When I first heard about things getting cancelled I was only excited. The thought of not having to go to school for a couple of weeks, what kid doesn’t want that? But I forgot to think about the negatives: no sports, no hanging out with friends, still having to do work during the break… and oh, did I mention no sports?

   I’ve always heard the term “withdraw” used in relation to addicts trying to quit and I never thought I’d have to experience it. But here I am watching year old Sixers games trying to make up for the empty feeling I have from not watching sports in close to a week. I’ve gone my whole life watching sports everyday, and to now have that stripped from me faster than LeBron James running on a fast break should be considered a crime. I’m going crazy.

     And it’s not only the loss of sports that’s driving me insane it’s the no school part. This sounds crazy to say coming from me but I miss school. I miss the social interaction, the walking from class to class, the laughing at the lunch table. All of these things are what I actually like about school and not having them these past couple of days really made me appreciate how much I liked it. Some people may prefer this online system but I’m definitely not one of them.

     But of course online school does have it’s benefits. Getting out of class at 12:00 everyday is definitely something I’ll miss when we eventually return to school. But besides that I definitely prefer a normal school day.

    Overall the whole online school system was a big disappointment. I was going into it thinking it was going to be a huge walk in the park and I could breeze through everything but it’s definitely not. It’s the same work only with a lot more distractions which makes it incredibly difficult to focus on anything. I might regret saying this later, but I can’t wait to go back to school.