Opinion

"Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. 

But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; 

In this time in the world with everything that is going on, we need to find joy in the small things. Your sanity depends on it.

Social media is pretty much everywhere. It’s how we share things we like, keep up with friends, and maybe share things we don't like.  And while it can be fun, I honestly think teens spend way too much time on it.

                                                        YONDR

It's so interesting that a country founded by people from hundreds of different places now looks down upon immigrants.

We as Americans are very self centered.

We think that the world revolves around ourselves and not anyone else.

We lack in awareness that allows us to be able to say “oh that has nothing to do with me and that’s okay.” 

What is democracy to you?

Is it a flag of red, white, and blue waving in the air on the back of your pickup truck while complaining to the administrators that immigrants are "infiltrating" your kid's school?

Anti-intellectualism is on the rise, and it's because of intellectualism. Most have not heard of this concept, but it is a fundamental issue in modern society.

Sometimes I feel like I am running on a treadmill towards a big shiny sign that says “Relaxation.” Surronding the big shiny words are lots of other words.

Hi, all.

It's been a little while.

I'm 14. In 8th grade.

I haven't posted in probably over 6 months.

What's new?

I got Covid, again, at the beginning of the year. Oh well, I guess. 

It's not all the grownups, 

But it's too many. 

Nothing is how it should be.  

The world is heating.  

The government collapsing. 

Yet we, 

We are only overreacting. 

Every day when we stand for the pledge, I feel like a curtain has fallen over me,  

holding me down. 

I remember who is president for the next four years. 

And I want to cry.