Genre: Personal Essays

BING BING XIE

   END OF YEAR REFLECTION   In the past year I have learned that hard work pays off. Even though this statement has become a cliche, I never really thought much of it other than it being just another meaningless saying. I also didn’t consider myself much of a hard worker. I was one of Read more…

ROBERT CHENG

End of the Year Reflection My second year of high school has certainly been an enlightening and eventful experience. Throughout the school year, I have learned many lessons that I believe will affect me for the rest of my school years, and possibly my life. One important lesson that I take away from this school Read more…

HANNAH H

First Day of High School   My alarm clock went off at 6 o’ clock in the morning, the sky still pitch dark. While I got ready for school, the just-woke-up-drowsiness, like fog, faded away. The worries I had built up in my mind about entering a new school came back to me. For the past few Read more…

HELEN (HANYU) L

HELEN (HANYU) LIU 8TH GRADE   Helen just moved from Connecticut to Boston, MA.   Just the consideration of starting a fresh school year in a new school can leave the body in abeyance and drown the mind in many hopes and doubts. Not knowing what to anticipate, the mind then constructs expectations and desires Read more…

OLIVER B

      A Concert in Tenafly     I was second on the program for the Schubert trio and last for the Mozart Quartet on the program. Having to enter stage so quickly, I felt like I was just dumped into sizzling water, grabbed out of it, and then stuck into icy water! I’ve Read more…