Category: Short Stories and School Essays

For millenia, humankind survived and even flourished without electronic technology. However, in the last dozen decades, lightning-quick advances in technology have made the absence of digital technology an acute disadvantage wherever it occurs. Globally, the difference between its presence or absence has been termed the digital divide, and a movement has been churning to bridge … Continue reading Digital Divide: More Than Just Electronics

“We may be doubtful about certain identities of ours if these identity categories are controversial, stigmatized or unaccepted in society,” (Cheung 59). New York, often a social and political leader in the United States, has initiated a program titled “Operation Game Over” through its Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators (e-STOP) law, which requires … Continue reading Online Identity (Class Assignment)

One of the things strangers find most interesting about me (or at least the most worth questioning me about) is that I have a sister who is 17 years my junior. While some people my age are hanging with friends in dorm rooms or going to house parties, I’m doing things like brushing my sister’s … Continue reading The Pretty Average Weekend of a Not-So-Average College Student

In 8th grade, at the end of the school year, I wrote a thank-you letter to my teachers and slipped it under their doors. (Yes I was that kid.) It was only 3-4 months after my salvation took place and I had always had a soft spot for teachers. For years I thought I had lost it, … Continue reading To the Oft Forgotten