Actual class feels like the most normal part of the day. Besides the walls of glass between students, learning is pretty much the same as it used to be. Although there’s no possible way to keep a whole high school six feet apart at all times, my school has done a good job of coming up with new ways to avoid big crowds of people. For instance, in each building there are designated up and down stairs, creating a flow of traffic between classes. Overall, this method seems to be pretty effective.

Where I live, if a teenage boy doesn’t have a Trump sign hanging somewhere in his bedroom, I am shocked. When I go to a friend’s house, there is almost always a gun in the house. Many people I know are not necessarily homophobic, but they do not support the LGBTQ community. These are just things I have gotten used to living in Columbia, South Carolina for the past 15 years.