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A little while ago, me and my teammates found out that our high school soccer season would be cancelled due to COVID-19. There is hope that we will be able to do something in the summer, but it won't be a full season, and it won't be anything like what I have been looking forward to all year sadly. This year was my senior season, and anyone who has played high school sports knows that senior season just hits differently. It's your last go around. It's your last time playing with that team, your last time wearing that school jersey, your last time on that field, and so much more. Not that it's cancelled, I won't experience any of those things. I am especially sad that I will be missing out on senior night. Throughout my time on the team, I have always notice what a special thing senior night is for the seniors. Everyone's spirits are up and everyone is playing for the seniors. Obviously you get the gifts and all, but that's not why I am disappointed I will be missing it. I am disappointed that I won't have the goodbye to this sport that I thought that I would have. After this, I am not sure what I will do with soccer. I am not playing in college, and haven't really thought about what I would do. All I know is that right now I am really missing the sport and would give anything to step foot on the field again.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about this! I really do feel for all the seniors right now. I can't imagine how I would feel if this were to happen when I was a senior last year.
DeleteMy junior prom got cancelled, which I am kind of sad about because at my school, you only go to prom junior year for the most part. Our administration said that they would try their best to play something for next year, so I am glad that we will at least have something, but it is really unfortunate that we couldn't have it this year, especially because so much planning goes into it and we had to cancel everything. Some of the people I knew still got dressed up and did a virtual prom on Zoom, which was really cool because even though we couldn't be there together we could still have fun in some way. The people that I feel really bad for though are the seniors. They are missing out on senior ball, sports seasons, their last semester of high school, the senior picnic, and maybe even graduation. I feel like senior year can be such a huge part of your life because you make so many memories and you are then moving on to the next part, but now they won't really get to experience those memories with all their friends, at least not in the way that they thought. I am not sure what their plan is for graduation, but I really hope that they at least still get to do that. I have heard of some virtual graduations for college, but I feel like that's just not the same thing. Graduating high school is supposed to be memory you'll have forever.
ReplyDeleteI feel like in a way, everyone is missing out on something because of this pandemic. It's really sad to think about, especially when it's supposed to be such a big moment in your life. There are even people that are having to reschedule weddings or have them with no one there. It is nice that with the technology we have today, we are able to still have some of those events. I could not imagine what it would be like if we didn't. But it is still very much so an unfortunate thing, and I feel bad for anyone who has to miss anything during this time.
I had my sixteenth birthday two weeks ago, and the original plan was to have a party with a bunch of my friends, but obviously we weren't able to do that. Instead though, my parents got all my friends to do a drive by which was really awesome. I was definitely a little disappointed I couldn't celebrate with friends at first, but was really excited to see my friends. It made my day. I was supposed to get my driver's license as well. My test was supposed to be the day after my birthday, and I thought that I was going to have to wait forever now with what is going on. However, apparently they are making it so that your parents can sign off on your road test if you have already completely all of your hours and your driving lessons. I think that this was a nice idea because kids can still get their license then, and the wait for a slot at the DMV will not be as long, but I know there are a lot of people that are questioning this. I'm not really sure how it will work out, but I think that it is interesting that this is an option now. I never would have thought that before.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like so much is getting cancelled because of this, and that is really sad. To be honest though, I think that one good thing that has come from that is that we now see that we shouldn't take things for granted. Like I have never really liked going to school, but now that I can't I realized that it's really not that bad, especially since I can see my friends everyday. That has definitely been the hardest part. I can't really hang out with people or do the things that I usually do, and I guess those are things that I took for granted before.
It feels like so much is being cancelled because of this situation. For me, the biggest thing was my internship. Next year will be my last year of college, and therefore, my internship this summer was really important to me, as it obviously looks good on a resume and experience is always really important. When I first figured out that mine would be cancelled for this summer, I was really disappointed and really didn't know what I would do. All I could really think about was that I wasn't sure how this would affect my chances at the career that I want in my future. However, when I talked with other people, I found out that a lot of people have actually lost theirs as well. Our school let us know that while this is happening for a lot of students, we should not stress too much about it. Companies will hopefully understand the situation that was at hand and take that into consideration, as it is something that is completely out of our control. Since then, I have really just been looking at all sorts of job postings, but I have been having a bit of a difficult time finding something. I hope that I can soon, or at least once this is all over, as I also need to think about paying for tuition next year. Having to go through this has really made me think how difficult this time can be for various different groups of people. For college students like myself, there is difficulty in finding jobs, and that is a huge deal because that is how many of them pay for their college. I really hope that everyone can get through this time.
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