Late one evening I was on the train coming home from practice. I took out my phone and noticed my high school sent a email out that read,” as of March 16th school is closed for 2 weeks until further notice due to the virus covid 19 and we will resume learning online.” My face overwhelmed with joy because we had school off and the next 2 weeks were spent playing the game until zoom meeting were set up. Very soon I realized this will be school for the rest of the year. Some teachers that were more lenient with work and for 2 of classes all I had to do was show up in the zoom. Of course at the time I was excited because this was easier than regular school. Fast forward to 11th grade year and I soon realized I’ve learned nothing in the past year and a half online.

The first day back was so hectic and there were so many faces but in the crowd of faces no one spoke. The line to get in the school was so quiet you could hear a pen drop. It seemed as if everyone forgot how to socialize. It was a few weeks into the school year and I was already behind trying to catch up and remember things in classes like pre calc,math and chemistry. Everyday I felt like I was back tracking to relearn simple information that was already taught.