The QuaranTEENS

An exercise in daily journaling with the Terminale 2 S class

Author: Ally

A stressful phase?

Hello everyone!

I hope you are fine and healthy.

At the moment, we live a little stressful time (for some non) pending the results of Parcorsup. Personally, I am hyper stressed😣 because I want to study medicine but there are a lot of requests but luckily I’m not at the end of the list.

I read the article on a girl who had more than 16.5 overall average but she had refusals in her favorite wishes. To say I was shocked means nothing. I can’t even imagine how she must be disappointed.I think the system is a little unequal, especially for her.

https://www.dna.fr/education/2020/05/25/16-5-de-moyenne-vers-une-mention-tb-au-bac-mais-ses-voeux-refuses

Let’s talk a little about the end of lockdown.

A few days ago I saw on TV that there was a relaxation in some people about Coronavirus,some went to the beach to party, the rest went to soccer games.

I find that this behavior is really abused. I understand that containment was difficult, but this is exaggerated😤. We say that we cannot trust the government, but in truth we must also present ourselves as a people we can trust otherwise the pandemic will always be present.

I am a little disappointed that we could not see the takeoff of Space X because of bad weather but I hope we can see it on Saturday 👩‍🚀.

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The end of lock down: the return to normal life?

It is already more one week that the end of lockdown has begun. Many of the stores have opened since May 11 (like Zara, Mango etc).   I saw on twitter the video that there were line up at the entrance of Zara in Bordeaux and in Paris but people respected the distances.

There are many people who have criticized but I think that ‘is a good sign because for everyone the confinement was difficult and we need we to clear our brains in addition, during sales there are much longer lines up. As soon as people follow the rules, there is nothing WRONG. Public transport has started to circulate more recently but nevertheless it does not circulate 100% as before, in addition with “peak hours” it is difficult to circulate freely. But nevertheless, now we can go out more freely and without certification, even if we cannot go more than 100km from our home. Shopping centres will also open (the Beaugrenelle centre has already been open today except the cinema and the), as do small museums. Some restaurants take out.

We are slowly starting to recover, and I hope we will succeed.

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The end of lockdown: freedom with responsibility?

So, from 11 may it is the end of lockdown in France, so it is time to take more responsibility and respect government conditions even if you do not trust a lot. I think it is especially important to our society, to respect for our own safety, health but also for our loved ones, our entourage. And above all it is important in big cities like Paris, where the population is the largest, where we have the most risk of contamination. So, take your responsibilities for your life and others.

from Instagram

France is already in deconfinement, but I am still in Ukraine. I had to enter France on May 18 but here the confinement is extended until May 22 so I must stay here until at least May 25. Here, the government is stricter, we cannot leave our home without the mask, it is compulsory everywhere, if we do not have the mask, we must pay 17,000 grivny (around 550 €).Schools, day nurseries, universities are closed until September, but the terminals pass the exams at the end of May. In each city, there are block posts that measure the temperature of each person in the cars entering and leaving the city. I see that most people respect the rules, but unfortunately there are still people who think they can do as they want. But I am proud of this country!!!

I hope it ends soon and we can start a new year))).

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  1. Ms. Hubbard

    Good post! Glad you brought this up! Wearing a mask is a relatively small sacrifice and its message is “I care about the health of other people around me” basic human compassion. I wonder when Parisians will discover it.

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Me and containment, observation: there are not only coronavirus present

During the last week I thought about what I could write for the blog but today an important thing happened. You can see image taken by my cousin TODAY (05/06/2020).

It is in the countryside, at my grandma’s village. As you can see, it is snowing, SNOW!!! In May!!! This is completely abnormal. It is for the first time that my grandma sees this (she is 75 years old anyway),normally my grandma plant potatoes, cucumbers etc.

What I mean is that climate change is much more present than we thought. Right now, we are talking about coronavirus all the time, forgetting that there are also other problems that our humanity is experiencing and will experience. Yesss, coronavirus is present, and it is especially important for humanity but don’t forget others. What is important is that problems are caused by us, humans!!! It’s sad to realize, but we have to realize that.

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Me and the containment: Changes and difficulties .

