TENTEN : Highly Commended Entries YEARS 7 to 9
FOBISIA COVID-19 Silver Linings Creative Writing Competition
(The topic was about positive things and what we learned during lockdown.)
🌞
When I first heard news of people being quarantined, I was so glad. Schools started closing and I was desperate for mine to do the same. As much as how devastating everything that’s going on is, I couldn’t wait to stay home. I thought we’d all be quarantined for a few weeks and that online school would be a blast. I was wrong.
One week into lockdown and my world became a sad routine. I wake up and struggle to finish my assignments in time and go to bed. Everything I looked forward to became boring. I couldn’t see my friends, I couldn’t go out, I was literally trapped. For the first few weeks I saw everything that was bad about quarantine, and I still am seeing more things. There are so many emotions that made me hopeless. I was scared for me and all the other families who might lose their loved ones. I was disappointed that people weren’t seeing that staying home would save lives. I was sad that I couldn’t see my friends. I was angry, I was confused, and I was frustrated.
I missed my normal life, and I finished so many series on Netflix I wanted to get Disney+! One of the series I watched was called “The Good Place”. It was full of fantasies and whatnot but I loved it and I watched it again and again. I lost a lot of time on this but it also taught me some things. I learned about ethics and morality, I learned to become a Kristen Bell fan, but most importantly, I learned that as much as we’re going through, all the hopelessness and tire and negativity, we can just try. When we’re at our lowest and everything is bad, we can always try. We can try to make things better. So I tried, I tried to see the good in our situation.
I tried and I succeeded. I saw how much I learned during the quarantine. I realised I wanted to be a psychologist. I gained self love. I learned to be conscious about my reactions and I cared less about what people thought. I learned how much of an opportunity this was for self improvement. I got a break from some things people had to say to me. I had time to hear my own opinions and thoughts. I saw how great my life was and I learned to appreciate all the things I had before this. I am learning so much. The whole world is. This big part of history is noted down as “The Great Realisation”. We all have realised we had to appreciate everything so much more. There is a great deal of things for us to be grateful for that we see from this pandemic. Instead of a shutdown, this can be a restart for our civilisation.
I think if everyone had seen all the things that we have and will have, the whole world can contribute to be positive about what’s going on. We would all improve ourselves and influence others.
