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It’s been a dream of mine to go to the best film school in the nation, a place like NYU or USC, where the classes are legendary and so is the cost. More than 50 thousand dollars a year.
“Being a kid to me seemed like such a drag.”
As a Jew, my most important holiday season comes months earlier than December. It’s at the beginning of the school year when my family celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Adding to my anxiety, I’m worried about disappointing my parents — not by getting rejected, but breaking tradition.
Gun violence is in the national spotlight again in the wake of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California yesterday. While mass shootings make up most of the headlines, Youth Radio’s Nila Venkat looks at the many other gun incidents fly under the national radar.
They had us constantly working: testing us on the playbook, running hour long agility drills and even quintupling our protein powder intake.
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.
Starting at a new school… Meeting new students and teachers… Is something I’ve had to get used to.
I have math right after lunch, which means as soon as the bell rings I have 38 minutes to find someone with a calculator, convince them to lend it to me, and do my homework.
