Tide Staff COVID-19 Reflections
As students across the county adapt to the new circumstances brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, RM journalists reflect on their experiences during these unexpected times.
Mary Ma
It’s been around a month of quarantine. Life has been different; it’s been better but also worse. Being alone has allowed me to discover new things about myself that I would have never known with all the hustle and bustle of normal life. I’ve painted more and slower than ever before. I think more about what I want to express with my paintings; I don’t just slap paint on a canvas and pray that...
Grace Burwell
One way my life has changed quite a bit over this closure is that everyone’s sense of time has changed so much. Back when we were in school, I used to wake up at 6:00 a.m. every day, and now sometimes I don’t even get up until noon, so it’s definitely changed a lot. It’s crazy to think about what it will be like if and when we go back to school, and how that will shift everyone’s persona...
Faith Cheung
Over these past few weeks, I’d say that life has definitely been taken down a few notches. Yet, although life certainly is less pressurized and there are more opportunities for relaxation, it still seems as if it is moving extremely fast. April as a month definitely flew by, even if it was a little monotonous because it was so slow-paced and there really was no pressure on anything. However, this has ...
Brian Rose
Over the past few weeks of isolation, we have all had to be cramped up in our homes with little to do other than homework. Much to my surprise, I’ve slowly been getting used to the quarantine life (complaining less and less about being bored), and I’ve been able to take interest in things that I otherwise wouldn’t. I have been able to get out into nature, take long walks with my dog, and go ...
Gus Carvell
For me, the freedom and independence that has come as a result of the coronavirus closure has made me more engaged with academics than I was when we were going to school normally. Although I spend less time on schoolwork, the break has helped give me clarity with regards to what I value with my education. I’ve been spending much more time on my extracurriculars, reaffirming them as a key part of my school...
Delaney Crawley
My life has drastically changed over the past month and a half, and I know I am not alone in saying this. I have gone from going out every single day, having a routine, playing sports, having normal, in-person, interactions with people everyday to staying in the house and only having face-to-face conversations with my family. Although it has given me time to do things I normally wouldn’t be able to, li...
Paul Block
Over the past few weeks, I have become lazy, and as a result of this, it takes me a little while to do homework. My mindset that I had during in-person classes has stopped and my weekend/summer mode has started since I have been home for a month and a half. The thing that I think that I will always remember about this time is that I will be stuck at home on my birthday. My goal for life in this cl...
Caylin Rodgers
Over the past weeks in quarantine, while life has been different, it also feels the same to me. Everyday has seemed like a constant routine, but just a routine that is entirely in the house without going out. I wake up, eat breakfast, watch TV (I might check out the daily news) and watch YouTube. I do my homework, and if I’m finish early, I read. I have to say, my experience with quarantining is pretty boring....
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