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The Quarantine Diaries: Part 3

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All diary entries submitted are from the students of the Shoemaker Bugle. For confidentiality of our personal lives, we’re using code names instead of just the plain “anonymous.” The diaries are for readers to feel less alone and have someone to relate to.

Dear Diary,

I made a big change in my life and I think it might have been the best thing I have ever done for myself. At the cost of my grades, I decided that I would simply do what I want. My grades have never been worse, but I don’t care and it is so refreshing not to care. I feel like I put so much pressure on myself when I tried to keep up with school and at first it was easy, but as time went it just got harder.

-Goob

Dear Diary,

My grades have never been worse. It’s not like I do it on purpose; I just feel so off. I am not myself. School feels like it’s getting tougher, I don’t have motivation to do much really. I really want life to go back to normal, to be honest. Hopefully soon I get more motivation and start to do things I love. I really miss it.

-Squidward

Dear Diary,

I’ve overcome my procrastination phase. Seeing my final grade for semester one made me disappointed in myself. I could have done a lot better. I didn’t make a plan to get better grades this semester but only to do the work the day it’s assigned, or at least start it. Once I open an assignment, I loathe doing it so much I rush myself through it to get it done as soon as possible. It has worked so far, only with weekends being actual weekends for me, I don’t open my laptop until school starts on Monday, so sometimes the Sunday homework piles itself up.

Other than school, life is becoming entertaining. I started journaling, reading, and watching TV again, but if anything gets boring after a few minutes I stop and listen to music instead. 

Graduation is letting itself through the door soon and I’m happy as I am frightened. I still do not want to go to college, but with the non stop talk about it from my parents, I’m bound to go. I might just drop out the first semester. I hope I don’t, but I know myself and I can see it in my future. Sometimes you have to do what you don’t want to do.

-James Dean

The Quarantine Diaries: Part 2

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All diary entries submitted are from the students of The Shoemaker Bugle. For confidentiality of our personal lives, we’re using code names instead of just the plain “anonymous.” The diaries are for readers to feel less alone and have someone to relate to. 

  • Dear Diary, 

    My sleep schedule is off and it irritates me. I go to bed early in the morning and sleep until the sun starts setting. On school days, though, I am probably, at most, getting four hours of sleep. I spend most of my time either sleeping or doing homework. I want to do so much, but it gets dark so fast and I am terrible at managing my time. I have tried teas, a lotion, going to bed earlier, setting aside electronics, but nothing has helped. Even on days where I had better sleep, I am tired.

    – Goob

  • Dear Diary,

    I started off the year strong, but at this point I don’t even know where I’m at. The loads of schoolwork, work, and chores I have tire me so much. My back hurts and I feel like just giving up on school. All I keep telling myself is “Christmas Break is almost here.” It doesn’t help that it feels like forever until then, though. There are so many things I want to do, but school just takes all my time away. From the moment I wake up, all I get to do is wash my face, brush my teeth, and sometimes change out my pjs, then stare at a computer screen for the next 6 hours. I eat my breakfast while staring at this screen. It’s the worst. After those 5 hours, I might take a break and go eat again, but then go right back and stare at it again for another 4-6 hours. I just wish there was an option to skip the mandatory sessions. This Friday I sat at my desk for 13 hours straight. I just want winter break to come already. 

    -Squidward 

  • Dear Diary, 

    Things are starting to look up for me even though my life is crumbling. I’m highly optimistic, so in the worst of times, I still see a bright side. My grades have gotten even worse. From a fairly average GPA to under a 2.0. I know that I have to work hard to end this semester with passing grades. I went from “It’s my last year, I don’t have to worry about anything,” to “It’s my last year, why not try my best from here on out?”

    Even with a bad sleeping schedule, I started cherishing sleeping late. I stay up past 4 am, the witching hour, enjoying my time. From painting to journaling about my day, I use it to amuse myself. I’m awake longer than others. It’s a weird feeling. It’s dead silent in my house, as if a window is open. I get chills from the cold and I’m able to wrap myself in a blanket because summers in L.A. are deadly and I don’t get to do that often. There’s a bittersweet feeling I get that I’m still young and able to stay up this late. I bet my parents haven’t had an all nighter like these in over a decade.

    -James Dean 

The Quarantine Diaries

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All diary entries submitted are from the students of the Shoemaker Bugle. For confidentiality of our personal lives, we’re using code names instead of just the plain “anonymous.” The diaries are for readers to feel less alone and have someone to relate to. 

Dear Diary, 

I am so stressed about what I am going to do after high school. My family wants me to go to college but I know that college is not what I want. At the same time, I don’t know what else I can do after high school. I just want school to be over… and in the end, we all end up being workers anyways. I hope I can figure this out before it is too late.

-Humbah

Dear diary, 

Quarantine is one never-ending day. Even when things happen, it still feels like yesterday or last month. I’m not sure if I have insomnia or not. I sleep in between classes and that’s as much sleep as I get. I waste my nights and well mornings, midnight until school starts, watching movies. There’s just one day a week where I sleep. It’s different every week. 

For some odd reason and I will not take responsibility for my own actions, this school year has been my worst, academic wise. I’ve never had such a low g.p.a. I don’t mind it though. It’s my last year of school and I don’t plan on going to college. I have “big dreams” or just dreams to not live a conventional life. I just hope I get by after high school.

-James Dean

Dear Diary,

Ever since quarantine started, my life has really taken a downward shift. I can’t focus on homework assignments or on life in general. Life in my house is miserable, not only do I have to babysit during school, I also have to find my own time to finish assignments. My family doesn’t even help because they’re too focused on the election.

My aunt is a heavy Trump supporter and she thinks I wanna hear every little thing about him. The one that really got me was when she said “The LGBTQ+ Community supports Trump.” That’s like saying trees for deforestation, like if the LGBTQ+ really was going to vote for someone. it’d be Biden.

If and when I do find time I get in trouble for not doing chores, once I start doing things around the house my grades slip and I get in deeper trouble. My sleeping and eating schedule has been ruined, not only have I been sleeping at 2 am, I also won’t eat from 9 am – 7pm. The assignments that have been given to me are just points to me, there isn’t enough time to actually understand anything. My mental health has been at its worst and I don’t know who to talk to about it. I’m at the point where music doesn’t help with anything any more. It’s just a distraction and I don’t have time for that.

-Marlon Brando