Who knew life would be like this one day. We are truly living the fantasy of textbook history. Being a high school student, much of my life has turned upside down. Not knowing when (or how) I will go to college, how I will complete the various passion projects I yearn to do, and how I will discover my true passions for the rest of my life. The amount of uncertainty has brought anxiety and nervousness in all aspects of my life. Being a teenager, the only thing I want is a normal life; a life where I can go to school, see my friends, and learn to grow into a responsible adult. Of course, I am not the only teenager whose feet have been swept off the ground because of this pandemic and the chaos that surrounds our world today. As long as everyone stands together during these rough times, we will be able to get through this pandemic not only quickly, but also as stronger, better people. What I do now is try to help my community. I try to help the community by participating in various events such as can drives and cleaning events. I try to participate in as many volunteering school events as I can while wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing. I see my friends but have to maintain the 6 feet distance, the small distance that seems to have separated families, relationships, and friends. Along with this, I try to maintain a discipline of advancing my studies, so I can go on to become a more intelligent and knowledgeable person when coming out of this pandemic. Every resource I can get my hands on, I try to use. I go rummage through the old books in the musty basement, scavenging for all of the knowledge I can gain. I continue to use the various online platforms I have available to me to try and express myself and learn more about the various career options available to me. This is one the aspects of this pandemic I am most thankful for - the ability to continue to learn and grow through various online platforms. I am thankful to all of the healthworkers and frontline workers putting their life at risk to save the world from this awful, deadly virus. If it were not for them, students like me would probably not have the hope of returning to school this coming fall. They are the reason the number of recovered patients keeps on rising everyday! Hearing about the various tragedies outside of the COVID pandemic continue to strike me. I try to raise my voice in these situations. It hurts to see families affected by the toll of this virus, but slowly (and surely) we will all get through this together!