For some reason, students at Chantilly think that if they turn their bodies slightly to the right, their voices will not carry, but will instead directly stream into their friend’s ear and nobody else’s. People have even forgotten the common courtesy of whispering, opting, to have the volume of their voices reflect the increasing excitement of the events last night.
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I can’t explain to you how nervous I was the day I received an e-mail finalizing the date of my MIT interview. My stomach dropped, and the clock on the wall started ticking away, mocking me with how much time I had left to prepare.
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I was already at the point of no return. In less than six hours, I would meet my enemy: standardized testing. I glanced at the clock. It was approximately 2 a.m., and I had still not gone to sleep.
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Typically, every summer calls for a trip to Asia, the home of humid, blazing summers. This summer was no exception. I had never anticipated going to Asia this much before; the weather is atrocious, walking great lengths is a necessity, and the driving just terrifies me. However, I had a vague notion that this summer [...]
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Sun, surf, sand and celebrities are constantly found swarming through Miami. The sun, surf and sand can be found without effort, but the celebrities hold an invisible presence in the city; you know they are there, but they are tricky to find.
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Maybe we were all made to do something greater than to go to a great college and live our lives happily, never knowing how the other side of the word lives.
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If high school is meant to be a place where we find ourselves, and if the teenage years are supposed to be the time when we figure out our ideals and principles, then politics should not be exempt from this.
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