(bell rings)
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- Hi, my name's Christy Foster, I'm 18 years old,
and I'm a graduating senior in the middle of a pandemic.
My school is doing everything online,
online classes, online tutoring sessions.
I haven't even stepped foot on campus since March,
since we left.
- Hey guys, my name is Jimmy Hernandez.
I am 17 years old.
I am a senior this year and I live in Arkansas.
Today I'm gonna be going to school in person
and it's honestly gonna be very interesting to see
how this day goes.
I'm gonna look at this school year in a positive way.
I'm gonna try to make it the best year ever.
Cause like, this is our senior year, guys.
This is the chapter where it all ends.
Next thing you know, we're writing our own new book.
Am I scared?
To be honest, I am, but I got this.
(playful music)
(grunts)
I don't want to go to school.
(grunts)
Good morning.
(bell dings)
Good morning.
- So I just woke up like 20 minutes ago.
A normal school day for me will usually start
with me going to practice at 5 a.m.
and then I will usually come straight home, take a shower,
and then I will go to school looking like trash.
Nobody really cares what you look like over a camera,
to be completely honest.
This is my breakfast.
I heard a lot of sodium was just really good in the morning.
So I really care about nutrition, as you can tell.
- Let me tell you guys my morning routine.
I just wake up, brush my teeth, do my hair,
and get my coffee, and I'm out of here.
Just really have to get my coffee to start my day off.
Just to get some flavor in me.
And then I have to play some Mickey Mouse cartoons
on my brother's TV.
Say hi.
- Hi!
- So my grandma doesn't go berserk as well.
(screams)
- With him, um...
Oh my God, it's 7:34, I'm gonna be late.
Hold up.
Just need to get my mask
and my car, the car that I will be taking to school.
(buzzer)
Sike!
This is actually my ride.
She's a beauty, works like a queen.
(scraping)
Oh shoot, dog.
So it's sprinkling, raining, whatever.
So yeah, I'm gonna go bike myself to school in the rain.
I'll see you guys in school.
(gasping)
- So it is that time to go to school.
So let's go to school.
(sighs)
Done.
I save a lot of gas money this way.
I'm also in California, which is currently on fire,
especially my area, cause I'm in the Bay area.
Fire, literally on fire.
Mad Max is shook.
A lot of my practices have been getting canceled
due to the really bad air quality.
I know the Bay area is just affected really bad right now.
- I'm tired.
And that is my beautiful school right there.
My beautiful high school.
(upbeat music)
(gasping)
There are so many stairs in this school.
What class are you going to?
- I'm going to algebra, what about you, Jimmy?
- AP Spanish.
- Oh, he a scholar!
- Basically my life is on Canvas and Zoom right now.
Without those two things,
we probably wouldn't even have school.
Here are some of my classes.
Anatomy, AP Gov, AP Reach, English, Stats, and Leadership.
- Everything is on the computer,
but some teachers will still hand out paperwork
cause they know that that's gonna help us.
Writing instead of typing it out.
Honestly, I love that.
You know why, I'm always losing my stuff (laughs)
now that I have it in one device,
and I don't have to worry about losing papers.
It's like a whole weight lifted off my shoulders.
I'm like, dude, thank you, bless.
- To be honest, I don't really like this online situation.
I'm taking some pretty hard classes this year
and learning over a screen is just not the same
as learning in person.
Especially because our class periods
have been cut down to an hour each.
So that's a complete chunk of school that we're missing.
- Wear your mask at all times.
Practice social distancing.
So this is what I have to do every day now
for the rest of our school year.
Honestly, they have these all over the hallways
and they honestly (laughs) don't work.
- Wait, hand sanitizer!
- Every day we have to do a health screening
before we go to choir because supposedly we're only supposed
to sing in an area for 30 minutes
and then after that, we have to leave that area
because germs or germ germ germs or whatever.
Yeah, it's pretty whack.
- [Choir] Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.
- Should I be focusing in Gov right now
instead of playing this typing game?
Absolutely.
But do I care?
No.
That's what online school will do to a person.
- It's time for lunch.
- Finally, I'm so hungry.
- But I'm starving.
Beautiful.
Let's see what they're serving today.
We got some carrots, organic juice.
Today I got a cheeseburger.
Scrumptious, mm!
- I'm done with my first two classes and this is my lunch.
Chocolate milk, turkey spinach wrap, popcorn.
After that, I will literally do nothing.
I might have like a weightlifting session,
but usually what I'll do,
and this might sound really stupid,
I can't really see my friends.
I, it's, not worth risking it for the virus,
but I will literally go to Target,
walk around, not buy anything, I just need to see people.
And it sounds stupid, I know,
but it cures my social craving.
- Going to the dance room.
Like always, the dance room is my safe haven.
Oh, and it's locked.
Am I late?
- [Instructor] Welcome!
- Wait, am I late?
So I guess I made it to class late.
I'm so sorry, guys, that's kind of embarrassing of me.
So we're all ready to perform, competition time.
Yeah!
We're doing a group project.
We're having a competition with our own classmates,
seeing who's the best of the best, and we're going to win.
(upbeat music)
(cheering)
(bell rings)
Oh, time to go!
I love that class.
She's honestly, the teacher, she's honestly the reason
why I still go to school.
- So I just got done with my three classes for the day,
and that was probably the most boring time of my life,
which is my reality now.
I swear it is so hard to stay motivated.
I know that this is the best option
because going to school right now is just not a smart thing.
And in my area's actually hit really hard, my school too.
There's a few people that have been diagnosed with COVID
and I don't want to get it.
So I guess this is good.
I guess this is better, so.
- I stayed after school for a little bit,
just to work on a project for film and now I'm leaving,
and it's good cause all the cars are gone
and I can bike home safely.
High school, it's gonna be okay, I can tell.
Yeah, it's crazy that we all have to wear masks
and do things differently.
I know it's gonna be okay.
It's my senior year.
And I'm gonna make it the best senior year.
All right, guys, it's sad to say goodbye,
but you know, all good things have to end sometime.
Hope you guys enjoyed this video.
Peace out Girl Scouts,
and I'm out.
(upbeat music)