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Collected Item: “My Junior Year”

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My Junior Year

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text story

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It's been more than a quarter since my junior year of high school. Going to school every day, participating in class, or discussing with classmates are things that used to be normal now seem so strange to me. It's been months since it slowly got safe to go to school. I enjoyed doing simple things like practicing dance after school, hanging out with friends, and even going tutoring. Surrounding myself with friends, people that I feel comfortable with, makes me challenge myself to study harder. Now, I have a little fish that I like to feed it every morning before I go to school. I enjoyed more of the nature around me. I spent more time looking at the sky because it brought me peace. I like to look at the orange sky when the sun goes down or the bright blue sky in the middle of the day. My teachers remind us to take a deep breath in and suddenly question myself when was the last time I actually had a deep breath. Although I still have to get used to is meeting people not through a screen....
After a year of pandemic, it makes me appreciate the little things around me more.

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APUSH , gardengrovehighschool

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Nguyen

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2021-11-28
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