Racial Standoff: Chicago Failed Laquan McDonald
By: Lawrence Wilks-Roger for The Youth Project I am a young black man from the Southeast Side of Chicago,…
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The Benefits Of A Public Education
Most people are fighting to get into private school. I fought to get out.
Campus Life: Racial Injustice Edition
In the wake of protests at college campuses across the country demanding changes to the ways that schools approach racial…
The Trade-offs I Made To Play High School Football
My dad was a wide receiver in high school. My older brother was MVP. And when I joined the team my freshman year, my teammates and coaches had high expectations. But my play was not MVP material.
Classroom Reactions: Students and Teachers Discuss the Paris Attacks
Laurent Scotto di Uccio, who teaches 5th grade French, asks his students, “I don’t know if you know, but something happened in Paris and in Lebanon not long ago. Did you hear about it?”
“It’s Happening Again…” Dispatches from Paris, and a young Parisian abroad
“It’s happening again, the attacks on Paris”. Suddenly the Whatsapp thread with my French boyfriend lurched from flirty banter…
#ParisAttacks: An American Abroad
Caitlin Miller is a Bay Area native living in Paris. It’s not easy for me to put into words the…
The Struggles Of Being A Transfer Student
Starting at a new school… Meeting new students and teachers… Is something I’ve had to get used to.
The Real Teenage Dream: More Sleep
I have about four to five hours of homework a day, which generally leaves me five to six hours of sleep a night. It is nowhere close to enough.