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My niece is 18 and if I were her I'd be so so very angry now. (eta: angry at those with no caution, blowing it for the rest of us, wasting the efforts of the shutdown, driving the curve into a vertical line). She's been a trooper and was a HS senior this year, smart, studied, scholarships lined up, a good kid:
She turned 18 early in the shutdown - no party, no friends over
Spring break trip with friends - cancelled
Her prom dress arrived a few weeks later, no prom to go to
Graduation? She'd have walked the stage with honors, now some silly video car parade thing
Final summer with friends? Gone
Awesome part time job she had - gone
First semester of college up in the air for virtual vs. live - even if they do reopen it will be a shadow of a real college experience (no football, no greek stuff, no visitors in dorms, no going off campus)
So I feel for her. The only bright side is she doesn't really know how much she's missed, and all her friends are in the same boat. She doesn't want to "accept the risk and get on with it" - she wants things to be safe. She doesn't want to infect her parents or grandparents either. I hope she's not in the minority.
She turned 18 early in the shutdown - no party, no friends over
Spring break trip with friends - cancelled
Her prom dress arrived a few weeks later, no prom to go to
Graduation? She'd have walked the stage with honors, now some silly video car parade thing
Final summer with friends? Gone
Awesome part time job she had - gone
First semester of college up in the air for virtual vs. live - even if they do reopen it will be a shadow of a real college experience (no football, no greek stuff, no visitors in dorms, no going off campus)
So I feel for her. The only bright side is she doesn't really know how much she's missed, and all her friends are in the same boat. She doesn't want to "accept the risk and get on with it" - she wants things to be safe. She doesn't want to infect her parents or grandparents either. I hope she's not in the minority.