I’m often asked why I write in my free time. “Why do you write?” my friends ask. My answer: largely because it’s just… fun. When I’m not doing homework, I’m nose-deep in modern tragedies...

Maggie Welsh - English teacher “I 1,000% think the policy was successful. I like that during breaks, students interact and build community. I thought it would be far more difficult to enforce the...

My grandmother used to embroider in the afternoons, with her pristine posture, a cup of tea next to her, always filled. When it cooled, I would replace it.  Filial piety was the first virtue my grandmother...

Whenever I am sick, my mother presses the soft cloth of stories in my mouth. She speaks about idioms or the origins of the moon — stories that can only exist between fevers, with both eyes closed, sleep...

“We are sorry to inform you” is a common email greeting that fills students’ inboxes in the spring. At Lynbrook, summer is often glorified as a period that should be filled with extracurriculars...

With just a quick Google search, a student can find the top five easiest Advanced Placement exams to self-study for — packaged like shortcuts to boost a college application. On paper, self-studying APs...

Smoke is the smell of nostalgia — so is bus exhaust and steaming, sun-baked concrete. The putrid perfume of garbage trucks could whip my feet off the sidewalk and plant them on the streets of Shanghai,...

You’ve probably seen the emails — a suspicious request from an FUHSD domain, then hours later, a serious email from the district saying, “If you clicked on this, reset your password immediately.”...

My favorite smell is rubbing alcohol. When I shared that rather unique fact during an icebreaker at a Link Crew training, someone told me that alcohol reminded them of hospitals and death. But if you really...

Over a decade ago, Debra Rojas, the daughter of labor rights activists, made a now-deleted post on a Facebook page for United Farm Worker veterans preparing to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day: “Wake up, people....

Do you say “please” and “thank you” when talking to artificial intelligence to brainstorm ideas, advice or homework help? As AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT become increasingly integrated into...