For this month’s theme of recess, Kindergarten contributors hand picked songs we play when we’re walking across campus, songs that get us through the week, and songs we listen to when we study. Essentially, this playlist is your ultimate back to school soundtrack. Listen to the playlist here Kleigh Balugo “Campus” by Vampire Weekend The…… Continue reading The Recess Playlist
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Our Most Embarrassing School Stories
Photo by Kleigh Balugo Illustrations by Kleigh Balugo School is where we spend a good chunk of our lives. We make a great deal of memories spending eight hours a day in a building with a bunch of people our age, being asked to write, solve, socialize. For our theme of Recess, we wanted to…… Continue reading Our Most Embarrassing School Stories
The Only Accurate Portrayal of a Teenager in a Film
Photo by Charlotte Turner By Charlotte Turner Depictions of teens in media run the gamut from beautiful twenty-five-year-olds involved in soap opera plotlines to more accurate examinations of one of the most difficult and transitory times in a person’s life. Although there are plenty of great, interesting, and worthwhile films about being a teenager, I…… Continue reading The Only Accurate Portrayal of a Teenager in a Film
Eric Rohmer’s Stupid Men
Photo by Isabel Cruz By Isabel Cruz The sounds of water rolling onto the shore and birds gently chirping make up the soundtrack for “La Collectionneuse.” We are supplied with no music, just the paradisiacal sounds of the French Riviera and a voiceover from our narrator Adrien, as he tells of his experience while at…… Continue reading Eric Rohmer’s Stupid Men
Smoke Break
Photo by Vinh Tran By Vinh Tran I actually do want to quit smoking eventually, even if it’s not really smoke–it’s still horrible for you. I want to kick the habit, I want to quit. But that’s the thing about giving something up, some things are worth never returning to again, however, other things are…… Continue reading Smoke Break
In the Cool Snails Club
Photo by Eva Vitkute By Eva Vitkute An ode to rejecting the idea of fitting in. As a child, it can feel so alienating even being slightly quirky, and then as an adult, you can only ever dream of being that pure and genuine again.
College Is Just Part Of My Redemption Arc
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Alexandra Pelas The jobs I want don’t require a degree, but I’m still here, majoring in political science and buying used LSAT prep books. A part of me always wants to be the smartest person in the room, I never am, and I resent that. My need to feel intelligent…… Continue reading College Is Just Part Of My Redemption Arc
“A” Honor Roll
Photo by Ian Watson By Ian Watson I made the terrible mistake of closely tying school to my identity during my adolescence and now I can’t escape it. I don’t think I can clearly pinpoint the exact time where this happened, but it definitely began very early, probably at the beginning of elementary school. Straight…… Continue reading “A” Honor Roll
Taking Up Space
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Kleigh Balugo There’s nothing that I envy more than people who can unapologetically take up time and space in the classroom. In my freshman year of college I took a feminism theory class. I showed up on the first day with all my squeaky clean notebooks and freshly sharpened pencils,…… Continue reading Taking Up Space
Don’t Erase Me
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Tracy Fuentes I think we’ve all realized by now that the education we receive from kindergarten to twelfth grade is not very comprehensive, especially when it comes to the history of those who are not straight white men. As a Filipina American, I never learned anything about Filipino Americans in…… Continue reading Don’t Erase Me
