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In their own words:

"You Expected to Find the Normal Things

"At the start of the year, you found classes you didn’t love but had to take to graduate, the buzz of the bells, and the hassle of the lanyard around your neck —and the things you thought Legacy was — cowboy boots, pickup trucks, and country accents. But after spring break, you missed all the normal things. So, what was the normal?

"Was it that one time at the Mansfield football game? Yeah, when Tony the Tiger tackled Bucky the Bronco. Or when we finally won a football game after six losses. Was that it?

"Was it about the smell that filled your nose on Wednesdays and Fridays? You expected the cookies, and you always noticed when they weren’t there. Was that it, that consistent, tasty comfort?

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"As we lost the motivation to write our expository essay at 2 a.m., all we wanted to do was make another TikTok.

"We learned to find our new way — in isolation. We learned how to work online. We learned how to social distance and how to conserve toilet paper.

"We spent the half the year looking for the normal – the other half finding a new normal."