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Third Quote: "This could be the future for many kids but not until teachers are trained properly and appropriate interventions are provided. In the meantime, we all need to remember, 'Great minds don’t think alike"'.

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Third Quote: "This could be the future for many kids but not until teachers are trained properly and appropriate interventions are provided. In the meantime, we all need to remember, 'Great minds don’t think alike"'.

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-Hayden Miskinis shares their own personal experience of what it feels like having dyslexia in a society that do not prioritize help benefits for dyslexic students. Mikinis modifies the quote, "Great Minds think alike", with, "Great Minds don't think alike", to demonstrate their point of how having dyslexia can have negative effects in school, not being able to read properly, but can still, ultimately, have the same intelligence as a non-dyslexic student with different approaches. I agree with Miskinis because overall people do not think alike but can still come up with the same answer. For instance, math problems can have several ways into figuring the answer, one way is right, the other way is also right, therefore, both students would still have the same answer with the different paths they took.

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Second Quote: "By approaching one another as human beings, not faceless “others,” we might someday view each other as Americans first".

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Second Quote: "By approaching one another as human beings, not faceless “others,” we might someday view each other as Americans first".

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-The increasing racial stigma of the Asian community with the Covid-19 pandemic inspires Alexander J. Lee to target this notion. Lee's informative approach in their editorial demonstrates the historical context of what the Asian communities faced, it is not a current issue but an

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First Quote: "For a generation that has been denied safety, a voice, and now, as the final blow, the coming-of-age traditions of prom and graduation, Animal Crossing represents a Gen Z vision for better times".

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First Quote: "For a generation that has been denied safety, a voice, and now, as the final blow, the coming-of-age traditions of prom and graduation, Animal Crossing represents a Gen Z vision for better times".

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-Ananya Udaygiri compares and contrasts the video game, Animal Crossing, with the daily live of Gen Z. Udaygiri claims that Animal crossing is ultimately "Gen Z vision for better times", since Gen Z experiences has face critical social issues: Gun shootings, Global Warming, and the Covid-19 Pandemic. I agree with Udaygiri that Gen Z gets attracted to a hypothetical world, an imagery world, to rid themselves from the social issues they have to face as youngsters. Having a video game with embedded details like Animal Crossing's "calm lullaby" can help Gen Z thrive through the dark times of the present day-- comparing a hopeful future with the use of a video game can be far-fetched, but Gen Z can currently hope for the betterment of our generation than fear the future or overshadow our pride with neglect and ignorance.

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S-Alexander J. Lee, a high schooler, part of the Asian community.

P-Lee writes about how Covid-19 has effected the Asian community with the racial stigma attached.

A-The audience is intended for the culturally aware Americans during the Pandemic, since racial discrimination is being practiced.
C-The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
E-At the beginning, Lee narratives an example of their friend being labeled "Coronavirus", thus the racial stigma must be addressed.
C-Lee uses MoD such as Narration, Description, Classification and Division. Also, Lee brings evidence of past racial discrimination towards the Asian community.
A-Ethos: The Asian community who might be experiencing the same issues
Pathos: Describes the racial discrimination used against the Asian community and how its effecting with the stigmatization
Logos: Lee's credibility is measured since they bring many great examples of American past-racism to the Asian Community to show how it's an ongoing issue to this day.
T-Informative, sympathetic, courage, both optimistic and pessimistic

A few weeks ago, my friend arrived at our lunch table in tears. She’d come from physical education class, where a group of white classmates called her “coronavirus” for her Chinese heritage. It hurt my friend, who hadn’t heard from her relatives in Wuhan. That incident wasn’t isolated — other Asian-American students were targeted for their ethnicity at our middle and high schools. Throughout February and March, similar scenes played out at schools across the country, with Asian-American students insulted and harassed by other students.

