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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do you. But you can’t tell others how to feel. While well aware of what’s going on in the country which does help with perspective, seniors have a right to feel their [b]loss[/b] too. [/quote]

What are they really losing? They're still graduating. They're still going to get to get their diplomas and go on to college/jobs. They have the technology to stay in touch with friends. They're only losing out on the symbolic ceremonies.[/quote]

Look, none of these kids knew that their last day of high school was going to be that day in March. They still have stuff in their lockers. It's a loss. Everyone of them is going to process this a little differently. [/quote]

It's not a loss in the least compared to the 26 million people who lost their jobs or to the 56,000 people who lost family members, colleagues, neighbors, and friends to COVID-19. I'm really sorry, but I have very little sympathy for the seniors right now. I am furloughed until at least June. Several of my friends had to shut down their businesses that they worked so hard to build. They hope they can reopen someday. I have several family members who are high-risk, including my mom who is a cancer survivor and my grandfather who is 91 and lives by himself 12 hours from the rest of his family. I have much bigger things to worry about than HS seniors not having their special events. [/quote]

Then go worry about them, get the hell off this forum, and leave the damn kids alone.[/quote]

AND ANOTHER THING (pp here). You're not that special. Lots of us are out of work, losing our businesses, worried about family members have perhaps lost family members. Including the high school seniors. LET. THE KIDS. HAVE THEIR GRIEF. [/quote]
+1 Perhaps the PP who is not worried about the kids loss can go throw her own senior pictures and any other graduation memories down the trash while she is at it.[/quote]

I am the PP. Please think before you judge people. You do not know their story. Here's mine. I do not have any senior pictures other than the ones I was required by the school to take for the yearbook. I did not have any friends in HS due to social difficulties from being on the autism spectrum and having a very rare brain condition that was diagnosed in my 20s. I was bullied so badly that the administration had to get involved. Therefore, there are no pictures of me with friends at graduation. I did not attend prom or the all-night grad bash or the senior social for the one activity I was involved with. I did not even care about the graduation ceremony for the most part. It was beyond boring! I was so happy to leave when it was over and my parents did not make me stay to take pictures, because they knew how brutal HS had been for me. My mom recently confided to me that she was worried that I was going to commit suicide during HS because I was in such a depressed state at times.

By the way, I am actually very worried about the kids. I'm worried about them getting the virus and about the adults in their families losing their jobs or getting sick. I am worried for the juniors who were supposed to visit colleges and take SATs and ACTs this spring. They are going to be impacted by this more than the seniors. The seniors already have their acceptances! I am worried for the kids who will be taking 45-minute AP exams from home and are not sure if colleges will even accept them. I am worried that the seniors who go to college will not be able to start on time. In my opinion, that's much more detrimental than not being able to have a graduation or prom. [/quote]

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