Senior Arezoo Ghasemzadeh wakes up at 6 a.m. two school days a week to attend her 6:30 a.m. weightlifting class—just one of her outlets in dealing with stress. “The pressure of earning good grades, getting into a good college and meeting my parents’ expectations contributes to my stress,” she...
Junior year is notorious for elevated stress levels—a challenge that junior Rohan Kancherla faces. Kancherla, however, views stress as a driving force. “Stress can be really motivating, [because] it makes you feel an urgency and need to try,” he said.
Stress can often stem from societal pressures,...
Almost nine months after schools shut down in March, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of teenagers’ lives. Education and day-to-day life have been relegated to the virtual sidelines while opportunities for face-to-face socialization with friends have plummeted after the issuance...
It’s true, folks: the shelter-in-place order is among us, and there are only so many Netflix shows to binge-watch, sugar cookies to bake and Schoology updates to peruse. Luckily for us, though, spring is also upon us, and with it brings warm weather, cool breezes and excellent opportunities to exercise....
Nikki Suzani, Managing Editor
• September 20, 2019
Enjoy Music
One of the easiest ways to feel relaxed amid the stress of the school day is to sit back, put headphones in and listen to music until all of your problems fall to the back of your mind. Beyond just listening, playing music and having an outlet to creatively express oneself allows...
Dress up in your fanciest outfit, even if you have nowhere to go. Put on something special, do your hair and makeup and make yourself feel fancy. Being dressed up will make you feel more put-together than lounging around in pajamas, and it might even motivate you to get more work done.
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Chelsie Park, Centerfold Editor
• December 7, 2018
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching, and finals are looming upon us. We have all, at some point, frantically rummaged through class notes in an at- tempt to recover faded knowledge of some chapter learned in September, calculated on RogerHub the minimum percentage needed for survival...
Nested in the heart of Silicon Valley, Gunn has taken on the intellectual pressures that come with its ambitious surroundings. In this type of community, students feel obligated to match the level of success they see around them. A common product of this pressure is students’ unjustified enrollment...
The musty smell of old books lingers in the air as exuberant chattering is stifled by a muttered “shhh” from the librarian. I sink into a soft couch, run my finger over the edge of a rough page and turn it. The real world fades away as I enter another world, woven into the printed ink of...
When members of the Palo Alto community think of Gunn, many associate the school with difficult courses and students under constant stress. In the past, students have blamed the stress of school on teachers and parents, citing loads of homework and high expectations for grades and colleges as the...
Written by Collin Jaeger
A frustrating predicament for many this past winter break: the final grades for first semester were hidden throughout the two weeks off from school and came back into display on Jan. 12, the first Friday of second semester. Principal Kathleen Laurence left a short message on...
Written by Emily Cao
“I am intimidated by the fear of being average.”
For as long as I could remember, I have always been scared of a lot of different things. As an elementary school student, I had an entire menagerie of fears. They were my little collection of cynicisms about the world around...
