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Stress: Introverts, Extroverts, and Others

The source of stress is not only linked to the problems one encounters. Stress can be derived from factors such as one’s own nature. Introversion, and its opposite, extroversion are personality traits that affect how people act and what they do. For example, an introvert would not like to hang out around groups of people that they do not know. They would not like to talk to strangers even more s…

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Racism in America

It seems contradictory to think that, in a nation built on the values of equality for all, there is a massive movement c…
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Racism

Hate. One of the most abundantly expressed feelings in the modern day, but unlike compassion, empathy, and love, nobod…
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Dominique Ayala

Hello my name is Dominique Ayala, and I’m a 17 year old senior in Santa Maria High School. I’ve lived in San…
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