-Narrative: Lee describes their incident of racial discrimination that their friend experienced in school.
-Cause and Effect? The virus happened and now the Asian community is being targeted

One might think that this behavior reflects the numerous anxieties Americans face due to the coronavirus pandemic, including economic insecurity. But my community is affluent and well-educated, my neighborhood dotted with lawn signs saying “Hate Has No Home Here.”

-Lee acknowledged the other side by demonstrating a sign in why they're racist, but then again it is not justifiable.
-Audience to the appeal of ethos: the Asian community are "well-educated" and do not tolerate this kind of behaviour.

Instead, the coronavirus-fueled bias against Asian-Americans is symptomatic of a wider phenomenon: American society has always regarded Asian-Americans as “non-American.”

-Confession that Americans do not see the Asian community has being "American"
-Appealing to the audience of the dark truths of American racism to the Asian community in order to uncover it
-Creates a hook by saying that American society has always viewed the Asian community less.

Many Americans, of all stripes, are unfamiliar with the breadth of cultures and backgrounds that “Asian-American-ness” comprises. Without that awareness, it’s easy to paint a generic picture of Asian-Americans with broad, stereotypical brush strokes: industrious, high-achieving, passive and foreign. A local university thinks we lack “personality.” This unfamiliarity leads to a subconscious categorization of Asian-Americans as being “other,” a one-size-fits-all group too different to be fully “American.”

-Ethos: the stigma of the Asian community with the racial discrimination they face in public facilities
-Description of the discrimination Asians face in the US

Nearly every Asian kid (myself included) experiences this categorization through the question, “Where are you really from?” It doesn’t matter that I was born in Boston, or that my dad cried tears of joy when his hometown team won the World Series “after 108 years of futility.” It’s usually an innocuous question phrased poorly, and I’ll happily talk about my background, but it assumes that Asians can’t quite be considered “American.” That assumption quietly breeds suspicion, and suspicion breeds fear.

-Ethos: Lee is apart of the Asian community
-Rhetorical question concerning the stigma of Asians. Does it matter where they're from? According to Americans all are categorized
-Exemplification of how it feels being an Asian American

We’ve seen this fear of the unfamiliar, combined with external “proof” that Asians “threaten the American way of life,” give rise to active discrimination, from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, to Japanese internment during World War II, to the verbal and physical attacks of today. This is only possible because Asian-Americans were always viewed with suspicion. For sure, the Communist Party of China has been untrustworthy, but it doesn’t justify linking my Chinese-American friends to the coronavirus. President Trump’s “Chinese Virus” label holds power against Asian-Americans because they’re seen as outsiders — it taps into the fear and anxiety that Americans feel, and the need to displace that fear.

-Description of the historical side of discrimination of the Asian community
-Logos: Provides information about the discrimination of Asians

Yet, the coronavirus, and the heightened bias associated with it, gives Asian-Americans a unique opportunity to hold a national dialogue about being “forever foreigners” — to go beyond cultural stereotypes and share our individual experiences. By approaching one another as human beings, not faceless “others,” we might someday view each other as Americans first.

-Against conformity, Asian Americans are brave and strong to push off all the hate towards them fighting the stigma.
-Argumentation: Lee examines the effects of Asian communities but it creates more of a distinctive

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This essay, by Alexander J. Lee, is one of the top 9 winners in the high school category of our Seventh Annual Student Editorial Contest for which we received 6,076 entries.

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Annotation of "How Animal Crossing Will Save Gen Z"

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Annotation of "How Animal Crossing Will Save Gen Z"

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S- Ananya Udaygiri, 15 year-old, knows the experience first-hand since they are apart of Gen Z.
P-Udaygiri wrote about the game, Animal Crossing, by how it compares to the Americans people during the Pandemic. The game romanticizes an ideal world that is not projected by society, but it is a sign of "hope".
A- An educated audience concerned over the issues of society in how it's effecting people. The pandemic is just one example, social problems ranges from school shootings and, overall, the daily lives of a human. Gen Z!
C- 2020 Covid-19 Quarantine, we have current ongoing issues like school shootings, global warming, and relatable teenage lives.
E-The effect of Quarantine on Gen Z. They acknowledge the greater influence of Animal Crossing on Gen Z by describing the escape of the real world while explaining the social issues.
C- Uses MoD throughout their editorial to shape the social issue of Gen Z
A-Ethos: Gen Z appeals to video games as a sign of escape of reality
Pathos: Emotional alludes to Gen Z's social issues (ex:school shootings)
Logos: Weaves in evidence from other readings to solidify their argumentation of how Gen Z deals with social problems.
T- Informative, concerned, and Ardent

