I’m A 16-Year-Old Insomniac
When I lie down at night, my mind doesn’t feel like sleeping. Instead it wanders and I feel restless.
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Arguing with your mom is all bad
I never seem to be good enough for my mom. Our arguments are so bad that it has led me to me having depression.
Digitial Divide in High School
One of the hardest things in high school is not having a computer at home. And for me it’s not…
The First Day of Summer School
My sophomore year was over and it was officially summer. All the fun and games I had been playing finally caught up to me.
School District Polices School Cops
The academic year came to a close last week for Oakland public schools. When classes begin in the fall, the district will have new policies limiting police activity in schools. Youth Radio’s Joi Smith commentator applauds the change.
Racism Still Alive
Racism has been around for centuries now. It goes as far back as the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In the sixteenth century Spain when Jews who had converted to Christianity and their descendants became victim of a pattern of discrimination and exclusion.
Piecemeal Immigration Reform Leaves Student Better Off For Now
I needed a job after high school to help my family and to be able to pay for college. I…
Coming To Terms With Autism
I was 16 years old when I found out that I had been diagnosed with high-functioning autism. I was sitting…
Feeling Like A Foreigner in Class
Most of the kids at my school don’t look like me, don’t dress like me, and most certainly don’t talk…