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jonetta rose barras
Dec 12, 20239 min read
DISCOVERY SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
ON December 9, 2023 three young ladies from the Washington Metropolitan Region were chosen by a team of prestigious judges as recipients...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 14, 20232 min read
On Starting College and Letting Go of High School
I have survived my second week of college. If you had asked me last month if that was something I thought myself capable of doing, I...
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jonetta rose barras
Jul 15, 20235 min read
The Importance of Self Care (Even When Not On Vacations)
I recall awaking a few weeks ago to the feeling of my plush comforter wrapped around my body and the sound of Northern Mockingbirds...
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jonetta rose barras
Jun 24, 20235 min read
The Presumed Ennui of Life
FROM my freshman through junior years in high school, I often complained that the days felt as if they were dragging on, the...
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jonetta rose barras
May 17, 20235 min read
ON TURNING EIGHTEEN
IN exactly five months and eighteen days from the time I’m writing this, I will be eighteen years old. Like many other starry-eyed young...
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jonetta rose barras
Apr 12, 20233 min read
The Resurrection Message
DO you sometimes feel as if you’ve become caught in quicksand and it’s impossible to pull yourself out. Each time you move, the deeper...
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jonetta rose barras
Apr 8, 20233 min read
The Education System I’m Leaving Behind
NEAR the end of February, a student was accosted by an armed robber at the bus stop looking to steal his Airpods not even 500 feet away...
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jonetta rose barras
Feb 3, 20233 min read
UNDERSTAND AND FOCUS YOUR POWER
I consider the start of the new year an opportunity to reset by life. Most of us make promises to change. We pledge to improve our diets,...
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jonetta rose barras
Jan 16, 20238 min read
Confidence in the Age of Tik Tok
A Breakdown of the App’s Beauty Standards and Accepting Your Appearance in the Age of Un-naturalism I want you to forget about whatever...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 6, 20223 min read
Words that Heal and Propel
Reconciliation. That is a word we, at Esther Productions Inc., often speak. We understand its power. Trauma. That’s another word we...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 5, 20223 min read
LAST CALL… SORTA
AUGUST 29th, 2022 marked the first day of my senior year of high school--my last first day of grade school. I’d prayed for so long for...
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jonetta rose barras
Mar 4, 20222 min read
No More Masks! Ish.
I had never fully understood why the phrase ‘like a breath of fresh air’ was so common until today—the day I am officially allowed to...
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jonetta rose barras
Dec 14, 20213 min read
Amidst The Chaos: What the Rise in Gun Violence Means for an Average Teenager
I hurried around the house, collecting the many materials I would need for school that day. Chromebook, water bottle, one too few pens....
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jonetta rose barras
Oct 10, 20214 min read
“School is the wrong place to be wrong!”How grading has killed the joy of learning within schools
I recall a tough time in my seventh-grade computer coding elective class-- one of many tough times that would plague me throughout that...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 12, 20213 min read
Anything But Dark Skin: The Rise in Black Women Disassociating Themselves from Afrocentrism
Pinterest frequently tailors its feeds to users’ interest: a sneaker lover’s Pinterest feed might be full of shoes; an aspiring home...
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jonetta rose barras
Jul 10, 20212 min read
“She has terrible tastes in men.”
The phrase above is often said about women who “just have bad luck with men” romantically speaking. One romantic failure might be “bad...
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