The QuaranTEENS

Hey, everybody!
Today is Wednesday, March 25th, the tenth day of “containment”.
We’ve been limiting our movements for over a week now, we’ve been trying to be careful but sometimes I go outside to get some fresh air to get some exercise.

Sometimes I get bored even if there is work to do (I find it hard to keep up with the work)…

My mother has decided to put us in the kitchen to do something with our days.
Everybody cooks at least once a week, for example Monday it’s mom, Tuesday it’s dad, Wednesday it’s me, Thursday my brother and Friday my sister and so on…

Ps: I just learned that a case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in the building where I live…

I’ll probably tell you more in the next post.

Since the coronavirus caused containment measures in some countries, people have become a little more hygienic.
However, what makes me laugh is that normally it is reflexes that we should have all the time and not necessarily in times of “war against the invisible” as our President Emmanuelle Macron would say.

This is how I wanted to say that washing our hands is not just in the event of a pandemic, but it must be in our daily lives and these reflexes must be passed on from generation to generation.

I say this because we touch a lot of objects that have a lot of microbes, see also excrement particles (and yes!), for example on our mobile phones ( https://www.ouest-france.fr/leditiondusoir/data/82922/reader/reader.html#!preferred/1/package/82922/pub/117240/page/15 ), a gadget that is super present in the life of a lot of people, in short it’s the same principle as with the virus, it’s to avoid transmitting them, it’s like when you shake hands with someone after going to the (toilet), it’s better to wash your hands before ;).

So if you want to know a little more about how to wash your hands I put several videos so that you can progress.

by Lucas.

FIRST WEEK

I’m not at all used to this situation. Indeed, I lose track of time and it is difficult not to be able to go outside freely. The good news is that I spend a lot of time with my two little brothers, I cook and sleep better.

In reality, I went outside twice to go work out and I had the chance to run at the Bois de Boulogne with no one around and the landscape was beautiful.

I take care more of Augustin (my little brother who is 4 months old) since confinement. I try to make him smile !! ☺

Finally I taught my other little brother who is 15 years old how to make cookies. This activity allowed him to get away from his video games for a while.

Concerning the coronavirus, I listened to the interview of the infectiologist Didier Raoult who recommends a treatment based on hydroxychloroquine. His approach has been criticized but ultimately a study, on a larger scale, is currently being set up. We are waiting for the results!

When I was a child, I thought that when I would be 18 years old, I will do a lot of things such as go out every day, see my friends and enjoy life…  

Now, we are in 2020, I am 18 years old and because of Coronavirus, we are in Quarantine: French people need to stay at home to stop the progression of virus.  

I have been at home for one week with my parents. I do my homework, I speak with my friends and my family, and we do some sports to expel bad energies from our bodies. But my daily life changed: Even if I see my relatives via video call, I miss the real human contact.  

I think that some people don’t really realize the danger and the consequences of this virus. Indeed, in the TV news we see a lot of people outside. I understand that for some people this situation is very complicated, however we need to stop de propagation of the Coronavirus, and help doctors, nurses…  

This affects me profoundly because the caregivers are desperate. Indeed, I have a nurse’s cousin and she told me that at the hospital the environment changed. For example, one time, a patient came with a mask and when he started to speak to her, he removed it! That reflects why some people don’t know why they use it, and that show us the impact of the virus in people’s brain.   

See you next week!!!

If you’re like me, constantly thinking, even though it may end up hurting, then in this period of containment this thinking has to come to a head.

Thought of everything and nothing at the same time, the thing that does what we are today.

In the past and present, see our future: question yourself.

We think about how we behaved, and how we should have reacted instead, when nothing can be changed from the past. We remember the momentous moments that made us suffer or laugh in the shine. You can imagine what you would do in that moment, which is what you could see, what you would talk about, movement, speech and gesture. Part of the things that we are to the people around us, and that is part of us in personality, even though it is a façade to protect us. 

