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Our school had never been so quiet.
I sat at a desk in the corner of the classroom, cold biting at my ankles. Our teacher sat at their desk armed with hand sanitizer and desk cleaner. It was so quiet that I could hear my own breathing loud and clear. Everyone was staring at their screen, work or video calls plastered across it.
Only one of my friends was here today and they were put in a different class. The silence was torture. Every time I looked back at my screen, I would get distracted by a bird flying by or by one of my friends, talking online.
Occasionally there would be someone talking. It was a relief to hear someone, through all the silence. But, they would be sent out if they wanted to talk on a video call.
I wished I stayed home, at least then I could talk to people. My work laid forgotten on the desk, my friends came first. I caved in. I spent the next hour talking to them, being in my own bubble of happiness.
I sat at a desk in the corner of the classroom, cold biting at my ankles. Our teacher sat at their desk armed with hand sanitizer and desk cleaner. It was so quiet that I could hear my own breathing loud and clear. Everyone was staring at their screen, work or video calls plastered across it.
Only one of my friends was here today and they were put in a different class. The silence was torture. Every time I looked back at my screen, I would get distracted by a bird flying by or by one of my friends, talking online.
Occasionally there would be someone talking. It was a relief to hear someone, through all the silence. But, they would be sent out if they wanted to talk on a video call.
I wished I stayed home, at least then I could talk to people. My work laid forgotten on the desk, my friends came first. I caved in. I spent the next hour talking to them, being in my own bubble of happiness.