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  "All Michigan schools to close as coronavirus spreads, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces"   
  Covid-19 During My Senior Year

  During my senior year of high school, everything changed overnight. After finding out about the Covid-19 virus, I did not think things were going to be that bad. School got shut down, classes went online, all sports were canceled, no senior events, nothing. After my principal announced we were going to be out of school for three weeks, everyone was excited to have two extra weeks of spring break. At the end of those three weeks, nothing changed, then I realized I was officially done with high school. The best three months of my senior year were stripped away from me. Graduation, Senior Prom, and Candle Light the three events I was looking forward to the most, taken from me. I was devastated when I found out I would not be able to walk at Graduation. That final moment after thirteen years of school you get to receive your diploma and I did not get the chance to experience that. Since my friends and I did not get to graduate our families set up a little dinner for us to celebrate. Our parents knew how heartbroken we were and wanted to do something special for us. Even though we never got an official Graduation, I was so thankful I was able to celebrate with my friends and family. COVID may have interrupted my senior year and things did not go the way I wanted, but I always tried to keep a positive mindset on everything. I will always remember those last three months of my high school experience.  
    
   

  Candle Light Ceremony

  Candle Light is a huge ceremony at my school, each senior picks a junior to light their candle and pass down the "light" to the next senior class. The junior I picked was one of my good family friends named Addie. Addie and I were very excited for this ceremony and when we found out it was canceled we were upset. Since the Class of 2020 never got to pass the "light" down to the junior class everyone claims that we were the last senior class ever because the tradition was broken. I will always remember the roller coaster of emotions I went through during those four months. For weeks we were only receiving bad news which led to a cycle of heartache and disappointment. A representation of passing down the light represents the loss that COVID has had on my life. Instead of my senior year ending in light and happiness, it ended in darkness. The flame was lit and lasting, then all of the sudden the announcement of the cancellation of school on March 12 blew this candle out. The smoke full of memories was all that was left from my burning candle that represented my high school career, and this light was not able to be continued into future classes. 

  
   Covid-19 Effects on Education

  During the Coronavirus, the schooling systems had to make changes. Since the virus has gotten so bad, high schools have switched to all online school or hybrid schooling to protect their students. A lot of high schools have switched to hybrid, so some days they are in person and other days they are online. I believe this could be a good change in students' routines because according to John Gatto students do not enjoy sitting at desks all day long and they are bored. Gatto stated, "I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months of the year, for twelve years" (Gatto 116). Students are on the same schedule for so many years of their lives I believe it is a good idea that high schools are doing hybrid learning. Hybrid learning gives students the best of both worlds, being able to do classes on their own time, but also being able to meet with your teachers and classmates face to face. There are many benefits to hybrid learning. When I came to college and almost all my classes were online I thought I was going to hate it, but honestly, I did not mind it at all. I love how I go to do my classes wherever I was and on my own time.   
  
   
  The benefits of Hybrid Learning 
  
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