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Popularity goals breed classism among youth

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Nathanial Ortiz 0 Comments classism, CVHS, cvhs olympian, popularity, senior superlat, Social Class, social status, social structure, society, youth

Many CVHS students have been quick to post all throughout social media promoting themselves and their friends for senior superlatives

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Highlights Opinion 

Learning foreign languages helps me see the world

March 26, 2018April 11, 2018 Stella Ho 2 Comments airport, Cantonese, culture, Deutsch, diverse, English, foreign language, foreign television, German, knowledge, language, Mandarin, new language, SFO, society, Spanish, travel, traveling, travels

To this day, I can still distinctly remember my first exposure to foreign languages. I was with my family at

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Opinion 

Division upon CVHS student race

May 31, 2017 Beruk Tsegaye 0 Comments afrocentric, class, CVHS, division, high school, racial discrimination, racism, society, stereotype, student

Students have been discussing a potential solution on stopping discrimination lately in Afrocentric classes. The many black students in the

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Opinion 

I wear tampons. Deal with it

April 20, 2016 Jessica Mi 1 Comment CVHS, cvhs olympian, cvhs opinion, female, female bodies, female sexuality, feminism, gender equality, girls, humans, Jessica Mi, menstruation, periods, sex, shame, society, tampons, vaginas, women

I overheard a conversation between a mother and her daughter recently. The mother was explaining to the daughter that when

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It’s okay not to be perfect

February 17, 2016March 2, 2016 Meiling Zhang 0 Comments advanced, CVHS, cvhs olympian, cvhs opinion, CVHS Trojans, extracurriculars, gifted, meiling zhang, perfection, pressure, society, standards, student life, talents, The Olympian

We grow up in a society where success stories about prodigies, teen inventors, and amazing athletes are only a Google

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The importance of feminism

November 18, 2015 The Olympian 0 Comments CVHS, cvhs olympian, Esther Smith, feminism, gender, gender equality, gender inequality, Korea, sexism, sexist, society

I can understand why some people in America don’t see feminism as a humongous life-changing concept. We live in a

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Opinion 

Drugs at school aren’t cool

March 24, 2015March 31, 2015 Brittany Bracy 0 Comments ACT, alcohol, awareness, brittany, cigarettes, drugs, Farr, influence, prevention, regulation, society

  Remember those “above the influence” commercials, in which teenage actors say “It’s just one hit,” followed by a “Naw

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Book Reviews 

The Giver gives a good Story

March 6, 2015June 15, 2015 advisor 0 Comments dance, difficult, emotion, giver, joy, memories, pain, society, stirrings, utopian

  Color, emotion, and imprecision of language lead to a disruptive society, claim the Elders in the movie, The Giver,

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Opinion 

Society forces us to accept gender roles

November 17, 2014January 25, 2015 Jessica Mi 1 Comment choir, classes, football, gender, influence, instruments, jessica, practice, school, society, sports, stereotype

It happens in classrooms, hallways, and the football field. It happens in PE classes, sports practices, and the gym. It

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Teens should make decisions for themselves, not society

October 9, 2013October 11, 2013 Kelly Chan 0 Comments brittany, brittany roberts, roberts, society, teens

All we see in magazines, TV, and on different web sites are the “newest clothes or the latest fashions,” but

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