Category: Opening Ed Narrative

“Aww man, my mom’s gonna kill me,” I said.

“What grade did you get?” Dom asked. 

“A 50,” I replied.

“Didn’t Mr.Goorland say that was the lowest in the class?” Dom asked.

“He did?” I said.

“Yeah he said the …

Sitting in the dim lit cafeteria in 12th grade, I heard my friends laughing and talking. No clue about what’s going on. While I was sitting there with a big fat 50 on my midterm exam papers. Out of all …

Growing up, I always watched high school movies and expected the same high school experience as the movies. But the illusion was shattered when Covid 19 swept in ravaging our livelihood. I used Zoom for all of the 9th grade …

It’s my senior year of high school. After a long first 3 periods of the day, I walk into my 4th period weight training class. Rock music is blasting, iron is being pumped, always a good environment in there. The …

“Before you act, think. Society is going to remember what you do.”

“I’m tired and want to go home,” I mutter to myself. As I walk into the cold cafeteria of Apollo Middle School, propelling my diminutive 11-year-old feet across …

high school has started, I’m in my sophomore year. I woke up did my morning routine. My cousin (jay) called me “ yo bro when you leaving?” He asked, “in a bit meet me downstairs.”I said. “Ii bet.” as he …

We can all agree quarantine wasn’t easy for most of us, especially for someone like me, a freshman starting high school on Zoom in 2020. I attended school in Harlem called Democracy Prep High School, but quarantine brought out the …

May 8th, 2019. The school air of my middle school was just as musty and dry as usual. Certain students with their overbearingly loud voices, recording their cringey Musical.ly videos against the lockers and throwing broken pencils at each other. …