For my birthday, my parents decided to take me out of town — one of the perks of being born over Labor Day weekend. I …
Interview with Randall Clarke: Educational Talent Search Program
The Brooklyn College Educational Talent Search Program helps high school students get a head start in preparing for their college experience. Talent Search is part …
Your Journal: A Gift to Your Future
Paging through my old journal a few weeks ago, I came upon an entry describing the delicious home cooking of a dear friend. She grew …
Dear 14-Year-Old Me: It Wasn’t Your Fault
Kim Love spent most of her life depressed and overweight. Two years ago she was bedridden with depression. Her way out was to …
How to Create Your Own Personal Space
Virginia Woolf once said that one needed a room of their own if they were to succeed in writing. While I agree, I also think that her …
The Truth About Sweet Sixteen
Today may or may not be my birthday, and I may or may not be turning sixteen. I know, I know — the big one-six, …
Make Your Own Pink Lemonade Cake
Lemonade is a summer staple. No generic image of a summer porch is complete without a pitcher of it. Everyone likes lemonade. Its a very …
The Truth About Sex Education
“When a Mommy and Daddy love each other very much…” “Well, I guess it’s time to tell you about the birds and the bees…” *Drops …
Wandering to Kanoa and Plesse
I was wandering with one of my best friends even before I read the book. That’s the reason why we didn’t take something with us …