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Telling Stories
A wide variety of stories are told to children in Japan, the country I visited during my junior year of high school. These children’s stories can teach kids valuable lessons in both the United States and Japan.
Abuse Doesn’t Change Colors
For my entire life, I have grown up in a prevalently Indian community. And for the most part, I have thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of my life.
I don’t know what to write.
For the first time since I started working for the magazine, I have no idea what to write.
Usually I have lots to say, but honestly I feel like like so much s**t has gone on in my life that I don’t know where to start.
You People Care Too Much
I feel like people care too much about their looks all the time. Whether it be online or in person, all I hear about is people hyperfixating on every inch of their body:
Sharing Meals
Japan was filled with many new flavors and meals I had never experienced before. However, I expected to try a different cuisine on my school trip to this foreign country.
Science is Subjective
Everyone has their own favorite subjects. For example, I typically gravitate towards history and English classes. I don’t really enjoy math, but I don’t hate it either. However, I especially don’t enjoy science. I don’t enjoy the abstract nature nor even the math incorporated.
Why I Hate Breaks From School
Something a lot of people don’t realize is how stressful breaks from school are for neurodivergent people like myself, especially those of us who are on the more anxious and neurotic side.
Bring Back Filler
I don’t usually watch TV shows, only because I can’t handle the commitment to watch something. But when I get interested, I can’t get off my couch.
City Visits
Chicago has always been a center of learning for me. When I was a little girl, my mother took me to the wide variety of museums at our fingertips.
Endings Are Promised
Saying goodbye is life’s guarantee. Everything must come to an end. From your last day of practice to leaving your cousins at Thanksgiving to taking your last breath, an ending is all we’re ever promised.
“The Green Drummer”
If you know one thing about me, you know that I identify as green. People always ask me, “Why green?”, and the truth is, I honestly don’t know. For my whole life, the color green has always just felt so “me.” Something about the color just feels right.
Worst Three Weeks Ever
As December starts, the worst three weeks of the year come barging in. The weird three-week period after Thanksgiving break and before winter break. Also known as finals season.
Almost Winter
I dread the cold, but I love winter. This season brings me both comfort and connection with those I care about, filled with warmth despite the frigid air outside.
I Blame it on The Algorithm
I think two of the things I love most in the world are music and stories. They have both followed me for as long as I can remember.
Getting Stuck in a School Bathroom
Getting stuck in a bathroom was not on my high school bingo card. It’s an experience that most people can’t say they’ve had.
A Nibhanupudi
Up till recently I’ve always been looking for a sob story in my life for my college applications. To be frank, I truly don’t have any.
I Hate Long-Distance
No one prepares you for how distance feels when it comes to making friends.
Breaking the News to Myself
Going into college, I was set on majoring in journalism. I picked the major because I wanted to go to law school, and if I changed my mind about that, I’d still have a cool career to fall back on.
“Honesty” is Dishonest
You’re not always supposed to be honest. Sometimes someone will ask you something, and they expect you to lie in your response. And if you’re honest, they get mad.
The Lost Art of Character Writing
As people, our flaws don’t make us inherently pathetic. Every person who lives has made mistakes.