Two years of living in a pandemic, students reflect

PHOTO: Davis High students walking around campus unmasked.

By Alex Miyamoto,

BlueDevilHUB.com Staff–

As the two-year anniversary of pandemic nears, Davis High students reflect on their pandemic experience. COVID-19 has been apparent throughout everyday life for the past two years.

On March 13, 2020, the president of the United States announced a national emergency as COVID-19 spread rapidly throughout the country.

That same day, schools across California shut down in response to the outbreaks.

Davis Joint Unified School District intended on schools having an extended spring break, with students set to arrive back on campus two weeks later.

Quinten Wallace was a freshman at the start of the pandmeic. “I remember it was a seemingly normal day, I was just hanging out with my friends at P.E.,” Wallace said.

As COVID-19 cases increased, it became apparent that schools would move to a virtual system.

Davis High students remember the beginning of the pandemic as unclear and unpredictable.

Junior Elise Bauman remembers feeling uncertain. “No one really knew anything about how serious it was… some people were screaming dramatically,” Bauman said.

725 days have passed since March 13, 2020 and students at DHS reminisce on the first couple of months of the outbreak. 

Students adapted to a new style of life; from learning school online, to quarantining as the pandemic broke out across the country.

Through the uncertainty of the pandemic, Wallace found himself benefiting from all the extra free time. He became more involved in soccer and new hobbies, “I became much more focused on meaningful things,” Wallace said.

Although the pandemic has given Wallace a newfound perspective, he struggled with finding motivation to do schoolwork online. 

As he finds a new motivation in in-person learning, he still finds himself falling into his old habits. “(lack of motivation) still infiltrates my life, I sometimes find myself getting unmotivated,” Wallace said.

With the recent decision of DJUSD removing the outdoor mask mandate, students are beginning to have a sense of normalcy around campus. 

“Being able to see everyone’s faces, I feel like we are slowly returning to a pre-COVID life,” Wallace said.