In this reflection we can understand a little more what we consider to be instinctive in our behavior. Understand that we could change to a better version of ourselves, seeing how many times we have hurt the people around us family, friends, strangers.

Would my question really be better if we thought about that for you?

My point of view :

After a week of confinement, people are still struggling to understand the meaning of the word. Despite the efforts of the authorities, many people continue to live as if nothing happened. (Shoutout to the child who skates all day in my street)

Personally I’m constantly looking for good points to this situation which disturbs our daily life : I discovered that I have a family and also got closer to my bed. Enough with the jokes, the adaptation to the new working format is quite hard but I manage to create a rhythm for myself. Another positive point is that we applaud every night the hospital related workers who, thanks to the stupid people who always go out, have an incredible difficulty in curing people in intensive care.

That’s all for this summary of my week, see you in 7 days for the next one!

SOURCE : https://cheezburger.com/9460018432/hmm (the meme)

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.

“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😂😂😂.

 Doctor-man,a superhero of all time.

It has been around 8 days since we have been put in confinement and for me, it’s not really easy to get to work as home is usually the place I only rest after school. But today, I decided I would be motivated and productive, I also hope to keep it that way during the rest of this taken mesure.

I would like to talk about how we can motivate ourselves even though I am not the best at this! My first advice is to wake up at the same time everyday and preferably just a little later than usual. Then you could take a quick shower (not too comfortably warm in order not to take too long) to wake up a little bit more, have some coffee, some tea or just a fruit juice and a good breakfast. Then get ready just as if you were going to school (the shoes, the coat and the makeup aren’t that necessary though). Then just sit at your desk and start working. I would recommend to set a to-do list for each day and follow it (even though my sister gave one to me but I didn’t really fill it at all 😂). Also why not start by the most interesting subjects or the easiest homework you have. And a really personal advice to follow only if it fits you: Some people are morning people and some are somewhat night people, so some would be more productive on mornings🌅 and some would only find the motivation when comes the night🌙 (that’s me 🙋‍♂️). Although try not to become a complete nyctalope (that is awake only during the night, like an owl 🦉) so that you don’t miss scheduled tests for example.

Now, let’s talk about “confinement activities”. This expression might seem a little innapropriate, or you might be thinking about yoga, drawing, gym on the TV etc. Actually, even though these activities are not bad at all for some of us, there are many occupations that were recently created! For example, around the entire world, people have been playing their instruments at their balconies to entertain their neighbours and give small concerts.

In fact, every Tuesday, at 12pm, every musicians around the world is invited to play at his or her balcony to make confinement funnier and happier! And as I’m writing, there is precisely one hour left until I destroy my neighbours eardrums 😂!

Last but not least, I was laughing about it earlier on, but actually, if you want to take a short break from working, you could do some fitness exercices like pushups, pull-ups, jumping-jacks, you could also just call your friends and FaceTime them so you can watch Netflix or Canal+ together haha!

In conclusion, it’s pretty complicated to keep the motivation to work in confinement. And although it seem pretty similar to usual holidays, it’s the complete opposite. So try to keep up as much as you can and I hope to see you soon! 😉

Brahms.

It’s nearly one week into the mandatory confinement in France. Schools have shut down, many people are working from home, we now have to have a legitimate excuse and permission slip to be outside. People who would usually shoulder check you on the sidewalk now give fellow pedestrians a wide berth. I discovered that the old woman who lives below me has Alzheimers and is fearfully shut into her apartment with her daughter. In a recent interaction with the friendly man who sweeps the street, I found out that the post office has closed and that he desperately needed a stamp to post a letter. I rushed home to give him my last stamp. Human interactions are earnest but transactional, masks and gloves aren’t the only barriers.

Here, with the help of my senior-year English students, I hope to collect and reflect on our human experiences as we navigate this peculiar time in our lives and recent history. This is my and their sincere attempt to cultivate our writing and reflection.