My college announced last week that our first semester would be online. At first I was very sad, not surprised at all, but still sad. Then I started thinking about all the positives of the situation. First off I won’t have to pay for room and board, one of the bigger costs of my tuition. And one thing that I’m actually excited for is to be able to make up for all the time I missed out on spending with my friends at the end of senior year. Since we probably won’t have a completely normal summer, I’m going to keep my hopes up that in a few months we can start going out a lot more with friends. I’m still bummed that my freshman year of college is being pushed back but there’s still lots to look forward to.

I think I’d rather teach a class myself because I could just make my own class about something I’m really interested in and wouldn’t mind teaching. And I think I could make it manageable for my students because I’m also in highschool and in the same situation as them. Also having a parent teaching at your school just doesn’t seem like the most fun thing. I think I’m mature enough to not be constantly embarrased by them, but it’s good to be able to have the high school experience without feeling like your parent is watching your every move.

I can’t think of the last movie that I watched but there are definitely some commonalities between movies that I really enjoy. Two totally different types of movies that I like are chic flicks and murder mysteries. Movies like Mean Girls, Clueless, and anything similar really appeal to me because they’re so relatable, sometimes funny, and they usually have pretty good acting. On the other hand, movies like Gone Girl, Get Out, Hush, and other scary movies are also so interesting because they keep you on the edge of your seat. They also are so incredibly thought out and well executed. Get Out contains a lot of hidden meanings that are hard to realize at first but you might be able to see if you watched it again. I find this aspect so interesting because they’re such small details that are also so genius.

Mean Girls, Gone Girl, Jumanji, Get Out, Clueless, Maze Runner, Hush, 27 Dresses, Everything Everything

I’m pretty sure I want to do something related to sustainability and the environment, and as of right now I’ll be majoring in sustainability for college, and hopefully I’ll stick with that. Unfortunately I haven’t done a lot of research on this field and I’m not quite sure what a future job related to sustainability would look like. I want to do something that will help our environment in a really big way, but I’m not sure what that thing will be by the time I’m looking to start my career. I also haven’t really thought about how well this would financially support me, but that’s a really stressful topic to think about right now so I’d rather not think about it yet.

This is a question I’ve been asked before and at first I thought I knew my answer but then I realized how hard this really is to decide. Would you rather have everyone find you attractive except for you or find yourself attractive even if no one else does? I thought I’d want other people to find me attractive because that would make a lot of things easier in life (relationships, first impressions, etc) but truthfully, if you don’t believe something about yourself, it’s nearly impossible to believe it coming from other people, no matter how many people think it. If you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, you will never be satisfied by what other people say about you. This question just really makes me think, even about other stuff besides attractiveness.

My favorite memory from May day is watching the court dance. Out of all the dancers they’re usually some of the best ones, probably because they auditioned and were chosen to be on court. I also usually like their song choices for court because they’re so graceful and pretty. It’s also really fun watching the boys dances, those are really good as well. I’m definitely going to miss watching the queen dance in person, especially this year because one of my best friends is queen. But I know she made the most out of the situation and is still going to dance beautifully through the screen.

My partner was very open about what he thought I needed to change in my essay but I’m not sure how much I can actually fix based on his suggestions. For example he thought some of my reflection was predictable, and I don’t necessarily want that for my essay so I will try to reword it but I can’t actually change how I reacted and feel about the experiences I talked about in my essay.

If I could choose what opens first after quarantine I’d want schools to open so that seniors can have their graduation. The thought of an online graduation is one of the saddest things I’ve literally ever heard, and I think every senior is very deserving of a real graduation, considering everything else that has been taken away from our senior year. Allowing graduations would benefit even more than just the seniors because parents have also waited their child’s whole life to see them graduate. So I think opening schools, even if they have to limit the guests we can invite, would be the perfect way for seniors all over the state to have some closure for their senior year.

Since we’ve started online learning, I’ve gotten a headache almost every day and this has made me hate distance learning. So when I’m not doing homework or on zoom, I try to do anything without a screen like cooking, baking, doing my makeup, or even doing chores because I dread getting these headaches. I’ve also been really missing hanging out with my friends. I mostly miss the simple things like going to the beach on the weekends or going to get food after school. I definitely took these things for granted before.