#172, Fad

Not too long ago, classrooms all across the world hummed the sweet tune of near frictionless metal on metal rotation.

#116, Six

We will read millions of words in our lifetime, but only a small fraction of them stay with us.

#150, Fifth

This past month fifth grade came to a close for most of you.

#109, Misread

I grew up in a suburb of New York, in a neighborhood that was racially homogeneous.

#231, Inception

The sun rises on a new year.

#230, Denouement

One of the unique characteristics of PEAI is that classes stay together for a year.

#132, Good

This Journal entry marks the end of more than eleven months at PEAI.

#221, Favs

At the end of each year, the internet is flooded with best-of-the-year lists.

#67, TAL

This American Life is a weekly public radio show with about 1.8 million listeners.