I Look, Therefore I Am?
Names have been changed. It was the day of my friend Amanda’s bat mitzvah. She was more of a recent friend, someone who, with my implicit permission, tended to degrade me on a daily basis. Nonetheless, I liked her, and at one of the final parties of the year-long bat mitzvah season, I wanted to […]
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Hershey and Her Pink Castle
When I started middle school, there were a lot of things I didn’t like. I didn’t like the teachers. I didn’t like the building. Honestly, I didn’t even like the girl I saw in the mirror. She was quiet, self-conscious, and afraid of not fitting in. But I loved our class pets. There were snakes, […]
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How My Life Changed During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Three years ago when I was 13, everything in my life was going well. I had social interactions every day at school and lots of recreational activities afterward. I went swimming twice a week and practiced the breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, and was learning the sidestroke. My favorite time was during Sunday sessions; we had […]
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How Masking Impacted My in-school experience
After one year of online learning in 8th grade, I chose blended learning for my freshman year at Beacon High School. I only had to go in person one day a week, and during the rest of the week my classes were held remotely. But I soon learned it didn’t really make sense to go […]
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