Posts by Garry

I have to say when I had my old personality, I didn’t realize it but I honestly hated myself, and each day it got worse and worse. Until the point I would tell myself I am going to find people who like me for my annoying self and obviously nobody would want to hang out…

62% of camps were closed during the summer of 2020, leaving students plenty of time to kill. This led to the discovery of many unique opportunities to learn new life skills and meet people I would not meet otherwise, like my neighbors, but it also led to others’ fall. I missed occasions like math competitions,…

“Yes! We get to do our school at home for 2 weeks!” What we all said 1 year ago. As times passed we realized that we were going to have to endure this for much more than 2 weeks, but no one and I mean no one expected an entire year. This essay is about…

Even though losing regularity is almost synonymous with this pandemic I feel like I gained a lot during this time. Because we were separated physically from anyone outside our household it made it easier to reconnect with old friends online, I actually expanded my friend group. The number of activities that were on offer during…

The one skill that I am so grateful to find over the pandemic is surfing. I live right by the beach and go almost everyday, with my neighbor Jordan. My favorite trick that I learned is a backside 180. It took me over 100 tries to even just make it.