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Tag: Kwesi Terbolizard

  • Why Facing Your Problems Isn’t Always the Answer (Advice for Really Specific Situations)

    by Kwesi (’15) Recently, I’ve been told that I have to “be mature” and “face my problems” instead of running away from them. And while I do believe in confrontation and honesty and communication in many cases, I think that this quest for constant resolution has more to do with an inability to deal with…

  • A Recommendation

    A Recommendation

    by Kwesi (’15) Growing up in the city (“San Francisco”), I was trained to be cautious of the world around me, to be aware and prepared to run or glare or yell at someone who was closer than “THE **** AWAY FROM ME.” I was baffled by the close-knit communities I read about, where the…

  • What If We Just Drew Bees

    by Kwesi (’15) I have a habit of taking notes. Not in class, when I’m supposed to, but when the people sitting in front of me are having a conversation or when the teacher has an emotional breakdown and starts crying in the middle of third period, and afterwards I’ll look down at my notebook…