How did they not already know that was going to happen?? There was only a month of school left! Most importantly, who gives a fuck!!! People are dying
shareImagine your senior year being cancelled....it may be selfish, but they're just kids.
shareIt's pretty lousy for the older kids...no prom, no Senior trips
Bummer!
College plans down the drain
shareOh crap, I had not even thought of that!
Jeez...the next bunch of workers are going to need time to figure it all out
As adults we should all check in on them frequently👍
No one cares about Prom or Senior Trips. Senior year of high school is one of the worst years of most kids lives, hopefully those humiliating dog and pony show graduations are cancelled.
shareYou are mistaken
I wanted nothing to do with proms or Homecoming dances and I was not allowed on the Senior trip due to my lousy behavior but most of the other kids were all thrilled about that stuff
It's a joke, senior year is a joke. Constantly people are telling you that's a memory that you need to value as if you're too stupid to determine what you value.
shareI loved my last year of high school.
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I'm not saying that to be contrary. I had awesome friends (people who are still in life). At that time we had a graduation banquet and dance (now we are calling it prom as well), which was fun, but the after grad party that we had after the last day of school was pretty awesome too. I mean drinking age here is 18, so it was a good party. I was a band geek and we had an awesome band trip that year. I also played on the volleyball team and the rugby team, and I was moving to Austria for my gap year. It really was a good year in my life, and it wasn't even my peak.
It was the most insulting and humiliating experience of my life. Fuck senior year in all of its holes.
shareNot everyone has the same experiences. Just because you had a bad year doesn't mean that everyone does. Some people have okay years, some people have great, some have shitty, but those years help to make us who we are.
shareIf you need the "senior experience" to help define you as a person then you're a pretty empty person to begin with.
shareActually, your teenage years are vital to your development as an adult. Figuring out who you are as a teen can greatly reduce the chances of midlife crises. The last year of high school (or your senior year for those who call it that) has milestones that helps one transition to an adult.
Sure these transitions can happen without that year of school, but it helps in our western society. Perhaps one of the reasons you are so bitter is because you had such a bad experience.
In adulthood things are not always going to go your way, you are going to have to deal with disappointment and in those situations you can't act like a crybaby toddler you have to act with a sense of maturity, so if anything missing the end of the senior year is good for them because it's a test of whether they are ready for adulthood. Anyone who falls apart because of this should be held back a year.
shareI'm not the one saying that anyone is falling apart because of it. I am saying that they have the right to be disappointed.
shareWell if they are disappointed that's too bad, we have more important things to deal with.
shareAren't you just a bitter individual.
shareNope , just calling it like it is.
shareWhat does that even mean? Seriously?
Try having some empathy. Just because something doesn't mean anything to you, it doesn't mean that it won't mean something to someone else. Are there bigger things going on right now? Of course there are. That doesn't mean that people aren't allowed to feel.
You say that you aren't bitter, but your lack of empathy really says a lot about who you are as a person.
I'm not saying that anything should be restored because kids are upset about this. I'm also not saying that anyone who is going out and not isolating isn't a complete dick. I'm just saying that it's a shitty situation for some of those kids who were really looking forward to these experiences.
They don’t deserve empathy, they didn’t lose anything important or have to make any meaningful sacrifices, they’ll get over it
shareJust because you and I were not interested or not allowed does not mean all of that stuff was not important to most kids
We probably would have hit it off in High School👍
It's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, if any kid is falling apart because they missed the last couple months of senior year then they are playing the victim and are not ready for adulthood, they need to get over it. Senior year is humiliating, you aren't treated like a person you're treated like an object/slave.
shareLet's be honest, you and I clearly did not care about the usual High School rituals, I'd bet we both would agree it was all a bunch of silliness and we took no part
But for most young people all of that silliness is pretty important
I feel bad for the kids that were very hyped up for Prom, Senior Trips and sports
I don't feel bad for them at all, and what you do is what defines you as a person, anyone who is defined by whether they can go to some stupid graduation ceremony or go on some stupid trip is beyond shallow.
shareMost people are somewhat shallow and quite harmless, I simply feel sorry for them when their big wishes are not realized
I’m talking about the parents, obviously. I’m not Facebook friends with anyone in grade school lol. These parents are the same people still out at Walmart spring clothes shopping.
