It is the end of the spring term at GCE which means it is the end of my junior year. Next year I will be applying for colleges and thinking about the rest of my life from high school. People always say that junior year is the hardest year and it was, but not for the academic reasons people may expect. In April the world began to shut down due to the pandemic we were rushed out of school not really getting the goodbye we all wanted. We have celebrated birthdays, mother's days, and veteran's day through Zoom calls and facetime. Now we celebrate graduation
The past two weeks has been full of emotions. Anger, Sadness, Grief, Joy, Vindication. It's hard to put into words all of the ways that people have felt at this time. This has been the first time that I've seen Black Lives Matter so widely accepted in the mainstream media. Its the first time that I've seen musical artists and influencers recognize the impact that black culture has on them. And for that I am happy. It seems like a cultural reset. It seems like something is changing for the better. And yet when I leave the echo chamber of my social media, I still see blatant racism spewed everywhere. Below is a collage of images that remind me of the Black Lives Matter protests. In these pictures, I see beauty, depth, and joy behind all of the pain people are feeling.
In conclusion, although this is not what we expected out of 2020 I think that a new revolution was bound to happen with my generation of changemakers. I am no longer sad that we missed out on a lot of this school year, I am glad that we had the experience of distanced learning. However, I can't wait to get back into school albeit maybe in a mask!
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