NOTES FROM THE QUIET
The funny part is that I wasn't even guarded at all, I just stayed. I wasn't bothered by anything, I was free and I allowed myself to feel that freedom, allowed myself the laughter and opportunity to learn so much. Things I knew I would'
IN CONVERSATION
"About 25 years ago, almost every white person was 'boss' or meneer, I guess it sort of just sunk in that that's how it's supposed to be", replied a man in his late forties after he bumped into a white guy outside
SADA GOWAB
Gaxu //aero-e ta ge ra #âi!goaxa Khoekhoegowab !nâ xu-e xoasa. #Âi ta ra xawe ta ge /am-e hõ tama hâ, tamas ka i o !eream-e ūhâ tama hâ. Nē ta go nēsi xoa tsoatsoa o /gui ta ge ra hõ!gâ ama gaxu //ae-e
Diary
"Rerig now, what's kama so interesting about those rocks over there? Or that building down the road?". These are some of the questions we'd ask each other back home when some tourists would go crazy and take pictures of every single thing. That has
NOTES FROM THE QUIET
We are tired, we really are.
IN CONVERSATION
Another innocent black man lost his life in the hospital after a white police officer held him down with a knee on his neck. This happened in the U.S. I know, that has nothing to do with me, but it makes me restless. It makes me think a lot
LIFE'S PLEASURES
Do you know that feeling when you learn something new and you get a hang of it and suddenly you just can't let go? Or you are really having a hard time in your Math class and one day you just give it your all and you get
CHILDHOOD TALES
Most kids I knew back then, including myself, usually didn't have anything for breakfast. It was all about just getting up in the morning, preparing for school and then making it on time. I made sure that I got there early rather than late because I hated standing
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
For about fifteen minutes, 11 year old Antifun had a taxi driver's hand up her skirt as she sat holding her breathe, her tears steadily rolling down her cheeks. It hurt, he hurt her as he kept pushing his fingers inside of her while having his other hand
STORY TIME
Earlier this year, towards the end of January, a group of students from my school went to Russia to stay with Russian host families for a week. The school has an arrangement with the Russian school in Murmansk, so each year students from Pasvik Folk High School are hosted by
NOTES FROM THE QUIET
Today was another of those days where I just crawled into my shell and kept beating myself over and over again for just being who I am, I know that sounds sick. But that's the best way I could put it down in writing. Even if I have
LIFE IN NORWAY
I like how in Norway they celebrate their Constitutional Day and have so much pride in it, who wouldn't? It made me aware that Norwegians have come a long way and have worked hard to be one of the world's richest and happiest countries. I count