Generation Z was born in the aftermath of 9/11, molded by the economic recession of 2008, and polished off by the coronavirus, the worst pandemic in a century. And that doesn’t even include the mounting crisis of climate change. Or the growing nationalism. Or the gun violence epidemic. Gen Z’s childhood is rooted in issues that would be unrecognizable only a decade prior. We are no strangers to a fight. So what drew us to a Japanese video game about living in a village with anthropomorphic animal neighbors? Like moths to a flame, or perhaps more appropriately, like children to their first love, Animal Crossing has captured the young teenage heart.

-Narration: Udaygiri explains the background stage over how people are attracted to Animal Crossing
-Definition: Defines and gives explicit examples of what it means to be part of Gen Z
-Appealing to Gen Z of the overall similar social issues we are all facing
-Rhetorical questions of what is the importance of Animal Crossing, perhaps sets the stage for their transitional analysis of the game and how its effecting Gen Z

Animal Crossing is a video game made by Nintendo in the early 2000s. The game’s iterations and evolutions have mirrored our developments throughout grade school, and now, when the curtains of our childhood begin to close, Animal Crossing’s masterpiece has taken the stage. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latest version of the game, is now a staple of Generation Z’s culture. The characters in the game connected with my generation at a level never seen before. Yet in Animal Crossing, the characters live virtually unrecognizable lives.

-Definition: Defines Animal Crossing and what it is to the audience, typically to an older audience, since they're appealing to Gen Z
-Compare & Contrast: Udaygiri compares how Gen Z is a
mirror image" of Gen Z's cultures and, even, issues. However, Animal Crossing is a fantasy that Gen Z's society does not have... Peace.
-Appositive of transitioning to the present time "and now" phrase.

The basic premise of Animal Crossing is small-town living. Your character, a human villager, performs basic, everyday functions. You fish. You catch bugs. You grow a tree. Common themes are relaxation and simplicity. Even the soundtrack is purposely designed as a calm lullaby, which harks back to simpler times today’s teens have only dreamed of. It’s a stark contrast to the chaos of our lives. In a New York Times article focusing on Animal Crossing in the age of coronavirus, the author described how Animal Crossing was a “miniature escape” for those isolated by the pandemic. He labeled it as a “balm” for the “rushing tonnage of real-world news.” While that is certainly true, for Generation Z it encompasses all that and more. The characters in the game don’t have to worry about school shootings, arbitrary college admissions or the rapidly deteriorating environment. They simply… live. For a generation that has been denied safety, a voice, and now, as the final blow, the coming-of-age traditions of prom and graduation, Animal Crossing represents a Gen Z vision for better times.

-Description/Definition: Udaygiri explains how Animal Crossing functions, while describing its features with enrich vocabulary
-Udaygiri states that Animal Crossing has been an ideal illustration that Gen Z wishes to prey upon but are faced with the hard truth of our social problems
-Compares and Contrast: Animal Crossing ultimately depicts the escape room for Gen Z that wish they had the same wholesome experiences as shown in the game.
-The big picture? I believe Udaygiri was inspired to write about Animal Crossing since they may have used it to have relaxation sections in Quarantine rather than focusing on the world problems. At the beginning they allude to global issues, but then scales it to social issues.

There are those who seek to diminish my generation’s concerns. They cite the suffering of others and admonish us for our presumptuousness. But sadness is never relative to others. Our generation’s troubles are valid and growing. Buzzfeed News so aptly describes it as a “generation free fall.” So pick up your video game console. Load in Animal Crossing. Play the game. For Generation Z, Animal Crossing is hope, and it will save us all.

