I squeezed my eyes shut as a wave of frustration swept over me.
My teacher had just passed back a math test, and immediately after seeing my score, I glanced at the scores of the people around...
On June 24, a horrifying story broke across the globe: hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in Canada. A little over a month later, the world was...
When coping with grief, it can feel like you’re all alone. At least, that's how I felt when I had to deal with it recently.
When I was in the car with a friend a couple of weeks ago, we both realized...
I wandered around the hallways, keeping a copy of the school map in my pocket with all of my classes labeled for my first day. I walked circles around the cafeteria, wondering where the cold sandwiches...
It is the end of the school year, and summer is right around the corner. Underclassmen are looking forward to the next three months of freedom, and all the seniors are graduating and preparing to leave...
Tall. Thin. Long, straight hair.
For so long, we have accepted these standards as the pinnacles of beauty. However, in an incredibly diverse world, I think such a rigid beauty standard is the root...
I’m not good at math.
My math grade has been slipping, and it is no secret that finding the circumference of a circle will never come easy to me. In fact, nothing about math will come to me without...
My first day of preschool was unforgettable in the worst way.
I grew up speaking Spanish at home. It was all I had ever known until preschool. I was forced to step into a new world, where all my classmates...
I’m a crippling perfectionist.
Some of you might be right there with me, living terrified of the thought of doing anything that falls short of intrinsic or extrinsic expectations of yourself.
I get...
Nowadays, we’re so quick to get lost in what seems like an endless pile of tasks. Between schoolwork, extracurriculars and making the effort to spend time with friends and family, we end up with little...
My sophomore year in Latin American History class, I was working on our warm-up. The question posed to me was: “What do you notice about Latinx/Hispanic portrayal in the media?”
As a Mexican American,...
Do humans have free will?
This question has caused quite a bit of controversy and has led to intense conversation amongst philosophers. Many believe we have complete free will, others partial, while some...
