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Forced Quarantine

Title (Dublin Core)

Forced Quarantine

Description (Dublin Core)

Earlier this year, during my winter break, my brother was sent home two days before his high school finals. Someone in his class that he sat next/near to had contracted COVID, so as a precaution, he was sent home to quarantine. My brother was less worried about possibly having COVID himself, and more angry about having to make up his finals the next quarter (speaks a lot about our education system).

I asked him who was the person that got COVID, and he said it was probably the girl behind him, but she said she didn't have it, and her friend that sat next to her backed it up. We drew out the seating chart and concluded that it HAD to be that girl, because everyone who was sent to quarantine was sitting around her. I told him that she probably just lied about not having COVID, because people would probably get mad at her.

I personally would get angry myself if I was prevented from taking my finals, but I understand the girl's reasoning. No want wants to be bullied for getting sick, or called "COVID-girl," or whatever.
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Date (Dublin Core)

January 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Tina Chang

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Tina Chang

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HSE

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Home & Family Life
English Emotion
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

finals
lie
embarrassment
winter break
angry
bullied
sick
Arizona

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

quarantine
seating chart
HSE
highschool

Collection (Dublin Core)

English K-12

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Trend Influence the Virality of Trends?

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

1/28/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

1/28/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 28, 2021 by Tina Chang 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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