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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.
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)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
1/28/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
1/28/2021
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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