fall 2024
The School Experience
Volume XVII, Number I
The word “school” conjures different meanings for all of us: learning, opportunity, boredom, anxiety, privilege. How does the school experience shape our growth? How does it differ from place to place? How does it prepare us for “the real world”? Join teen contributors across the globe to explore education from every angle.
Cover artwork by Anna Chasnyk, age 15, Ukraine
The Classroom Effect
by Adya Sarin
How does the school experience shape individuals' identities across different cultures and societies?
Features
The First 15 Years
by Nandana Thakershy
We cannot limit the benefits of an education to academic wellbeing.
Media
Adolescence in The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Amy de Bruyn
It felt as if I were watching someone’s life in front of me instead of reading text on paper.
Awesome Moments
The Jump
by Orin Sim
Why Do I Even Learn This? (And Other Thoughts During the Latin Exam)
by Vincent Chang
Fiction
Haunted School Horrors
by Richard Siyi HE
Helping Hands
The Smile of a Student
by Liz Fabiola
Interfaith Connections
Keystones of Education
by Siddhant Raj
High School Musical: Here to Stay
by Jenny Xu
In the classroom, young minds awake To knowledge’s callSo many ideas to make.With each lesson, a new world uncurlsA sacred space for boys and girls.
Meet Our Fall PerSpectives Author
by Jane Quinn, PhD
Get to know Jane Quinn, a groundbreaking youth worker and leader of the community schools movement.
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Art by Jaden Flach, Brooklyn