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Who gives a shit, back in the 60's and 70's kids senior year gift was being shipped off to Vietnam. Prom is overrated, graduation is overrated, senior year is overrated. They'll get over it it's not a big deal.
shareI think we get it, high school was shit for you.
Of course they will "get over it" but your disproportionate anger at their disappointment suggests this is more about your own high school experiences than the inevitable stress and anxiety a pandemic shutdown will cause for young people. I can't see any other reason you would get so fired up about kids being bummed about missing prom. It seems a bit callous, honestly.
Disagree all you want, but my final two years of high school were indeed among the best of my life. Yes, there are worse things in life than missing out on those experiences, but I still think it's a shame that a virus has robbed these kids of the opportunity.
When we have a national crisis on our hands it is selfish and stupid to be worried about prom and it’s disrespectful. Anyone who complains about missing prom is an entitled little shit
shareNot to me, they're just kids dealing with something massive like we all are. Cut them some slack.
shareBut it’s not massive, missing senior year is not a big deal. They don’t deserve any slack
shareClearly I was referring to the pandemic as massive, not senior year. We all deal with things differently and teenagers are notoriously surly at the best of times, if a few moan about missing prom I think I will allow that under the circumstances.
And we are talking a few. My niece is in her final year and she and her friends are carrying on like troopers without a word of complaint. Even if they weren't, I think it's now crucial that we as a society up our understanding, not our animosity.
I see. And if they think missing prom is a big deal or even worth complaining about given the circumstances then they should have to repeat their senior year. That’s good for your niece
shareI’m glad she’s one of the ones who looks beyond her own personal problems and sees the big picture
shareAnd let’s compare the two generations: 60s/70s many of those kids were given graduation presents of going to Vietnam where they were worked til exhaustion every day, had to kill people, slept maybe 3-4 hours every night in the mud and many never returned or became POWs where they were tortured on a daily basis and turned into slaves where they constantly had shit poured on them.
Then we have this current generation where Daddy’s little princess or the fragile little snowflake doesn’t get to go to her prom. Yeah I’d take the second situation in a heartbeat
'I think we get it, high school was shit for you.'
Ya think? Lol.
Sounds like somebody got stuffed in a locker one too many times😳!
shareHead down the toilet.
shareSneakers ripped off and tossed on the telephone lines😫
shareNo way! I was thinking exactly that!
Ok - super wedgie!
Great minds🙂
Book bag turned inside out
School bag thrown out the bus window about a mile away from where he lives.
shareWet Willies!
shareNipple Twist / Chinese Burn / Ear Flick
shareDamn...I think you just covered them all!
shareI've got one more - the ultimate and the most telling: -
Spurned by the Cheerleaders, in favour of the Jocks
"Imagine your senior year being cancelled"
They should be so lucky. High school was a low point, and I self-cancelled my senior year. Went on in life without it, and did just fine. I'm glad I dodged that waste of time.
Exactly, senior year is one of the worst years of anyone’s life. It’s not a milestone, it’s not something you’ll cherish the rest of your life it’s a dog and pony show where you are treated like a slave. While I would never wish for a pandemic on anyone I would have loved it if my senior year got cancelled
shareI had a blast my senior year - class of 1968. I don't know if I would call it a milestone, which I realize it technically is, but it was a really great year - Homecoming, Prom - yep, it was fun. I dated a guy who played in a band and all summer long I went to parties where they played. I never knew anyone who went in the military after high school - I'm sure that someone did, but I didn't know them. The majority of us went off to college.
Maybe it was different back then.
Many of your classmates got shipped to Vietnam shortly afterwards.
shareWiping out a year of school is a big thing. Then there's the matter of daycare for younger kids. I am glad I have no kids in school during this.
shareJust imagine if the release date of the irishman was delayed for a year because of the corona virus?
Now you know how they feel.
😂
shareZing!
shareThere you go.
shareI was looking forward to seeing No Time To Die later this month and it's been postponed, guess what? I got the hell over it.
shareDamn!!!!👏👏👏👏🍻
shareFor many kids school is their only refuge from abuse and hunger. Already there has been an uptick in domestic violence reports in the weeks since stay at home orders were issued.
share😢
I wondered if that was going to happen but hoped people would band together instead of letting the stress get to them and taking it out on others.
