Student Columns
Meeting the challenge
By Kelly Magee
Looking back on the past four years gives me an upset stomach like a roller-coaster ride. The person I was is most definitely not the person I am today. And thank God for that.
My freshman year I attended Eastwood High School in El Paso. That was where my roller-coaster ride began.
There I met all of my so-called friends, was introduced to all the wrong things.
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The real world of high school
By Adam Wallin
At my age, everyone thinks he has a lot to say.
Some people are compelling and lively, while others are trying to blend in. Some experiences will change our lives, while others are just plain ugly. But we are all convinced of the revelation on our tongues, because we live somewhere between adolescent self-importance and full-blown maturity.
We are not too young to write our memoirs. Things in our world are always supposed to be interesting.
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Gaining more than grades
By Amanda Young
High school. The time for growing and learning about oneself. Experiences of a lifetime. And, in the end, there is always the same thing that everyone must face - life.
Life with its arms wide open, ready to embrace our fresh new minds and ideas. Ready to welcome our new generation: the world where we are the future and will make the difference.
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Embrace that thin line between child and adult
By Chai Blair-Stahn
I'm not sure what to make of my last year of high school - the final chapter in this phase of my life.
I know I'll remember my senior year because it's my senior year. But otherwise, would it stand out in my life?
I have to say yes, and this is why: Senior year of high school allows me and many other students to experience two different worlds.
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Similar experiences unite a generation
By Heather Doane
During my high school career, I've attended three different high schools, two very different locations.
My freshman year was spent gallivanting with cow folk at a small high school in Wyoming. I spent my sophomore year getting straight A's and repenting for sins I didn't know I had committed at a very small Catholic school in Tucson.
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