Thanks, Lauren. Nice to meet you, Lauren.
I’ve been called Lauren at first encounters for almost my whole life. I’ve been called fellow Asian classmates’ names, and I’ve had my name butchered in front of hundreds of people multiple times.
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I am quiet. I like to think before I speak. I prefer having few but strong friendships. I start to feel drained in a crowded, noisy room. I love to hang out with my friends, but I need to take some time alone to recharge.
I am an introvert.
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Most Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students benefit from systems of power, and students could leave the institution furthering social inequities without proper education about their privilege.
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Ever since sophomore year, I’ve walked onto campus with a smile plastered on my face even though I know that I’m faking it three-quarters of the time. I’ve sat in the student lounge with my friends and felt upset that I couldn’t find the energy within me to join them in their easy conversation. I’ve wondered why it hurts to laugh and why smiling has become just something that tenses up the muscles in my cheeks and nothing more.
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The American Dream is something we have all heard of: a high-paying job, a family, a good life for your children. But who is entitled to this dream? It isn’t the everyday American, and it may not even be for native-born Americans at all.
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In the United States, conspiracy theories play a large part in exploring ideas which lie on the fringes of opinion. Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with a rejection of science and also correlates with other science-skeptical ideas, including the dismissal of a connection between HIV and AIDS or cigarettes and lung cancer.
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A lot of young soccer players in America have untapped potential that goes unused and gets wasted. These players are products of a failing American youth soccer system that is inefficient and inferior to the European one.
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