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A Child’s Reflection

Title (Dublin Core)

A Child’s Reflection

Description (Dublin Core)

We’ve had my 10 year daughter journal her thoughts during the past year from time to time, and they’ve ranged from mundane (“we made a fort”) to outraged (“Black people are being hurt in this country and not being heard”), so I was curious what her reflection on a year in quarantine would be. Interestingly, her reflection is overall positive. This surprised me a bit, since she is doing online learning through the end of the school year, missed an entire season of competitive gymnastics and has not had a Girl Scout meeting in person in over a year. I’ll admit I’m relieved that her inner thoughts are about Minecraft, playing in our flooded backyard, and continuing to practice gymnastics at home rather than focusing on all that she’s missed. It makes me think that though this year has impacted my kids that to them, their childhood is still pretty normal. Now I just have to break it to her that when she returns to in person instruction next year, she won’t be able to listen to her music during class!

Date (Dublin Core)

March 17, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Karis Jue

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Kathryn Jue

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Emotion
English Race & Ethnicity
English Recreation & Leisure

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

mundane
outrage
gymnastics
Black
quarantine
Minecraft

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

childhood
journal
perspective
home
one year
happy

Collection (Dublin Core)

Black Voices
K-12
Lost Seasons
Children

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/19/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/20/2021
03/25/2021
04/17/2022
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/17/2021

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This item was submitted on March 19, 2021 by Kathryn Jue using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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