-Validates Gen Z's social problems by confessing that Animal Crossing relaxes our state-mind
-The Compare and Contrast has a greater effect because now we see how AC has shaped Gen Z's approach to Quarantine and it's inspirational

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Animal Crossing is a video game made by Nintendo in the early 2000s. The game's iterations and evolutions have mirrored our developments throughout grade school, and now, when the curtains of our childhood begin to close, Animal Crossing's masterpiece has taken the stage. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latest version of the game, is now a staple of Generation Z's culture. The characters in the game connected with my generation at a level never seen before. Yet in Animal Crossing, the characters live virtually unrecognizable lives.

The basic premise of Animal Crossing is small-town living. Your character, a human villager, performs basic, everyday functions. You fish. You catch bugs. You grow a tree. Common themes are relaxation and simplicity. Even the soundtrack is purposely designed as a calm lullaby, which harks back to simpler times today's teens have only dreamed of. It's a stark contrast to the chaos of our lives. In a New York Times article focusing on Animal Crossing in the age of coronavirus, the author described how Animal Crossing was a "miniature escape" for those isolated by the pandemic. He labeled it as a "balm" for the "rushing tonnage of real-world news." While that is certainly true, for Generation Z it encompasses all that and more. The characters in the game don't have to worry about school shootings, arbitrary college admissions or the rapidly deteriorating environment. They simply... live. For a generation that has been denied safety, a voice, and now, as the final blow, the coming-of-age traditions of prom and graduation, Animal Crossing represents a Gen Z vision for better times.

There are those who seek to diminish my generation's concerns. They cite the suffering of others and admonish us for our presumptuousness. But sadness is never relative to others. Our generation's troubles are valid and growing. Buzzfeed News so aptly describes it as a "generation free fall." So pick up your video game console. Load in Animal Crossing. Play the game. For Generation Z, Animal Crossing is hope, and it will save us all.
Works Cited
Brodeur, Michael Andor. " The Animal Crossing Soundtrack Is an Unlikely Lullaby for a Nervous World. " The Washington Post, 21 April 2020.

Brooks, Ryan. " The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Put Gen Z And Young Millennials' Lives On Hold." Buzzfeed News, 20 April 2020.

Buchanan, Kyle. " Animal Crossing Is the Perfect Way to Spend Quarantine." The New York Times, 31 March 2020.

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How Animal Crossing Will Save Gen Z (Published 2020)

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This essay, by Ananya Udaygiri, is one of the top 9 winners in the high school category of our Seventh Annual Student Editorial Contest for which we received 6,076 entries.

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Annotation of "Switching Letters, Skipping Lines: Troubled and Dyslexic Minds"

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Annotation of "Switching Letters, Skipping Lines: Troubled and Dyslexic Minds"

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S- Hayden Miskinis, a Middle-schooler, and a dyslexic person.
P-Miskinis writes about the struggles of Dyslexic people that do not find school resources in order to help them out. School often neglect or do not prioritized dyslexia as a serious manner to patients.
A- The audience is intended to dyslexia people that might have had the same experiences and overall targeted to school administrations to do something about this issue.
C- 21th century; 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic is occuring.
E- As a former dyslexia patient, Miskinis, has faced a problem growing up. They were often neglected with school resources since Dyslexia is not seen as a bigger issue.
C- Miskinis uses MoD such as Narration and Argumentation to persuade their audience over the difficulties of being a dyslexic person in school.
A- Ethos: Miskinis talks about the struggles of dyslexic people and the more corresponding people, they are touching the surface of the bigger issue. Appealing to dyslexic professionals.
Pathos: In his narration, Miskinis appeals to an emotional level over the struggles of being dyslexic: Not reading books nor having school resources for help.
Logos: Miskinis is a hands-on victim of dyslexia; therefore, the credibility of his stand will be admired.
T-Informative, inspirational, sincere, optimistic

I look down at my book. I slowly read the first line of jumpy letters that won’t stay still. It takes me a minute to find the next line, as my eyes jump around. This is a repeating process until I’m at the end of the page. This doesn’t just happen to me; it happens to 70-80 percent of dyslexic students in schools, and yet schools aren’t providing resources, teachers aren’t getting trained and people don’t even really understand dyslexia.

