like it. It's just that I can’t see my friends anymore because some of them are only at my school and now I won’t be a able to see them anymore. Also another thing that sucks is the fact that nothing is fun except video games and it is really boring when I can’t play. Another thing that I dislike is that the only way I can see my friends like Quinny I can either facetime or voice call which I really hate. Any ways, I have been pretty bored but that is basically it. Corona sucks.

Rohan

2020-04-03 22:17:37 UTC

The phone started ringing.“Hello?”,Mr. Smith asked.“Hi thisis Charlotte.We are going to Wyoming want to come with us?”Sure he replied,“I will ask your mother.”The suspense was intense.George waited.Mr. Smith told George they were going at 7 in the morning.Sure he replied,“I will ask your father.”The suspense was intense.George waited.Mr. Smith told George they were going at 7 in the morning.They started and finished packing.The next morning George awoke to the aroma of Coconut Pineapple Banana muffins.He finished breakfast quickly,got in the car and they drove to Charlotte's house.They got out and Charlotte hugged George while Mr. Smith and Mr. Adams shook hands.They got in Charlotte's car and soon arrived in Wyoming.The sight was beautiful.They were at Grand Prismatic Spring.It looked like a rainbow and rock combined.Next they went to Yellowstone and saw lots of bison.Finally they got to their hotel and went to sleep.George had a wonderful day he had seen beautiful things.George awoke in the morning to have breakfast but there was none.So they all decided to go to the Pancake House.George ordered Vanilla,Cinnamon Spice pancakes.Charlotte ordered Cinnamon pancakes.Mr. Smith and Mr. Anderson had normal pancakes.After breakfast they started driving home.But before they got on the freeway,George’s keen eyes spotted people who looked like robbers running.

Brian Qian

2020-04-03 23:27:20 UTC

My day today was mediocre, but amazing at the same time. The morning I woke up I knew that I had three meetings today for block, Spanish, and science; however, I decided not to attend any of the meetings because first of all I don’t have any concerns or questions, and second of all I have a tight schedule today so I decided to try to improve my time management and not lag until 10pm, and third of all it is completely optional. My plan actually worked out pretty well right now, I found out that I had a better time management than any other day since remote learning has started., and it just feels like an average day. Despite of the positive effects of me not joining any meetings, there could be negative side effects also because what if the teachers might explained something that is super crucial and I have missed it. The thing that I am the most anxious about is not the meetings part its for my writing class. Since late March, my writing class decided to go online which is a pain in the butt for me because I have a lot to catch up, and the internet connections nowadays are pretty laggy due to the fact that so many people are using it since most of them are put into shelter-in-place. Last time, it was a total disaster, and this time I hope that I won’t feel lots and lots of burden today especially with online and also printing out papers because there is a lot that I need and must print out.

Lucas Tompkinson

2020-04-05 19:24:40 UTC

Time to get started on homework like any other day. I'm not really scared of the virus anymore. I know its spreading like crazy but I feel safe. I wont act like its not going around but i'm just not worried by it anymore. Also I'm beginning to be more and more happy because it's spring break and i get to see my family and everything is going great. I'm doing well in school and got starbucks. Everything is really going good. Even though I cant do most things I want to do I have my friends and family to have fun with. I want to play games all day today after my homework and just have fun with my friends. I don't really have much to talk about because I feel like I talked about everything. Everynight Im going to stay up super late and wake up super late and play video games and play baseball. It's going to be great. I really have nothing to do other than play video games and that's never gets old because it's always fun. I can't really do much at my moms house because I dont bring my game there. You know my family isn't doing so well. Maybe i'm worried for them but they will be fine. Recently I watched a movie called onward and it was really good. It's not like a kids movie it's more like a movie for middle schoolers. It was good because it had a good story and great animation. I thought some parts were weird such as the mom taking control all of a sudden and the step dad not really caring what just happened to the boys. That was a good movie and maybe you should watch it because it's really good. Trust me.

hi

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