{"id":2790,"date":"2020-04-07T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2020-04-13T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:31:36","slug":"what-the-school-closures-mean-to-me-the-perspective-of-a-high-school-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2790","title":{"rendered":"What the School Closures Mean to Me: The Perspective of a High School Senior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Ilona van der Linden<\/em><\/p>\n

Bye-bye, senior year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governor Newsom dropped a bombshell on all high schoolers when he officially announced that schools would not be opening for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year, but it certainly hit seniors the hardest. No prom, no graduation, no senior week, no senior prank\u2026 All of these things that we\u2019d dreamed of since we were kids are being taken away for good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the most part, my friends and I knew that the governor had made the right decision\u2014after all, our mundane losses become nearly irrelevant in the face of a global pandemic. However, I think a lot of us can\u2019t help but feel a sense of regret. We were experiencing highschool knowing that there still was a long way to go\u2014that every chance we had wasn\u2019t our last.<\/span><\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t <\/span>have<\/span><\/em> to go to prom junior year, since there was always senior prom. We didn\u2019t <\/span>have<\/span><\/em> to attend school sporting events, since there\u2019d always be another season. We didn\u2019t <\/span>have<\/span><\/em> to take every opportunity we were given, because there were always more to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, there are no more chances, and we\u2019re never getting them back. That\u2019s what hurts.<\/span><\/p>\n

I guess all we can do now is look forward; to college, a new beginning, and beyond. That\u2019s what\u2019s motivating me past this slump: the brightness of the future. True, there\u2019s still the looming uncertainty of when all of this will be over, but a girl can hope\u2014and hope she will.<\/span><\/p>\n

To those still in high school, please learn from this. You may never have the opportunity to do those quintessentially \u201chigh school\u201d things ever again, so when you\u2019re offered the chance, take it.<\/span><\/p>\n

And to those a bit further down the road, I think there\u2019s a grain of truth in the plight of the angry high school senior, and I hope you\u2019ll take it. Let us serve as a reminder to live life to the fullest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps this pandemic will give the world a much-needed chance to reflect, and we\u2019ll emerge from it better. We\u2019ll live in the moment, be kinder to each other, and work together towards rebuilding what\u2019s been broken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be consoling a lot of my friends who are crying in their prom dresses come May, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be among them. In times like these, we need hope. It\u2019s the only consistency left in this crazy world, and though it can be a difficult thing to keep, I still have it.<\/span><\/p>\n

So stay hopeful, San Diego. I know it\u2019s what you do best.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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