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Why You Should Wash Your Hands When You Enter School
We’ve all been there. It’s 8:14, the grating sound of the echoey minute bell music is piercing the air, and you’ve just scanned your ID card. Or, maybe you’re one …
Pandemic Patriotism
In a country so deep into the COVID-19 pandemic, what does the mask symbolize? For some, it symbolizes conformity. Giving in. Brainwashing, even. But for others, it symbolizes respect. Protection. …
The Importance of EQ in the Next Stage of Life
For many, emotional intelligence (EQ) is something that is focused on second-hand. As I have been applying to colleges and trying to figure out what the next stage of my …
The Table
There is no sun and you are sitting half-awake at your dinner table. The fast will soon be beginning, and once the sun is up you are no longer allowed …
Some See Weakness, In Reality It Is Strength
“Can you keep a secret” “Yeah, I’m listening. What’s up?” “Well,” she hesitates and takes a deep breath, “my mom says I have to start going to therapy.” “Oh, that’s …
Sculpture Gardens and Dusty Paintings
I was at a sculpture garden recently, soaking up the art and good weather. There were very few people in the garden with me, and they were all enjoying the …
Mid-Pandemic Unity: Where Are You?
Photo Credit: ABC News August 15, 1945: America celebrates Victory in Japan Day, when Japan surrendered after years of brutality rooted in hatred from World War II. American, if not …
The Sweetest Monotony
Driving alone in her car late that clear night, all was right with the world, as much as it could possibly be. She enjoyed the quiet—not an all-consuming silence but …
Music and our Minds
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest of times, and to the latest.” The above quote …