If the deadening weight of school ever threatens to extinguish the love you came here with, don’t let it. We were wiser than we knew when we wrote those college personal statements. Remember the person that naïve teenager wanted to be. Be that person, and more.
–Aarti Iyer—Columbia College Senior*
Episode 1: Taking Recess Away
Teacher: “Class, you can have your lost recess time back when you show me that you can sit quietly and focus on this worksheet for the next fifteen minutes without talking or staring out the window or bothering someone else.”
With one voice Class replies: “No deal. Here’s the deal: Continue reading