Written by Timeka, 12th Grader at Brooklyn Collaborative Before attending Brooklyn Collaborative, I was unassertive, and didn’t always voice my opinions; I was afraid of being ‘wrong’ or being the only one with a certain belief. We often know what the most popular opinion is on a topic or issue, and we conform to the […]
Excerpted from a speech written by Jennifer Lopez, a senior at a NYC Outward Bound School in Washington Heights Good evening, my name is Jennifer Lopez and I go to WHEELS, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School, a NYC Outward Bound school in Washington Heights. Most students come to WHEELS as 6th graders, so when I […]