“You must be…” the principal said. Through my nervousness I said, “Lauren,” even though my friends at my old school knew me as Eunice. Seems to me that I still can’t believe I just moved to Chicago from my life in California. It was my second time moving to a whole new place, and I […]
COVID-19
We’re the Resilient Generation, Not the COVID Generation
We’re the Resilient Generation, Not the COVID Generation Olivia Shekou, 12 What is resilience? “Resilience” is used in physics to describe the way materials revert back to their original shape after undergoing some kind of shock or impact. In medicine, “resilience” describes a patient’s ability to recover after a traumatic event, such as surgery or […]
Schooling in the Midst of a Global Pandemic: Thoughts of an 11-Year-Old
“Returning to school is a privilege.” These were the first words I remember hearing when I stepped into the school building this August after more than a year of online school. Like millions of children and adolescents around the country, my sister and I returned to in person school this fall. With the delta variant […]
Apart Together, a mixed media piece by Ena, 12
Ena, 12 (San Francisco, CA) Materials used: cardboard, paint, corkboard, plastic eggshells, plastic flowers, cardstock, paper “Last year, in the first few months of quarantine, I was feeling overwhelmed and […]
