Category Archives: English

Murrieta, California, USA: When quarantine began, I had recently turned 17. Tomorrow I will be 18. It has become really challenging for me to accept that I will be an adult tomorrow when I never had the chance to be 17. At first, I spent quarantine 3D printing face shields for my community, but eventuallyContinue reading “🇺🇸 Finding Balance in Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: COVID has been really fun for me. I am still bored occasionally, but school keeps me busy, and then it becomes nice to have the luxury of boredom. I pass time by trying out new things. My family has been watching a lot of movies lately, and I have taken up speed-cubingContinue reading “🇺🇸 Speed-Cubing Through Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: In my area, the rules were put into place in mid-March, as that was when we no longer went to physical school. My parents immediately went out to many stores to stock up on large quantities of pasta, rice and canned foods and for toilet paper (for both my family and myContinue reading “🇺🇸 Following the Rules in Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: Hello! My name is Kaiya and I am from Murrieta, California. Covid 19 has had many effects on my life. I have been doing school from home since March, I don’t mind it as much as many of the other students across America, but it is a different kind of stressful! One ofContinue reading “🇺🇸 New Skills in Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: It’s surreal to think that COVID-19 has been around for over a year. I remember hearing about it last December, when cases were popping up in Wuhan China. I think I felt the virus’s presence sooner than most Americans because I have family in Taiwan. When my aunt, uncle, and little cousinContinue reading “🇺🇸 Reflecting on a Year with Coronavirus”

Fullerton, California, USA: In the time of Covid, everyone needs a touch of solace which enlivens our mood. We need neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine to be released which are also called the feel-good neurotransmitters. So let’s hear a story about me that will make you laugh and probably cause stoic expressions. It mightContinue reading “🇺🇸 Missing Interactions”

Murrieta, California, USA: Quarantine has been, needless to say, a weird learning experience for all of us including me. The hardest part of the situation was adapting to a new style of living solely from home which was tough for me especially because I never really realized how much I rely on after-school activities andContinue reading “🇺🇸 Easing into Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: My perspective of this current situation has changed completely with the changing of the times. In the beginning, I thought, like everybody else, that this quarantine would only last at most a month and we would be back in school and back to the normality of life. After a few months ofContinue reading “🇺🇸 Shifting Perspectives”

Berkeley, California, USA: While I knew quarantine was going to be tough, I never expected it to be so bad. At first, I just missed all my friends, and even school (which I didn’t think was possible), but I eventually got used to staying home all day, not going to school, and not being ableContinue reading “🇺🇸 A Stressful Quarantine”