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High school is full of so many opportunities for fun and hanging out with your friends, whether that’s homecoming dances, prom or sporting events. But due to the pandemic, these experiences are being postponed and restricted.
Students at Spanish Springs High School, like junior John Scarberry, see prom as a “textbook high school experience.” He ended up going to an alternative prom off campus.
“I really enjoy dancing and hanging out with friends, and I think that’s a really memorable experience. No one should miss out on that,” Scarberry said.
Despite some students being enthusiastic about school events, others are not intrigued by them. Pandemic or not, Spanish Springs junior Aiden Sosa probably wouldn’t have attended anyway.
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When we went to LA, it was not how I pictured it. Where I grew up, you didn’t really see a lot of homeless people; I don’t really see any here in Sparks. But when I went down there, you would see whole tent communities, and I just think about how it is so tough to live in an area like LA.
It actually kind of makes me mad. Everybody has bills to pay and all that kind of stuff, and some people simply cannot afford it, and I don’t think that it’s their fault at all. I feel like those people should be helped [and] wealth should be shared so that everybody can have what they need. It’s not fair for people to have more than what they need. Like, I’m talking about a huge house with 20 rooms, and they have five personal chefs and all that kind of stuff. And then other people don’t even have a tent to live in. Women in the street don’t have the toiletries that they need. Men in the street don’t have the toiletries they need.