Friendly Competition?

May 2019

Student Voices
6th Annual Student Voices Project

Features
How I Found God in Competitive Sport by Jon Watts
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition by Mark Pratt-Russum
The Invisible Damage of Competition by Mary Jo Klingel

Poetry
Always the Challenge to Be Patient by Charles Bunner

Departments:
Among Friends, Forum, News, Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Milestones, Classifieds, Meeting Listings

Student Voices Project

Student Voices Project

This year we asked Quaker-affiliated students to write about competition in their lives. Staff
Among Friends

Skirting Around the Competition

Our introduction to the May issue on "Friendly Competition?" Gail Whiffen
Student Voices Project

A Homeschooler’s Point of View on Competition

My whole life I have been raised as a Quaker homeschooler, so I have not been placed into different classes… Finn Rae Kyrie
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A Tool or a Weapon

The Quaker approach to competition has influenced my life greatly. From my experiences, I’ve learned that competition can be utilized… Hazel Mariani
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One Big Problem

There’s one big problem I notice that relates to competition, and it is caused by masculinity. It’s a problem not… Casey Smothers
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I Can Do It

Although I have never been someone who loves sports or competition very much, this year my parents encouraged me to… Marin Shankin
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Competing as a Quaker

Competition requires a great deal of hard work and effort. When you begin to compete at a higher level it… James Bradley
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Wrestling with Defeat

I am not a perfect Quaker. My family discovered Quakerism when I was two years old. I grew up with… Clay Lewis
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Transitioning from Public to Private School

I remember the day my teachers from Wister Elementary School announced to me and two other students that we were… Namiyah Nole
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High School Hierarchy

I cried yesterday. I was sobbing: red, wet, puffy, and gross because of the academic competition I face in school… Felicity Medina
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Loosening Our Blindfolds

The main point of a competition is to see who is better in a certain arena. Equality is emphasizing and… Tara Prakash
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Losing

No one likes it, / The thing most fear, / Unpredictable, / We work hard to run away, / Hidden… Davis Lensch
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