This I Believe Essay
I believe in the inevitability of death. That is to say I believe death is non-negotiable, you can’t worm your way out of it. The grim...


Week Without Walls
Last week I participated in what my school calls Week Without Walls. It gives learning opportunities to students throughout high school...
Permission and Recognition
"There are at least two issues that cases like Mrs. Lacks's raise," says Ruth Faden... "One is the question of consent, and the other is...
Comparing Stuff
The "This I Believe" essays are a compilation of personal stories centered around kindness and acts of generosity. The two essays,...
Care To Understand Speech
Hi everyone, my name is Dana. I like big hoodies and sweet things. I don’t think I’m too much of a people person but everyone tells me...


Letter To My Future Self & A Response
Hey Me, you're old now. Older than I can imagine me being. It's tough around this time, I don't know if you remember it. We're coming up...
Do We Need Books And Stories?
When we were moving over to Saudi Arabia, my mom bought me an iPad so I could start reading on that instead of reading paper books so...
Superman and Me
In Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" the use of repetition and emotive language were shown through the sentence "I refused to fail. I...


Cultural Identity
Mr. Relf put up on the board a picture of a little boy, who looked to be about 10, in two different outfits. In the first picture (both...
She sucks at life but at least she's trying.
Life is real hard. It's hard to get through and even harder to get out of. Life is like a gym membership that has a really complicated...