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Collected Item: “And She Never Got to Finish Writing......”

Give your story a title.

And She Never Got to Finish Writing......

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This object is my senior yearbook.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Because of Covid-19, I didn't get the normal senior year of high school experience. I never got to wear my prom dress, appreciate my last day of school, or even had a chance to say goodbye to the teachers who shaped me into the person I am today. I never got to participate in a senior prank, or use the money we've been raising since freshman year to use towards our senior BBQ and senior trip. I never got to say farewell to the people I've grown up with since middle school. Whether I was close with them or not, I would've liked to say goodbye considering I may not ever see them again. This pandemic never allowed me to close the book on my high school experience. No matter how old I get, I will always look back and feel like high school was something that was robbed from me.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#classof2020, #senioryear

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Gabriela Greene

Give this story a date.

2020-11-11
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