“Should Writers Use They Own English”

This a post in response to reading “Should Writers Use they Own English” by Vershawn Ashanti Young. In the article, Young defends the existence of different dialects and varieties within the English language, opposite Stanley Fish, who wishes to remove these…

Straight Hair Privilege

Morning middle school volleyball practices were never my favorite part of the…

Thoughts on Chap 1 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Before I read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I never thought that the oppressor also underwent dehumanization as the oppressed did. I thought that the oppressor possessed freedom themselves, while the oppressed were deprived of liberty…

More Than Just Steps

For 16 years of my life I have done ballet, and throughout the majority of those years I thought that I was simply learning how to dance. However, particularly in high school, I came to realize that some of the most important things that I was learning at ballet were only tangentially…

My Personal Intellectual Journey in Five Acts.

ACT I: Desire

Detriments of Female “Empowerment”

Preaching gender equality is part of the problem. I feel like boys and girls see each other as equals when they are young children. They don’t inherently believe that boys are superior. However, from very early on, they are explicitly told that girls shouldn’t feel…

wp1: how my camera gave my life purpose

For most of my life, my parents, with big hopes and dreams…

Seeking Truth in a Nation Plagued by Partisanship

Max Jones

The Art of Self-Educating

Growing up in a lower-middle-class, Democratic household, my parents always made sure that I understood inequality is prevalent in our world; some…

Lessons from Matthew

The most valuable life lessons I’ve learned so far haven’t been taught in the classroom or through homework assignments, they’ve been through the love and care of my brother Matthew.

Despite the fact that Matthew was diagnosed with autism at a young age, he still…

The Arduous Journey to Gold 4

A core part of my identity is my hobby of playing video games, specifically League of Legends (League), a team game that pits 2 teams…

Should Artists Use They Own Art?

Here’s what I am listening to while writing:

Why I Want To Pursue A Career In Sports Media

The second week of March was a bizarre, painful week. The NBA was postponed on Monday, March Madness was canceled on Tuesday, and my school was shut down on Wednesday. Little did I know how long I would have to wait before being able to watch live…

Trusting my Guts

High school is the first place for most of the students to meet and interact with the largest number of people. Therefore, many high…

Meat-Education (Chris Yi — WP1)

Once every month, I embark with my parents on a Yi family favorite…

The Importance of Passion — WP1

Everybody has that one activity that they are fully, truly passionate about in every sense of the word. The activity that opens their eyes and provides more meaning to life than ever before, the activity that forever transforms the way they think. Or, at least, everybody…

Only Joy can Help you

At a young age, my parents made the executive decision to place me in a Chinese…

Richard Haro

Professor Dissigner

True Knowledge

As I look back at all my years of going to school, I realize that the most meaningful knowledge wasn’t necessarily gained through a classroom. It happened to be gained through the thing I love to do the…

Exposure to a Community

Yu-Gi-Oh was a card game I started playing when I was in 1st grade. It started with a fascination for the anime which became an enjoyment for the card game, and many years later turned into a place for me within a community. This community that I eventually became a part of helped me…

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been infatuated/frightened of death. When I was younger, and first started developing critical thinking skills, I began to question the existence of this so-called “God” that my parents and grandparents had told me oversees and controls everything. Once I realized that there was no evidence of this God or heaven, and…

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

The first step out the door of your parent’s house comes when you get your first job. Even if not…