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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Personal Narrative: Muslim

stephybjackson October 13, 2017

Written by Minna Mughal During my four years at Gunn, I have never personally known another practicing Muslim on campus. I know that I couldn’t possibly be the only Muslim since that’s extremely unlikely. But, unlike the majority of people here, I have never had the chance to connect with someone...

Personal Narrative on Christianity

stephybjackson October 13, 2017

Written by Kyle Vasquez I grew up going to church and I’ve always believed in God. For me, as long as I believed, I was content with my life. I believed in God when I used to curse out my teachers for waking me up from a good nap. I believed in God when I used to tell my mother how much I hated...

Personal Narrative on Hinduism

stephybjackson October 13, 2017

Written by Arjun Prabhakar Ultimately, Hinduism preaches a quest for truth and dharma—a tenant that governs ethics. Even though I am not a devout Hindu, I was raised in a household that practiced the religion’s principles. e mindset of my Hindu family, which I fully agree with, is that the best...

Personal Narrative on Judaism

stephybjackson October 13, 2017

Written by Chloe Shrager My mother is Christian, but my parents decided to raise me and my two older siblings Jewish. I’ve always known that I am Jewish, and I’ve always been proud of it. However, I never truly took the mental energy to learn what being Jewish meant to myself until my Bat Mitzvah...

Personal Narrative: Religion and spirituality

stephybjackson October 13, 2017

Written by Gursajan Singh I was born a Sikh.  The word “Sikh” itself roughly translates to student.  Me, being the student, means that my teacher could be anybody, from my classroom teacher to even God. One thing that has been taught to Sikhs since the beginning of this fairly modern religion,...

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