@1Lotus, thank you so much for your perspective. I’d love to screenshot your post. I’m a high school senior and I’m trying, as much as possible, to keep my mind out of self-pity mode. While there is definitely a certain sadness to losing all the activities we’ve wanted, I’m trying to be grateful for what I get. Anyway, to me, the saddest thing is not being able to celebrate my classmates’ college acceptances/cry with them over rejections this week and next. My friends are texting me their acceptances and rejections, but it’s just not the same.
If you look at it another way, though, we seniors are all sharing in something REALLY unique. Sure, it’s not the senior year we expected, but maybe it is the senior year we needed.
@Racingfan53 thank you for understanding my message. I know that it also helps to vent and this site is a great place to do that. Congratulations to all 2020 seniors!
It’s not just the disappointment of students and parents missing out, there are a lot of businesses that make a good bit of money from pictures, videos, prom bands, limo companies, grad announcements and invites… I booked a snow cone truck for ds’s grad party months ago, that may not happen either.
It finally hit D20 this Friday night and she broke down under the stress that she will likely miss the rest of her senior year, no senior prom, state Aca Deca competition is now online, no senior grad trip, no Europe trip w/ 200 other students, no in-person graduation ceremonies (and she’s Valedictorian), she lost her part-time hostess job as her restaurant is closed because we are in a State lock down (Safer at Home), can’t see her boyfriend or her friends, and oh there is this little virus that might make her ill and put her in a hospital or worse…
On the bright side, as a family of 4 we have been spending a lot more quality time together (playing games, eating three meals a day together and even got out today for a 2 hour hike).
I’m just crossing my fingers that she will have a relatively normal fall freshman college experience?
@socialdad2002, I don’t blame her for breaking down - they have every reason to be disappointed. Yes, life has to go on - and yes, it could be worse - but they have a right to be sad. My heart goes out to all the hs and college seniors in particular.
D’s handling it okay, but if she has to stay home in the fall, I may need to move out!
I feel terrible for all the kids who are missing out on end of the year milestones and a chance to participate in them. The only kid I know who is at all semi pleased is a relatives kid who is not a great student (a very high score, bad grades kind of kid). Basically the teachers said no kid was going to get any worse grade than they had going into this thing and seniors could pretty much just coast. He had several big projects due at the end of April which have been drastically reduced. His math class homework went online which as a brilliant math student who hated writing out his homework has been a boon. He’s happy to hang with his small group of friends on Zoom or playing video games. But every other kid I know has been negatively impacted and they deserve to wallow a bit for what they’ve lost.
The news here had a story about a few college seniors who were sad that college was so suddenly over, no proper goodbyes, etc. Not whining, just talking about it being sad. Some of the FB comments were bashing them as they should be grateful they weren’t drafted or worse. Geez, they can be upset even though worse things do happen!
I have a college freshman DD dating a HS senior. I hope to at least get pictures of them dressed for “prom”. I’m glad he got to have his two favorite sport seasons in, football and wrestling, especially as a college football recruit and a State wrestling qualifier. (He misses the gym more than school right now…) If my DD’17 had missed senior track season there would have been wailing and gnashing of teeth.
My DD’17 works for a t-shirt company who relies heavily on HS sports. I hope they can survive with a season (or more) off but it’s questionable. They may get a state grant.
When i first started this post I only knew a bit about Covid-19…From what i can see now, I think this whole year is pretty much shot. Including starting college for HS seniors…until they get some form of Covid testing, I just don’t see how colleges can restart, yet alone other things in life.
We are pretty much on hold its basically a lost year. I had the thought they should just scratch the year, and re-do it next year. I know probably nobody would agree to that, but I mean whats the rush…consider it like taking an off year before u go off to college…
