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Numbers drive our world… 89.5 – the minimum percentage to earn an A in a class, 36 – the maximum ACT score, 1600 – the maximum SAT score, 4.0 – the maximum unweighted GPA, and on it goes. Why? It’s simple: numbers make things easier to grapple with, understand, and then share. Fitness is often defined by numbers like your mile time
A Job During High School – Is it Worth it?
A Job During High School - Is It Worth It? By Max Ayoub It’s mid-November, almost finals season, which means the stress and workload teenagers have to deal with is at its peak for the semester....
Redefining College Pressure
By Alive Teens Jatin Mathur and Sanjana Ramrajvel The Alive Center has written this blog post as part of its messaging plan throughout the school year. This month’s topic concerns after high school...
Alive Teens Take On The Culture of Pressure
By Jatin Mathur (NNHS Senior) and the teen Alive Media Group (AMG) Our community has suffered a great deal in the past year. The events of this year have brought contemporary underlying issues of...
Thinking About Thinking Written by Jason Zhang
Thinking may be the most personal connection we humans have with ourselves. It may help a student solve a math problem, write a paper for their English class, or even help a couple to resolve an...
Teen Book Review: Excellent Sheep: Miseducation of the American Elite by William Deresiewicz
Teen Book Review: Excellent Sheep: Miseducation of the American Elite by William Deresiewicz The novel Excellent Sheep: Miseducation of the American Elite by former Yale professor William...
Finding Humanity in Failure
The smooth, silvery keys under my fingers, the cane reed between my lips, and the stand, providing a barrier between me and my audience. That was what I needed to focus on. Myself, my instrument,...
Failing My Way to Success
Society often views failure as a bad thing. As children, we hear about failure in the media and we witness its repercussions through our parents, role models, and overall surroundings. It is...
Dealing with Good and Bad Stress?
Many may think the best way to deal with Stress is to avoid unnecessary ways of building up pressure. It’s best to avoid ways to increase Stress levels apposed to trying to deal with it later....
To Persist
As the old adage goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. There has been a theme popping up in my life lately over and over again. That theme is persistence. I was recently at a brand...
Learning As If You Were to Live Forever
Grannies aged 60 to 90 head to school at Aajibainchi Shala in Phangane village, Thane district, Maharashtra. By Rajveer Sokhey Education is vital, as it gives people the minimalistic skills to...
Can You Take it a Step Farther?
February was a topic month of rethinking the messages we send to others. Inspired by Trish Prabhu, a 16-year-old innovator, social entrepreneur, advocate and inventor of ReThink - an...