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Skirting Around the Competition
Our introduction to the May issue on "Friendly Competition?"
Gail Whiffen
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
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
Student Voices Project
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
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
Growth and Learning
I used to wrestle... One time, after losing a match, I sat back down on the bench, changing my shoes…
Wielond Kirby
Student Voices Project
Journey of Self Acceptance
I stare blankly at myself in my bathroom mirror, disappointed with my reflection. It doesn’t come as a surprise anymore;…
Grace Sousa
Student Voices Project
Competitive Ethics?
Since tenth grade, I have participated in a competition called Ethics Bowl. Every year high school students gather in teams…
Nafisa Rashid
Features
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition
Quakers can be co-conspirators, participants, creators, shapers, imaginers, and dreamers.
Mark Pratt-Russum
Poetry
Always the Challenge to Be Patient
FJ Poetry: "Parking in the lot at work / early in the morning sun"
Charles Bunner
Features
Laughing for the Wary
Humor can help build religious community but it can also hurt and cause division.
Howard R. Macy
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