By Sarah It was a cold winter night in 2021 — one of the final days of my first semester of junior year. The past few months had been entirely virtual, and for my final project for a class, I’d be presenting on the controversial topic of euthanasia through Zoom, which I’d worked on itContinue reading “Love is in the Simple Things”
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January Book Review
By Sarah I have an interesting history with reading. I acutely remember being four years old and peering over the shoulder of my grandmother, who was reading me Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. Squinting at the words, it looked like scribbles of nonsense to me. I let out a lengthy sigh, willing for my firstContinue reading “January Book Review”
In a Storm, Be Like a Tree
By Sarah This past week, I glanced out my window to a scene of pouring rain, billowing wind, and a darkened sky. After several weeks of pleasant, sunny weather, we encountered the first real storm of the season. Of course, the rain was welcomed — not only do our plants need the liquid, but IContinue reading “In a Storm, Be Like a Tree”
Anxiety, Avonlea, and Anne: The Disappointment of Regression in “Anne of Green Gables”
By Sarah Exhausted from an afternoon soccer game, fifth-grade me slipped into my bed, trailing my fingers across the spine of the novel my mother had given me: Anne of Green Gables. She’d assured me that it was a classic — a read that was indispensable for a young woman. I remember raising my eyebrows,Continue reading “Anxiety, Avonlea, and Anne: The Disappointment of Regression in “Anne of Green Gables””
Going 20 in a 30 Zone: How I Failed my Driver’s Test (and Learned a Great Deal)
By Sarah “Listen, I would like to be able to pass you,” said the worn-out DMV employee, scribbling on her clipboard. “But you went ten miles per hour under the speed limit. Automatic failure. You didn’t pass.” She stepped out of my car, leaving me with the crushing blow of a failed driver’s test. IContinue reading “Going 20 in a 30 Zone: How I Failed my Driver’s Test (and Learned a Great Deal)”
18 Lessons From 18 Years of Life
By Sarah From a young age, I adored the date of my birthday: November 1st. It’s in the midst of the fall season, when leaves crunch beneath my feet on the walk to school and the weather is crisp enough to light a candle. Also, it’s the start of November: the month of giving thanks.Continue reading “18 Lessons From 18 Years of Life”
Carry On With Compassion: Learning from the Amish Perspective
By Sarah The date was October 2nd, 2006. West Nickel Mines Amish school, a one-room schoolhouse in an Amish community in Pennsylvania, was alive with activity as students filled its interior. At first glance, it was an ordinary Monday, characterized by schooling in reading, writing, and arithmetic. At 10 in the morning, the unthinkable occurred.Continue reading “Carry On With Compassion: Learning from the Amish Perspective”
Senior Season: Entering my Last Year of High School
By Sarah Class of 2022. I looked at the sticker that had been mailed to me, celebrating my start of high school and the class that I was in. It was the fall of 2018, a few days before my first day of freshman year, and I tucked the sticker away, smiling at the factContinue reading “Senior Season: Entering my Last Year of High School”
The Butterfly Effect
By Sarah The butterfly effect: the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. Yes, that sounded complicated. In simple terms, the butterfly effect, derived from the work of mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz, is theContinue reading “The Butterfly Effect”
On Treadmill of Life, Rest is Simply the Best
By Sarah Stepping out of my last period, it was a warm, sunny day. The clouds had cleared to display a brilliant blue sky, proclaiming the joy of a special event: my last day of junior year. It had certainly been a tumultuous school year. About three-fifths of it had been virtual due to theContinue reading “On Treadmill of Life, Rest is Simply the Best”
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