Student Essays

As the school year concludes, young people across America are writing statements of belief as a final classroom exercise. And thousands of those students are submitting their essays to our series. Click the links below to hear a sampling of what young people believe.

  1. Finding the Flexibility to Survive
  2. Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength
  3. America’s Beauty Is In Its Diversity
  4. Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces
  5. Finding Equality Through Logic

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