Today, Covid started when I was a freshmen in highschool. I'm now halfway through my Junior year and I still haven't experienced any normal high school events or traditions. I'm going to graduate without experiencing anything. Now we have a new variant… again. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, It's been two years since I graduated from high school. The people in my grade excluded me from social activities and wouldn't talk to me. I dropped out of college when the same trends ensued and people treated me the same. For now, at 20, I serve drive-thru to people who bullied me, on their way to party. FML
Today, I found out the high school I have been doing at home for the past 3 years isn't accredited and doesn't count for anything. I'm 18 and starting high school as a freshman next year. FML
Today, I saw the coronavirus news this morning, all about the new variant. I've been working 100% remotely for past year and a half. Here we fucking go again. FML
Today, school finally opened up using a hybrid schedule. Unfortunately, two of my teachers were quarantined and half of the school was on Zoom. I spent two hours in the library doing nothing with a mask on. Everyone else was on Zoom in bed. FML
Today, my kids and I have been ecstatic about them being back in school. After a year on Zoom, they couldn’t wait to get back into the classroom because every day they bring home something new and interesting. This time, they brought home a cold so bad it’s knocked me flat on my ass. FML
Today, I started my senior year of high school and I just learned I'm pregnant. I'm not sure how to tell my parents, considering I had a baby freshman, sophomore, and junior year as well. FML
Today, I got hit with the “Beginning of the Year Curse” and by that I mean my kids went back to school and brought the flu home. FML
Today, my brain is all messed up, and my stomach is churning at the thought of going to school, which starts from tomorrow. I was never like this before the lockdown at least. I liked going to school; now I despise it. My social life is now shit, and I have no idea if my mental health is alright. FML
Today, I live in a country where a new variant of COVID has been found and we have to go through all this garbage again, all because some people believe that vaccines are in violation of their rights and that it's their right to risk all of our lives and livelihoods. FML
Today, my 20-day summer break started. It was also the day my entire family, including me, tested positive for Covid. I'm typing this in an isolation ward. There goes my summer break. FML
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Chazzster 32
Many generations have had major events that shaped their lives. “Normalcy” has definite periods of interruptions. My Dad was about your age during WW2 - That had an impact that was not “normal”. His parents were shaped by the Great Depression. I’m dating myself, but my generation was impacted by the Vietnam War - drop out of school or have lower than a 2.0 GPA in college and it’s a draft ticket to Vietnam (sometimes one way)… A hundred years ago almost exactly the “Spanish Influenza” hit pretty much like COVID and the pandemic lasted about 2 years - But no vaccines, no medicines to help, and WW1 was ongoing. I definitely sympathize with your situation, but we are all dealt the hand we get. Life skill is knowing how to play the hand you are dealt.
RichardPencil 32
Covid started in March of 2020 (when Tom Hanks got it.) You got most of your freshman year in. Why don't you drop out of school until the pandemic ends or the human race goes extinct? You'd feel pretty silly learning how to diagram sentences when everyone else is dead.
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RichardPencil 32
Covid started in March of 2020 (when Tom Hanks got it.) You got most of your freshman year in. Why don't you drop out of school until the pandemic ends or the human race goes extinct? You'd feel pretty silly learning how to diagram sentences when everyone else is dead.
Chazzster 32
I assume you are being your usual sarcastic and humorous self. Unfortunately a few people might think you were giving literal advice. Obviously if this were a plague of zombies or a Medieval Black Death level plague (30% mortality meaning that 30% of the overall population died in Europe during the worst of the plague). What you said might make practical sense. However as bad as it is most people will survive and when we come out the other side of this mess people will still be needing an education to get a decent job.
raven_of_azarath 35
Oh, if only we actually were diagramming sentences in English classes. But alas, we’re given a script we have to say word for word that talks about race in a way that’s conservative friendly, like having students of color read a book that uses a certain slur 20 times on one page alone (it was approved by Abbott after all).
Chazzster 32
Many generations have had major events that shaped their lives. “Normalcy” has definite periods of interruptions. My Dad was about your age during WW2 - That had an impact that was not “normal”. His parents were shaped by the Great Depression. I’m dating myself, but my generation was impacted by the Vietnam War - drop out of school or have lower than a 2.0 GPA in college and it’s a draft ticket to Vietnam (sometimes one way)… A hundred years ago almost exactly the “Spanish Influenza” hit pretty much like COVID and the pandemic lasted about 2 years - But no vaccines, no medicines to help, and WW1 was ongoing. I definitely sympathize with your situation, but we are all dealt the hand we get. Life skill is knowing how to play the hand you are dealt.
Marcella1016 32
I appreciate this a lot. It’s so easy to feel really, REALLY down about all this. Not just the pandemic, but seeing all the crazy that comes with it. Not just in the US but all around the world. It helps so much to know every generation goes through some crazy shit and the world survives. Like it feels like the end of the world right now when we’re in it but everything will eventually be fine. Just like it has been before. They say when you’re going through Hell, “Keep going.” Because eventually you’ll be through it and it’s behind you. Thanks for the reminder ❤️
Jonkbaby 23
I'd encourage you to be involved any way you can. life throws a lot of curveballs, and while things can't be "normal", we can still connect with our friends and people of our generation. You got this
Bonniibiik 6
That’s definitely hard, all children romanticize high school. While it’s never quite what most expect, you definitely got a shorter stick. Ignore the old assshats in the comments.
Jason Lammers 4
It does suck, but take solace in the fact that you're not alone, and your entire generation has been affected in the same way.