“This summer, all of you – yes, all of you – will leave this campus a changed person.” Cramped into the bleachers on one side of a gymnasium far too small for its convocation and suffocated by the heat of 600 sweaty, impatient high schoolers, I both felt and heard the collective skepticism emanating from the crowd. It was the same speech many of us had heard countless times before, the same speech anytime our parents had forced us to attend soccer camp...

Through the Open Curriculum, I plan on exploring a wide range of interests from which I can narrow down into a future career. I seek to educate myself in various areas, forging a well-rounded educated tailored to my own interests. I am planning on pursuing both economics and psychology, cultivating a deeper understanding beyond that of a single behavioral economics course. Through the assortment of classes I take, I hope to find a community of people who share an interest...

When I was driving through midtown Atlanta on the way to the High Museum of Art, I was faced with a tough decision. Should I pay to park close to where I wanted to go, or park for free in a lot that was a fair walk away? This is a dilemma that countless drivers around the world face every day, and – on the surface – it seems like a simple issue. I thought little of it when I was deciding...

To call the Georgia Junior Classical League my home would be an understatement. The community has taken my heart ever since that first day of state convention in eighth grade, and now I proudly represent it as the President. The GJCL is unique, even among the other JCL state delegations. There are students who thrive in the academic scene, earning award after award in various academic contests. There are students who are athletically gifted, competing by themselves as well as...