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    • Aug 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    Shabbat Dinner - An Experience

    Come to my house on a Friday evening. Hear the faint murmur of footsteps as our doorbell echoes. Then a pause: my family gathering behind...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Success in Death of a Salesman

    There must be a line between professional and personal success: a line between the acquisition of money and the acquisition of happiness....
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Redefining Good and Evil

    On September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the nation in regards to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers:...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Price of Parenting

    In six to eight years I will enter the workforce. In ten to twenty years I will, hopefully, have children. And my long-term salary will...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Role of Government on Data

    What if I told you that Target could figure out if you were pregnant before you told anyone else? What if I told you that someone would...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Letter Written as Secretary of State on Russian Election Interference

    Dear Mr. President, The matter with which I write to you now, is of utmost importance. I beseech you to read the contents carefully, and...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Effect of Reading on Mental Health

    When you’ve had a bad day, what do you do? Many of us turn to a myriad of vices: television, alcohol, drugs, food, or sleep. Personally,...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 7 min

    A Ruimination on Summer Camp

    To people who have never been, sleepaway camp is either a horror story or a cult. My dad took pleasure in describing his rural...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 19 min

    Is Physician-Assisted Dying Moral?

    The road to uncover the hidden moral realms behind the often untalked about realities of death and dying was lengthy. The first...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 13 min

    The Philosophy Behind Lord of the Flies

    In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Golding demonstrates how humans are not inherently evil, but guided by their...
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 11 min

    Mental Illness In Catcher in the Rye

    I hated Holden Caulfield. I thought he was an arrogant, self-absorbed, snotty idiot who did not pursue the opportunities granted to him....
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 10 min

    Absolutism and Power in Sophocles’ Antigone

    In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, the King of Thebes, Creon, fails tragically as a leader due to his absolutism in three...
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 5 min

    This is Democracy

    Show me what democracy looks like! This: millions of men and women of all ages across the world peacefully protesting for what they...
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Teen takes breaks from tech and thrives!

    (2016) I am a typical American eighth grade girl. I probably spend too much time on social media, and my homework is mainly conducted...
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Memorial Day Essay

    (May 2016) When I was thinking about what to write to celebrate, and commemorate Memorial Day, I was at an impasse, my drafts lacked...
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Character Day - AmazingKids! Magazine

    (age 12) “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang...

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    Graduation Speech - June 2021

    Inauguration Day Reflection

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