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Collected Item: “The Last Day Of School”

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The Last Day Of School

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It was march, at school people were talking alot about the coronavirus but nobody really saw how big the issue was. I remember in previous weeks my hirstoy teacher asking our class, “Do you guys think this virus will eventually affect us? What do you think? Will we be affected?” I remember the whole class pretty much saying “Nah we will be fine,” there were maybe a select few who saw this coming, but for the most part nobody had a clue it would bring us here. Even my teacher. Towards the end of that school day, everyone didn’t understand what was going on, but all we knew was that we didn’t have to come to school the following Monday. It was a Friday. I went to my friend’s house after school with my frined group at the time and we all talked about the possibilities, and how we might get a two week extention on spring break, not knowing this would be the last time we hang out for a pretty long time before all of our friendships changed. We never knew that over half a year of growing and learning in highschool, and that one of our very few summers as a teen would be stripped away from us.

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#CaliforniaHighSchool, #AmericanStudies, #SanFranciscoBayArea, #sensoryhistory, #SanRamonValleyUnifiedSchoolDistrict #School #Friends #Summer #Corona #Quarentine

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Gabrielle Leonard

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2020-10-27
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