My built-in-best-friend. My twin sister. My womb-mate. My forever roommate. My whole life I have shared a room (originally by force but now by choice) with my twin sister. I have grown accustomed to the...
You want what you can’t have.
A phrase we have all heard a million times, but what I think we don’t all realise is that this little sentence ecompases all that this past year has...
My mom is a doctor. I mean that’s what I always tell people when they ask me “What does your mom do?.” I had a pretty simple answer to a pretty simple question. That all changed when the COVID-19...
It feels like just yesterday I took that “aesthetic” photo of my friends and I jumping holding hands after eighth grade graduation (revolting, I know). However, that was four years ago. Middle school...
High school hits you with a weird contradiction: you must fit in, but it is also cool to stand out. In my underclassman years, I felt like I had to carefully tow the line between trying not to draw too...
So...where do we go from here? Four years of relationships, procrastinated assignments, club meetings, and after-school practices are over. Four years of trying to navigate ourselves, preparing for this...
The other day I was doing some research about the director Robert LePage for an IB Theatre presentation and I found this one quote of his that I really liked, so it felt right to start off my thank you...
Opportunities are ubiquitous. Take advantage of all that is presented to you and keep an open mind. You will regret it if you do not.
Throughout my time in high school, I have learned to appreciate...
Without deadlines or rules, life would be messy. Personally, I benefit from due dates and structure. But there come times when such rigidity needs to be relaxed … when I can be breezy, and explore at...
Walking into the building not knowing anything or anyone was a challenge, especially for someone who struggles to come out of my comfort zone. Throughout my ninth and tenth grade years I felt lost not...