-Narration: Miskinis starts of with an anecdote of their experience with dyslexia at schools and how it "feels"-- includes description.
-Logos: They then state that dyslexia is a common symptom: "70-80 percent". Setting their stand on the situation.
-Argumentation: Miskinis points out their three main topics on why schools are not providing enough resources (Thesis)

What is dyslexia? I didn’t know until 2015 when I was faced with the truth as to why I wasn’t progressing in school. I had been given interventions through a program called Title I which helps kids who don’t have access to books or reading in their homes, but it wasn’t working for me. I had plenty of books; I just couldn’t read them. What I needed were interventions that would work for me.

-Rhetorical question at the beginning of the paragraph. Miskinis will explain what is dyslexia.
-Narration: Miskinis demonstrates their struggles of having dyslexia, not being able to read properly. Provides an organization 'Title I' which helps students access books.

Many people think that dyslexia is just switching letters. In my case, and that of many other dyslexic people, switching letters is only a small part of the bigger issue. A recent study suggests that “The brains of dyslexics do form accurate neurological representations of language sounds” (Paul). This would explain why a dyslexic learner’s comprehension is so much higher than their reading ability. In other words, a dyslexic student could understand Harry Potter but not be able to read a simple word like “the.” In order for a dyslexic student to succeed, correct interventions should be applied early in school.

-Argumentation: Miskinis describes the "biased pov" of people that categorize dyslexia; however, it is more than just that.
-Logos: Provides an example that explains what dyslexia is. Definition (Not really).
-Argumentation: Schools are not providing resources? (End of the sentence)
-Cause and Effect? Schools are not providing resources to treat dyslexia properly, which then creates a struggle for dyslexic people.

While it might be true that some schools acknowledge dyslexia, most schools don’t. In my case, it wasn’t until third grade that I started to get the right interventions. The delay made becoming a strong reader especially challenging. I don’t blame my teachers for this. Teachers don’t recognize dyslexia or use interventions because they aren’t prepared to. “One-on-one, individualized intervention is almost never an option in the public school system, but it is necessary for a dyslexic student” (Lunney). Students need to “attain functional reading and spelling as fast as possible. The longer that is delayed the farther behind they fall academically” (Lunney). I was fortunate that my school hired an Orton-Gillingham specialist who was trained in dyslexia. But, I’m one of the lucky ones. Most schools don’t have the funding to provide these necessary resources.

-Does not use infinite language. Miskinis acknowledges that not all schools are like this.
-Narration: They received help but it was too late, creates a more challenging approach.
-Logos: Provides examples of why schools need to attend dyslexia
-Argumentation: Although they got support (late), they still stand on that not all schools have these opportunities.

After years of intensive interventions including tutors and outside programs, I can finally pick up a book and read it like it’s nothing. This could be the future for many kids but not until teachers are trained properly and appropriate interventions are provided. In the meantime, we all need to remember, “Great minds don’t think alike.”

-Narration: At the beginning of the Editorial, Miskinis starts of how having the struggle in reading books. Now they explain their progress of overcoming dyslexia.
-Argumentation: Still supports their claim of schools need to prioritized dyslexia
-concludes by "debunking" a quote: "Great minds, think alike" by after explaining the struggles of a dyslexic person, not all great mind think alike-- I loved this and it made me rethink it!

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Switching Letters, Skipping Lines: Troubled and Dyslexic Minds (Published 2020)

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This essay, by Hayden Miskinis, is one of the top three winners in the middle school category of our Seventh Annual Student Editorial Contest for which we received 1,242 entries.