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Collected Item: “Covid-19 journal entry”

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Covid-19 journal entry

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journal entry

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.

When quarantine first started I was happy we didn't have to go to school and i thought we would only be gone for a couple weeks. Now that it’s been more than 28 weeks I obviously am not happy about it anymore. I can’t hang out with my friends anymore and going to work is kind of scary. I hate that we have to wear a mask because when I smile at people they can’t see that I’m smiling at them and I just creepy. My mom is a hair stylist so she was out of work for quite a while, fortunately now she open back up again. My brother also lost his job because the business he worked for had to shut down. My other brother Chase was a senior when it first happened and he just went off to college a couple weeks ago. Chase actually got COVID-19 and that was pretty scary but he didn’t show any symptoms or get sick at all.
This journal entry was written as a part of the American Studies class at California High School in San Ramon, California.

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#californiahighschool, #americanstudies, #sanfranciscobayarea, #sanramonvalleyunifiedschooldistrict

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

Rachael Catalano

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2020-09-29
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