Item
Escape from Reality
Media
Title (Dublin Core)
Escape from Reality
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
The item I chose that best illustrates the past six months in quarantine is a screenshot of my favorite videogame, Valorant. Although I could have chosen any other videogame, I decided to choose Valorant because it is the main game that has brought a lot of happiness to my friends and I when we play it everyday during this quarantine. During this unprecedented time because we must stay safe by isolating ourselves from each other, many people have been experiencing loneliness because they have not had an actual, social interaction in such a long time. Fortunately, through Valorant, I never felt any negative emotions because this game has always allowed my friends and I to play together and build a stronger relationship whenever we were done with our school work. The reason why Valorant connects to the pandemic is because it has been a great way for my friends and I to take a step back and escape from reality. Valorant best represents my current experience as a junior in highschool during a period of unrest in this country because as a junior with many AP classes, high school can feel really stressful and tiring at many times, however I have learned that it is important to focus on my mental health at all times. Thus, playing Valorant with my friends has really helped us relax and forget about all the problems in the world for a brief period of time. Furthermore, I see that a lot of students in highschool complain how this pandemic has stolen a lot of our time that could have been spent making memories, however, I have taken a different approach to this because I found that playing video games such as Valorant is the best way to make memories with friends and it has helped me realize that despite the hardships we face during this pandemic, my friends and I will always have each other’s backs.
Date (Dublin Core)
January 21, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Riot Games
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
APUSH
Partner (Dublin Core)
Garden Grove High School
Type (Dublin Core)
text
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--K12
English
Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
APUSH
Garden Grove High School
videogame
Valorant
relationships
isolation
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
APUSH
Garden Grove High School
Collection (Dublin Core)
K-12
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/22/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/10/2021
10/10/2021
10/11/2021
06/23/2023
Date Created (Dublin Core)
01/21/2021
This item was submitted on January 22, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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