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Edmentum: By the Numbers

Sarah St. John, Co-Editor in Chief • May 23, 2020

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Reading in the digital age: an activity that’s expanded to online spaces with e-books and sites such as AO3 — has simultaneously caused a widespread disenchantment with reading for k-12 students.

Classrooms have also been lowering their standards parallel to students’ decreasing motivation.

“In social sciences or science classes, there’s not as much textbook readings, as a lot of things are put on slides and summarized for us,” senior Kailey Renehan said. “They summarize it for you, you don’t have to think about it, you just have to write it down.”

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Growing up, Will Ruscitella was always told he was gay. He has a high voice? Gay. He presents feminine? Gay. His friend group consisted mostly of girls? Gay. Before he could discover himself, classmates shoved it down his throat his entire life.

“I hadn’t even thought about my sexuality yet. I was like 12,” sophomore Ruscitella said. “People were constantly telling me ‘you’re gay,’ or ‘are you gay?’”

All of these accusations hit pre-teen Ruscitella hard. He combatted the assumptions by ignoring his identity. This is an increasing reality for many members of the LGBTQ+ community after the recent presidential election.

Read more about sophomore Will Ruscitella's coming out journey at the link in our bio!

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