Many bizarre things have been happening in the world today that are completely unprecedented. Everything from restaurants closing, to professional sports seasons being postponed, to stay-at-home orders going into effect, so much has happened in the past weeks.
With millions in self-quarantine and isolation, the idea of what the future holds has been trending significantly. The Courier staff asked many high schoolers, parents, teachers, and other members of the Orange community what they think the next decade holds.
High school seniors are devastated that the end of their final year has vanished. After over a decade of schooling, the many experiences that seniors experience in their final quarter are one’s that students look forward to their whole career.
This abrupt break has left some seniors with very disappointing thoughts. “In ten years we will face another strand of the coronavirus”, said Grayson Bell, who’s also a part of the mentorship program at Nationwide Children’s.
Unlike Bell’s thoughts, senior Jacob Raynor said that, “the pandemic will be completely over by next decade, however, there will be more regulations in place to avoid another pandemic and more people will become germaphobes”. Raynor said.
However, some seniors have been thinking a little bit more on the optimistic side. “Humans will start to integrate technology into their bodies. In 10 years, we’re going to have the first real life cyborgs”. Ethan Morris said.
Senior Alex Abood also has some thoughts about technological advancements in the next decade, just not quite as massive as Morris’ thoughts. “I think after some subtle technological advancements and maybe an announcement of a trip to mars, we’ll still be a pretty similar society as we are today.” Abood said.
When it comes to the world of politics, Rafee Zafar said it won’t be too much longer until we have the country's first female president. “10 years from now I believe Nikki Haley will be president of the United States,” Zafar said. Nikki Haley is a businesswoman and former governor of South Carolina, who now serves as the United States ambassador for the United Nations.
Underclassmen have mixed feelings about the new remote learning experience that they are having to adapt to. Apart from the current coronavirus pandemic effects that we are all feeling right now, “I think everything 10 years from now will be relatively the same,” junior Regan Scheibeck said.
Technology has made some massive advancements in the past decade, and sophomore Chloe Hover has some interesting comments about what technological advancements could be made in the next decade. “I think there will be too many robots. People will get too dumb, and then we might all die.”
Learning to drive is always a lengthy process that brings many challenges. Freshman Ava Otey is hopeful that teenagers in the future won’t have to experience that timely process. “They will have made self driving cars a reality and teenagers won’t actually have to learn to drive.” Otey said.
Despite all of the negativity surrounding us in these rapidly evolving times, english teacher Kelly Cable had some very inspirational thoughts. “I see a beautiful awakening. A renaissance. I also believe in the good. The goodness of humanity. Merging what I know human beings are capable of regarding taking care of each other and kindness with a renaissance is my optimistic view of the future. I see a rebirth of what I know humanity can do positively in our world.” Cable said.
The world has experienced some unprecedented times since the beginning of this new decade. It can be truly exciting to think about what the future can hold after hearing from the community, but only time can tell what the world will look like in another decade.
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