WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE NOW FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR

ILLUSTRATION FOR JEZEBEL

“Stay-at-home orders have rendered most of the country anxious and uncertain, but high school seniors face a uniquely shitty set of realities—grieving the high school experiences they are forfeiting to covid-19 while attempting to imagine what their futures will hold. Lucy, an 18-year-old high school senior who I’ve known since she was a toddler, spoke to Jezebel about some of those realities and fears to better understand what the “new normal” looks like to someone navigating standard coming-of-age worries about grades, college, and relationships during an unsettling time that is anything but ‘how life normally is supposed to be.’”