Essay

I just watched the movie 'The Imitation Game' and I thought I would share something interesting I learned from it! :)    

Many a time has history class been accused of being eurocentric. Eurocentric, who-cares-centric. People use big words just to seem important. In BISV, we’ve learned about the Romans, the Greeks, the Persians, and the Egyptians.

Language: An Undiscovered Power

If I were to say “justice” or “courage,” it would conjure up something in your mind. Something different, perhaps, than what I would see in my mind. I could ask my friends, my parents, my teachers, my neighbors.

The dining room waits in reverent silence as the afternoon light spills through the west-facing windows, illuminating dust specks that dance above the space’s centerpiece: a massive table that has served four generations of my family.

TikTok’s “nonchalance” trend is taking over social media, and teens have adopted the word in the past year as the viral idea has been spreading in popularity since 2024. Nonchalant people project a low-effort presence, and they don’t talk much.

To adults, we’re just kids with phones. To us, those phones are the only way we’re ever heard. 

Today, I was in class, and my friend asked, If you could play any sport, what would you play? 

I’m an expert at knowing, my mother tells me I’m wise beyond my years, and she said I’m emotionally intelligent-but she and I both know that’s not true, she’s telling me this so I don’t have to burden her by telling her my problems.

Octopuses have three hearts. I’ve been told that I do too. Is it the way I look at you or the way I listen? Is it how I place my hand on your shoulder or how I smile?

The air was thick with heat and sunscreen. Our cleats kicked up dust as we ran onto the field already tired from two earlier games.  Summer felt like nonstop softball tournaments weekend after weekend.

I don't read the Bible. I lie a lot, tell people I've read Genesis--can one even read Genesis? The beginning of things, written--but I've really just perused it.