Working hard: worth it?
December 7, 2019
t the end of my sophomore year of high school — which, not to be too dramatic, was the most horrific experience of my life — I was asked what lesson, or large takeaway, I had gained from the past school year. I didn’t have to think too hard to come up with one. In fact, I was one of the fir...
Tying the knot
Jacqueleine Liu and Iman Malik
September 27, 2019
Exploring teachers’ perspectives on getting married
With you until the end: seniors and teachers reflect on their relationships
Claire Wen and Brian Xu
May 22, 2019
“I feel like teachers really do have that — Hi, Mr. Shelton!” It’s a Wednesday afternoon, 10 minutes after school has ended, when Yearbook Editor in chief Vanessa Lau spots Yearbook adviser Jay Shelton walking toward his car, cutting off mid-sentence to yell the greeting across the staff parki...
The friends we overlook
April 10, 2019
an I see what you wrote for that?” “There was so much homework last night. I barely finished. You?” “Did you have chemistry yet? Was the lab hard?” We often find these inquiries tumbling from our lips. Classroom friends — the people who slump between the spectrum of passive stranger...
Love Letters Galore
February 12, 2019
“Dear FUHSD students…” On Dec. 25, 2018, the Instagram account @fuhsdloveletters began accepting anonymous confessions and letters from all FUHSD students. Since then, it has gained over 1,800 followers and created over 500 posts ranging from enthusiastic self-love proclamations to racy s...
A Love Story
Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Gauri Kaushik, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Tabitha Mendez, and Keshav Taneja
January 31, 2019
Love off the cuff
December 2, 2018
With the cold nights getting longer and the buoyant holiday spirit fast approaching, the desire to settle down in a warm, cozy environment is stronger than ever. For some, this evokes a sense of longing to enter a non-platonic relationship, a phenomenon dubbed “cuffing season” that originated on Tw...
Valentine’s Day: How we met
Helen Chao and Emma Lam
February 14, 2018
In the very beginning, Art teacher Brian Chow and Biology teacher Pamela Chow didn’t have a strong impression of one another when meeting for the first time at a new teacher orientation. However, one thing led to another, and the two are now married and settled down with three kids of their own. W...
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