Category: Personal Essays
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Choose who you want to be
Last year, I decided to become a teacher. And while I kind of unexpectedly love it, the greatest part about my job is the freedom it has given me. It sucks to make less money and have to work extra hard during the school season…. BUT having 7 weeks off in the summer is just…
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Huppenthal’s tears and racist gimmickry
No matter where you stand on the new Common Core standards, if you care about educational outcomes and equality in Arizona schools, you need to be researching your options before casting your ballot in the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race. John Huppenthal, current Superintendent of Public Instruction, has recently been called on to resign…
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Now that You’re 30
Now that you’re 30, it’s time to start living. Time to start doing all of those things that you swore you would do. Time to think up things that you never knew you wanted to do. Time to look at yourself and think about who you want to be and what you need to do…
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No Money = No Power = No Safety
My neighbor said she likes to be called “Lucifer.” No joke. The neighbor on the other side of Lucifer said that this apartment complex used to be completely occupied by “working girls” and that around that time, she shot a man who was threatening to hurt her in the laundry room. She looks like she…
Trynia Kaufman 