It has been long-time that I have not post on The QuaranTeens , there are a lot of things that have happened in my life suddenly . To start, there are some health problems in my family so I had to leave for Ukraine in an emergency because it could be the last time, I see my granny (she is better now). I knew that to leave it will be necessary to conquer several problems because of Coronavirus but I did not think it would be that difficult. So, the first thing I needed was to have permission to leave and permission to go to Ukrainian territory, thanks to the Ukrainian ambassador who put my file in priority, and I received my authorization the next day. The second part was plane tickets, I took a plane in an emergency, I paid € 850 for 2 hours of flight (to the Minsk airport) and 44 hours of waiting at the airport then another 2 hours of flight. I could not take the car because of the long queue at border control posts (which can lead to 72 hours of waiting).



Picture from https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4132274-avtomobilni-cherhy-na-kordoni-z-uhorschynoui-podvoilysia

In addition, I passed three times the corona test: once at the airport in France then in Minsk and the last on arrival in Ukraine (each cost me around 54 euros). Hopefully, they were all negative.

The Covid-19 really puts in trouble everybody, even those in difficult circumstances. Without all these difficulties, I could arrive in Ukraine in 4 hours.

All I can tell you to conclude is that take good care of yourself and your loved ones.

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  1. Ms. Hubbard

    Wow what a journey. Glad to hear that your grandmother is all better.

    • Ally

      I can say that it is the worst trip of my life but I would have things to tell my grandchildren)))

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Me and containment, week 2.

Hello everybody. I hope you are fine.

It has been already two weeks that the confinement started. Sometimes I feel like time is going really slowly but I’m finally getting used to it. So, this week was more productive than the 1st week because we had a lot of work to do and sent it to our professors. We had also our first audio-class , it was  it was a little weird for me because I was home and I heard the voice of our math teacher and my classmates, also I was happy to find my friends, we were face-time during the lesson, I had the impression of going back to class. It still made me feel like I miss them (more than I thought) even if we talk every day😭😥. It put me in a little depression. Oh, if we could teleport to our friends like Doctor Strange or go so fast like Flash, so as not to pay the fine of 135 euros😂😂😂.

One evening when I was bored, I came across a quiz: What confinement you are? So you can see my result.

I’m really disappointed with my result, it’s really wrong. I am not as depressed and anxtious, I am the only person in the family who does not panic. I just want to see my friends again and see my dear cousins with whom I spend a lot of time (Sasha and Ivan, I will take my revenge when the confinement will be finished😈😈😈. I will never forget my mono-eyebrow that you designed when I slept the last time).

It’s all.

Have a nice day.

PS: I’m still at war with my neighbour from below, now he’s singing his 70s songs at 5 a.m🤬🤬🤬. The whole building can hear it.

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Me and containment, week 1.

Hello everybody.
I hope you are all fine.
The first week of confinement has already passed, during this week I had several feelings. In truth, the first day when I knew that we will be entrusted to our home, I was happy but following the days this feeling really disappeared. In order not to get bored very strongly, I finally finished the book I wanted to read for a long time, his name is “Black Dragon” by Frederick Rapilly, if you like thrillers you will love this book.

 The book cover from Fnac.fr

Also, I cooked, I made chocolate cake🍫, with citrus🍋🍊, pancake for my mom and sister. And without forgetting homework, I have completed my revision sheets for BAC👩‍🏫.
AND I FINALLY GOT NETFLIX, MY BABY NETFLIX ❤❤❤. I don’t know how I lived without NETFLIX.

Картинки по запросу "lucifer" “Lucifer” , Hell yes. (from Netflix)

As well,1 day ago, a friend of my mom who works at the hospital contacted us to ask how we are. She talked for a long time with my mom, she told the situation that is happening in the hospital, it’s horrible. On TV you don’t really see the situation in hospitals, sometimes doctors 👩‍⚕‍👨‍⚕‍🏥 don’t even have time to sleep, go home or just take a shower. There are many families who have lost contact with his relatives and they never saw them again, it is really very sad😔. It made me understand how lucky we are to still be with our family. I noticed that I started to talk more with my friends👫, my relatives, I worry about my family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 because we almost all have diseases that can worsen. It makes me sad to see people going out without any need. Really stay at home, take care of yourself, your families but also your loved ones, the neighbours. Maybe I will finally be at peace with my neighbours from below😂😂😂.

Картинки по запросу "medecin-superman" Doctor-man,a superhero of all time.

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  1. Arielle

    True!! Confinement means putting up with noisy neighbors. Still can’t figure out what the upstairs neighbor’s schedule is…

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