By CALLIE WATSON
Staff Writer
The government-issued quarantine caused many people’s mental health to tank. Depression and anxiety became more widespread. Many of us watched our lives and education become mere pawns at the hands of power-hungry politicians. Politicians across the country capitalized on the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these politicians could not even follow their own rules. California’s own governor was caught eating at a restaurant while the rest of us were stuck in our homes. Even Nancy Pelosi went to get her hair done while that was unavailable to the rest of us. I watched as reopening schools became more about politics, rather than students’ education and wellbeing. Does the government care about us? Their actions prove otherwise as we are simply pawns in the game of control.