Story, Quincy White

Accounts of a high school senior's realizations they will never return to school.

Quincy White Kasie Payne English 1010 4 May 2020 My Life in Quarantine I spent many nights laying in my bed. Waiting to see if this pathetic quarantine we all hate would be lifted. Each time I turned on the news I was disappointed by the things that were being said and the decisions that were being made. It broke my heart as they announced that we would never go back to school again. I sank into a puddle of sadness and disappointment as I learned I would no longer be a high school student. That I would never be able to walk the halls with my friends again. That I would never be able to walk over to the pencil sharpener and sharpen my bright yellow pencil. That I would never be able to walk into the lunchroom with my friends and find someone to sit with. That I would never be able to shake my teachers' hands and say, "thank you for everything you have done for me and everything you have taught me." Now I think that will we ever be able to shake a stranger's hand again. Will the question of "Do they have corona" be in the back of our minds as we approach new people? To me, these thoughts raced through my mind as I lay in my bed and think about what my future holds.