It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
ADORA SVITAKAs children, we have a tenuous idea of love.
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It is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
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The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
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Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?
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No matter your position or place in life.
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Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn’t blow their own horn.
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And ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.
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Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.
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And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.
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But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
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With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.
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The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
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