I’m so, so sad that DD will be missing one of the most significant parts of life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is a rising senior in a district that is going 100% virtual. I think it’s quite likely it will remain virtual all year. So DD will have missed the last quarter of her junior year and her entire senior year - the most significant parts of HS. If this happened at 32, it would be no biggie. But Junior and Senior years of HS! These are some of the most fun and memory making years in life! Yes, I realize that people have gone through worse, but still. My heart is just so heavy that she will be missing out on a very significant time of life.

I have a rising senior too and think you being melodramatic. It isn’t about you. Get a grip. The kids will be Ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- " These are some of the most fun and memory making years in life! "

You wrote that, OP. I can't believe you did. Makes you look so stupid and shallow.

To many people, high school isn't anything special compared to other experiences. You are very wrong to believe that senior year of high school is the be-all, end-all.

If you peaked as a senior in high school, and lived your best life then... I mean, you agree that it's sad, and a reflection on you, right?

All stages of life have fun and memorable experiences. Please don't stuff your senior's head full of regret and disappointment. Work on yourself. You sorely need it.

Say what you want, but older people will often tell a lot of stories from their HS days. A lot more than the stories that they have from when they were 41-42.

The only old people I know who do that didn't go to college and had kids right out of high school.

They're reminiscing because the loss is significant compared to the immediate ramifications of parenthood at a young age.

Well yeah, college too. I’d probably be even sadder if she were missing out on college, but I still consider missing the last part of high school to be a pretty bad deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s been 25 years and I barely remember it. Your kid will be absolutely fine

Well I had a great time in HS and have a ton of fond memories.

Me too, and the times since then have been great too. Some real sad people on this thread who didn’t enjoy high school! I feel sorry for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- " These are some of the most fun and memory making years in life! "

You wrote that, OP. I can't believe you did. Makes you look so stupid and shallow.

To many people, high school isn't anything special compared to other experiences. You are very wrong to believe that senior year of high school is the be-all, end-all.

If you peaked as a senior in high school, and lived your best life then... I mean, you agree that it's sad, and a reflection on you, right?

All stages of life have fun and memorable experiences. Please don't stuff your senior's head full of regret and disappointment. Work on yourself. You sorely need it.

They do if they didn’t do much from 20-40. The people I know who keep going on about HS, 20-30 years later are the ones that peaked in HS. I have two friends like this. They are sweet women but a bit boring unless you want to talk about high school cheerleading, dances, and parties. Both went to college (one briefly, the other graduated), but they absolutely never did anything again that they thought was exciting as HS.



Say what you want, but older people will often tell a lot of stories from their HS days. A lot more than the stories that they have from when they were 41-42.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s been 25 years and I barely remember it. Your kid will be absolutely fine

Well I had a great time in HS and have a ton of fond memories.

Me too, and the times since then have been great too. Some real sad people on this thread who didn’t enjoy high school! I feel sorry for you.

I enjoyed it, but the stuff that cane afterwards was SO much better that HS doesn’t even begin to compare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD is a rising senior in a district that is going 100% virtual. I think it’s quite likely it will remain virtual all year. So DD will have missed the last quarter of her junior year and her entire senior year - the most significant parts of HS. If this happened at 32, it would be no biggie. But Junior and Senior years of HS! These are some of the most fun and memory making years in life! Yes, I realize that people have gone through worse, but still. My heart is just so heavy that she will be missing out on a very significant time of life.

I have a rising senior too and think you being melodramatic. It isn’t about you. Get a grip. The kids will be Ok.

I know it’s not about me it’s her. But your only young once. What’s with all these people who are pretending that going through something like this during some of the most social years of life is really the same as going through this later on, when most people are thrilled that they get to work from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- " These are some of the most fun and memory making years in life! "

You wrote that, OP. I can't believe you did. Makes you look so stupid and shallow.

To many people, high school isn't anything special compared to other experiences. You are very wrong to believe that senior year of high school is the be-all, end-all.

If you peaked as a senior in high school, and lived your best life then... I mean, you agree that it's sad, and a reflection on you, right?

All stages of life have fun and memorable experiences. Please don't stuff your senior's head full of regret and disappointment. Work on yourself. You sorely need it.

And today’s winner of Most Bitter Shrew goes to the PP. Congratulations. Though the competition was fierce, you really earned it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not exactly the same but I was just telling our neighbor about how my mom felt this way my senior year (and still brings it up). She was so upset that the 9/11 and the Sniper “ruined” our last years of high school. Meanwhile that’s not what I remember about my wonderful high school experience. I remember the hours of paper football we played during lunch in our classrooms (no cafeteria since the walls were glass), I remember running the halls of the school for indoor practice, I remember our drunk AP Euro teacher and his Cold War stories.... kids are resilient and they are flexible. Their superpower is feeling invincible. They’ll be ok. My mom otoh is still not over my ruined senior year.

Your mom was being ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s been 25 years and I barely remember it. Your kid will be absolutely fine

Well I had a great time in HS and have a ton of fond memories.

Me too, and the times since then have been great too. Some real sad people on this thread who didn’t enjoy high school! I feel sorry for you.

Why would you feel sorry for them?

I didn’t have a bad high school experience but compared to the other things I have done in life I don’t think it cracks even the top 20 of things I care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not exactly the same but I was just telling our neighbor about how my mom felt this way my senior year (and still brings it up). She was so upset that the 9/11 and the Sniper “ruined” our last years of high school. Meanwhile that’s not what I remember about my wonderful high school experience. I remember the hours of paper football we played during lunch in our classrooms (no cafeteria since the walls were glass), I remember running the halls of the school for indoor practice, I remember our drunk AP Euro teacher and his Cold War stories.... kids are resilient and they are flexible. Their superpower is feeling invincible. They’ll be ok. My mom otoh is still not over my ruined senior year.

Your mom was being ridiculous.

Totes. What a drama llama.

[Anonymous]

Oh FFS the school year hasn’t even started and we’ve got this going on already. I can’t even begin to imagine the nonsense these moms are going to drum up with the signs and parades to somehow make up for what the kids have missed. It is what it is. Everyone is getting screwed. You set the tone. You can teach your kid to wallow in self pity or you can help them
Dig deep and learn how to make the best of a bad situation. It’s all up to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh FFS the school year hasn’t even started and we’ve got this going on already. I can’t even begin to imagine the nonsense these moms are going to drum up with the signs and parades to somehow make up for what the kids have missed. It is what it is. Everyone is getting screwed. You set the tone. You can teach your kid to wallow in self pity or you can help them
Dig deep and learn how to make the best of a bad situation. It’s all up to you.

What makes this uniquely hard is that many of us believe they should be in school. It’s not like the school burned down snd they literally can’t go. This is all based on someone’s “best guess” decision. And many of us believe it is wrong.

[Anonymous]

My DD's senior year in HS almost killed her, literally. HS bites.

[Anonymous]

It isn’t the suffering olympics. People are allowed to be sad. It’s healthy to acknowledge the feelings.

[Anonymous]

All of these concerns are small potatoes. I am more worried about the rest of life's milestones. Will my kids be able to be employed, will they get married, have kids, will the planet survive.