I go to a particularly competitive public high school, where anything short of an A is deemed “not good enough”, where students are constantly competing against one another, even if they’re unaware that they’re doing so. Everyone here is nothing short of amazing, and yet almost none of them believe so. Many have gaping holes in their development, holes where self-confidence and the ability to relax would usually be found.
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We hide,
In the glory of our skins,
In the shame of our sins.
In the wake of our pain,
With nothing to gain,
Standing in the ever-pouring rain.
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By: Pihu J.
When can I live?
When you’re born, you’re already clothed. Clothed in the expectations of your parents, of your society, determined by your race and gender. You’ve already been set on a predestined path, one that will take nothing short of a miracle to break free from.
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My Experience and Thoughts on The COVID-19 Pandemic
This situation hasn’t been going at all like I had expected…
When they announced the closure of our school, smack in the middle of the year, we all felt a sense of excitement and promise. I felt a slight prick of fear, but it was alleviated by my friends’ surprisingly optimistic reactions. We had been hearing about COVID-19, but our teen sense of invincibility made the topic seem like a foreign concept, something that would never even reach our little bubble in New Jersey.
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