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PELHAM PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
THURIA ALJARADI
This crisis has deeply affected me me and my family’s relationships some in positive ways and and some in negative ways First I feel like the bond between me me and and my parents has grown stronger and I I have have started to be be more open with them I I also have have been talking to them a a a lot in Arabic which I I struggled with because I I know more English On the the other hand my my relationship with my my sister went downhill We were like close friends but now since we’re stuck together for 24/7 we we ( mostly me ) get get annoyed with each other Sometimes we would want to to to actually fight each other but I have to to to go back to to to reality and realize she is is only 10 (but has a a a a a mouth of a a a a a teen) Another thing I struggle with is is trying to to wake up my baby brother in in in the the morning for school I have to to deal with him hitting me and crying just to to get him him out of bed in in in order for him him to to video call his teacher in in fin the the morning I I I just wish the the CDC finds a a cure soon because I I I don’t know how I’m gonna survive alone as a a a a a 17 year old with 3 younger siblings 25
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