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AP African American Studies offers an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in African history

AP African American Studies offers an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in African history

Salima Sher February 28, 2024

AP African American Studies (APAAS) is a relatively new AP class, currently being taught as a pilot class and officially being launched in fall 2024. While single-semester classes such as African Studies...

Junior Clara Funk reads a book in the library, ignoring the Christmas and holiday-themed books in the background. Funk said she believes people force positivity and the holiday spirit onto others, also known as toxic positivity, which she dislikes. “People will be like, ‘Oh why don’t you like the holidays?’ and, ‘You should be happy’ and whatnot,” she said. “But just telling me that doesn’t really help.”

Students, teacher challenge toxic positivity during holiday season

Sumedha Kota and Arya Pinnamaneni December 6, 2021

During the holiday season, junior Clara Funk said she noticed the holiday spirit being forced and pushed upon her in a toxic way, especially when she said she wasn’t interested.  “I feel like sometimes...

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