My Education Experience

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Monday, November 10, 2025

A Magical Autumn

The fall semester at my high school was a great time for sports. The soccer and football teams had magical seasons. Soccer was the more incredible of the two sports. The team went unbeaten (no losses, although there were some ties). There was one team in their conference that was a threat to defeat... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 3, 2025

Morality and Geometry

I’ve written a lot about how stressed I was at the start of junior year. But there were two classes that, at least early on, didn’t add to that stress: Morality and Geometry. When it came to religion courses, I always did well throughout high school, and Morality was no exception. Math, on the other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Fast Forwarding Chaos

Sometimes in class, we’d watch a video over two sessions. The second session was always chaotic. The chaos came from one simple question: Where did we leave off? The teacher would start fast-forwarding through the tape. “ That’s where we left off, ” someone would say. “ No, we’re further ahead, ”... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Scared to Give the Answer

Most of my school career could be summed up by one thing: not participating. This shy guy wanted nothing to do with speaking up in class. I was terrified of giving the wrong answer. If I did participate, it was only because the answer was obvious—or because I had been called on. Someone like Mrs.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

AI and Cheese

These days, many students are turning to AI to write their papers. Teachers, however, have come up with a clever way to catch them. Imagine a teacher assigns a paper on “What caused the American Revolution?” Instead of posting that question online, they post: “What cheese caused the American... Sign in to see full entry.

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