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Choose a Resilient Community
Community is at the core of a New England CSA farm and distribution hub.
Craig Jensen and Suzanna Schell
Online Features
A Critique of Health Consciousness
The possible ill effects of worrying too much and talking too much about our food choices.
Caroline Morris
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
Student Voices Project
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
Student Voices Project
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
Student Voices Project
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
Student Voices Project
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
Student Voices Project
Ego or Integrity
Dum, da, da, da, rang the bell—class had started. I tensed up; did I have to go to the bathroom?…
Kosette Koons-Perdikis
Student Voices Project
Community of Numeric Competitors
I came home, excited after a day full of learning, to find my mother waiting for me at the door…
Ilaria Luna
Student Voices Project
What Page Are You On?
Competition surrounds my life. In almost everything I do there is some sort of a competition involved even when there…
Nicole Sosnik
Student Voices Project
Truly Winning at Life
Competition is a big part of the everyday world. It overlaps with the desire for power and the desire for…
Sophia Stylianos
Student Voices Project
From Competition to Cooperation
My first exposure to competitive club travel sports was a difficult one, primarily because of the attitude and actions of…
Lila Safavi
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