By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Life is hard. You never know which people you can trust, yet you have to trust people.  Life is hard. You’re told to “be unique” or to “stand out,” while there is constant pressure to conform to the standards of society.  Life is hard. You may find yourself being used […]

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Waking up, the first thing I do is reach for my phone. I’ll check my texts or scroll on TikTok for hours, not thinking about how lucky I am to be here at all. Walking outside, I barely appreciate the beauty of the world, mainly focused on whatever’s happening on […]

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student“Race you to the ocean!” I scream I run down the sand, ignoring the way it burns my feet.  The waves crash to the shore, getting taller and taller as I get closer. The 90-some degree heat should be slowing me down, but instead I go faster, as if my body […]

Genet Dutto, TIWP Student I feel most alive when anticipation runs through my body as I lace up my shoes and embark on my journey. I feel most alive when the soft touch of my sneakers grazes the pavement beneath me. I feel most alive when I leave my worries and doubts behind. I feel […]

By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student I want to remember this moment. I want to remember the quiet in my head that comes from being away from that glowing screen. I want to remember the feeling of the grass beneath me, scratching my thigh just below the fray of my shorts. I want to remember the […]

By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student I feel the springs vibrate beneath me as I jump higher and higher and higher. My hair flutters down as my feet land. My senses are flooded by the smell of the oak trees that have stood in my backyard for years. I hear my breath beneath me as I […]

By Cleo Springfield, TIWP Student Plans, plans, plans. Try to get your friend to sign up for the same club as you. I should probably ask about how my friend is doing with her new pet. I should finish my book, but I found this other really cool one! Oh wait, right after school I’m […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP StudentI pride myself in being basic. I love listening to Taylor Swift and Beyonce. I love drinking flavored water out of my Stanley cup. And I love having a ten-step skincare routine. I’m the poster child for a teenage girl. And I love it. But what I do miss is my […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow. WHY ISN’T THERE SNOW IN SAN FRANCISCO? IT’S WINTER! 😦 I want to see frogs again. I should write more. This reeaalllyyy is a nice warm day we have here. Hey, can you pass the salt? Anyways, where was I? Oh, […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student Once upon a now, a woman sat in the ruins of her city and dreamed of peace and revenge.  She walks among the ruins of a house, her blanket – the only thing she truly owns now – hangs over her shoulders gaunt from lack of food. If she looks […]