And then there are those people coming out of the woodwork, claiming to have the virus and threatening to deliberately infect others.
shareI hadn't heard about that but then I do tend to steer clear from the news, with carefully chosen exceptions. Same thing happened with HIV/AIDS so I suppose it shouldn't be too surprising. There are always going to be a few unhinged people doing stupid things.
shareOh come on you knew it was going to happen. People stuck at home with their alcoholic husband who just got layed off.
shareMost schools are still giving free food to students who qualify for it.
shareMY DAUGHTER GIVES A FUCK...SHE LIKES AND MISSES SCHOOL AND HER FRIENDS..SHE IS AN A AND B STUDENT,SO SHE IS STRESSED ABOUT THAT TOO.MORE LIKE 2 MONTHS LEFT BTW,PLUS THE TIME ALREADY MISSED.
shareShe'll get over it.
shareNOT FOR YOU TO ASSUME OR SAY.YOUVE BECOME QUITE BITTER.
shareJust tell her to grow up and get over it. According to you she is now a young adult let this be her first lesson that out in the real world you don't always get what you want.
shareBITTER...VERY,VERY BITTER.
shareI wouldn't say bitter, I'd say realistic. I think you're daughter is going to have a hard time making it through life if she falls apart every time something doesn't go her way.
shareYOUR LEVEL OF ASSUMPTION IS INSANE..ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ONLY KNOW OF MY DAUGHTER WHAT I HAVE TYPED...BITTER BRO...YOU NEED SOME MEDS.
shareI've not made any assumptions about your daughter, but it is a fact that if missing her senior year is going to make her fall apart then you have not prepared her for adulthood.
shareLol I got into this same argument with a chick on Facebook, she made this long sappy post about how her daughter was crushed and how hard it was to see her disappointment in not being able to go back to school. I lit her up, fucking idiot. Not publicly, in private messages.
shareBoo hoo hoo, people are dying out there but of course the main concern is that little Miss Princess gets her precious senior year. What an entitled snowflake.
shareYeah I’m not even talking about high school seniors, this chicks daughter was in like 4th grade like holy shit who fucking cares!!
shareUnbelievable, we've all had to make sacrifices, it is a national emergency and people need to stop being selfish brats. I won't even look for toilet paper because if I took some that would mean someone else wouldn't get it (I'm just saving napkins), and I'm not hoarding anything.
shareCan I ask you a question?
You hate the old people daring to come to the P.O...you hate the young people and their audacity to feel disappointments..
So who is it exactly you care about in your phrase "people are dying out there"?
I care about anyone who is dying and anyone shallow enough to bitch about their precious "milestone" is a disrespectful brat and should automatically be held back.
shareHIMSELF...AND ONLY HIMSELF.
shareYOU ARE THE IDIOT...YOU REALLY THINK THAT LAST BIT DOESNT SOUND LIKE AN INSANE ASSHOLE?
shareThere was 10 weeks of school left were they were shut down in March. Thats 25% of school year kids are missing. That's a lot to miss, plus the last quarter of school is when all the fun stuff happens. I don't blame kids or parents for being upset. Hell, everybody's upset about something right now because normal life has ceased to exist. We should be upset. This is NOT sustainable and public officials are not offering the public much hope. There's only so much talk of death and despair the human psyche can tolerate. I think the general public is nearing its limits.
shareWELL SAID.
shareThe kids at our local HS got it double bad. When this graduating class were freshmen we got hit with a massive flood. I myself had 5’ in my house. The community got took by surprise so most here lost everything. These same kids are loosing their senior year now with the outbreak. I haven’t heard any complaining and they are tough for sure.
shareCan't blame kids for being upset. Especially HS seniors. They are missing out on some milestones.
shareI’m talking about the parents, I don’t know anyone under 18 that I’m not related to lol
shareIf they need their “senior year milestone” to be satisfied with themselves then they aren’t ready to be adults and should have to repeat their senior year.
shareIt's totally understandable to be disappointed by missing out on some once in a lifetime experiences. It doesn't mean they need it to be "satisfied with themselves".
shareIt’s not understandable it’s selfish. And it’s also not a once in a lifetime experience. Missing it isn’t a big deal
shareNo, there's nothing selfish about it. Feeling disappointment or talking about it takes nothing away from anybody. And of course things like senior prom and HS graduation are once in a lifetime. What are you even talking about.
shareGraduation and Prom are not a big deal, especially considering people have died from COVID 19 and these precautions are for the kids safety. It is absolutely selfish and if they feel disappointed then they are not ready for adulthood. They need to grow up and get over it.
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