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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who hasn’t been [b]significantly [/b]impacted? [/quote]

I'd say the majority of the kids on DCUM.  They get to sleep longer, eat at home and handle a reduced workload.  Of course they have to deal with online school, miss sports, friends and are unable to travel.  I wouldn't call that significant impact.[/quote]
[b]All the teenagers I know have been significantly impacted by this pandemic. You shouldn’t have to check off a death in the family or job loss to prove significant impact. They’ve lost the life they knew, lost their high school dreams. It’s never coming back. No Enchantment under the Sea Dance for them.[/b] [/quote]

Of course it's been tough for these teenagers, but for most kids with parents on this forum, it's been a fairly similar impact. No one is saying that judgmentally, it just won't necessarily make for a unique or standout essay when there are other kids who are writing about the impact a death or job loss due to COVID had on them or their family. [/quote]

I keep hearing that ALL teenagers "have been significantly impacted".  Not mine, nor their friends.  They sleep longer, play video games with their friends and schoolwork is easier that it would have been otherwise.  They admit that they are NOT impacted.  What would they write about?![/quote]

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