Since we have been at home, I have been sleeping a lot, but my family has also come up with a schedule, since we are not on vacation. I need to wake up no later than 7am, do some kind of exercise, which is usually a 4 mile walk or a run. I need to do at least 2-3 hours worth of school work and I need to read for about an hour, the rest is pretty much just relaxing, EATING, watching tv and playing games with my sister. I found it interesting that having a schedule has really kept me from going crazy, because it can be hard for an independent person like me to be at home all the time with my parents and my sister. But since each one of us has a schedule, we tend to have personal space and minimum interactions where we could all start arguing and not having a good time.

-Aleja, 11th Grade

I am mostly worried about what will happen when we get back, or when will we get back? We have no answers and no cure, and we are left to sit in our own worrying and paranoia. It is starting to feel like this is our new normal, and I don’t want this to be normal, in a world where everyone is either self isolated or in quarantine, and we aren’t allowed to leave the house except for emergencies or to get food. In a world where everyone has to wear a mask and gloves to go outside. In a world where I’m constantly worried about if my friends and family are okay and having no way to see them to assure myself that they are in fact okay. Maybe I’m making too big a deal of this, but if we don’t have people taking this seriously, then the time it takes for this to be over will only keep extending.

-Kieran, 9th Grade