COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020 ● By Isabella Dussias
by Isabella Dussias
A pandemic has swept the
world. Some adults have stopped going to work, the elderly are confined to
their houses and college students have returned to their hometowns. But what do
teens think of these unprecedented times and an upheaval of life as we know it?
We don’t get up early
every morning to attend school, our practices and rehearsals have been
cancelled and our social lives have come to a complete halt. It’s been quite an
adjustment learning to communicate with our teachers and learn lessons online
instead of in the classroom. While it’s nice to be able to sleep in, this new
schedule is also a test of self-control. Without a rigid class schedule, I’ve
learned to make choices on my own to become better at time management. I’ve
also learned patience in dealing with online learning platforms, since
technology can sometimes be finicky.
While online learning is
totally new for us, online communication with friends is something we are very
familiar with. We are constantly texting our friends or sharing posts over
social media. Social distancing, however, is a new concept to us. We’re so used
to going out with friends to the mall, restaurants and parties that following
this new “six-foot rule” seems impossible. But we do it.
Teens understand the
severity of this virus. Even though we might not clean our rooms until we’re
prodded, we all are washing our hands, keeping hand sanitizer with us and
staying inside. Since the last pandemic was in 1918, none of us have ever seen
anything like this in our lifetime. So we are all together in this, learning as
we go. It may seem frightening at times, but it’s normal that with uncertainty
comes uneasiness.
Stay safe and stay
healthy.
Isabella Dussias is a 17-year-old
singer-songwriter/composer from New Jersey. She enjoys writing about issues
that are important to today’s youth, and she believes music is an important
outlet to connect people and share messages through the creativity of lyric and
melody. For more information, please visit IsabellaDussias.com.