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What Builds and Breaks Us

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by Alexa Neumann

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When asked the question, "How do the struggles we go through shape us and how we view the world?" Students were sent out to interview someone they know about a hardship they have been through. Through this process, students then built narratives sharing the other person's story. These are those stories. All episodes in which names are used are people above the age of 18 who have chosen to let their name be public. All other names have been left out to maintain student's privacy. All stories that have sensitive material have been looked into.

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April 29, 2021

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October 21, 2019

Scars that Never Fade

Sometimes the people we love do things we don’t fully understand. Sometimes, we can’t always find them the help they may need. My friend's brother and father battled with addiction, and because my friend didn’t fully understand, she lost both of them in the span of three months. She says she’ll never fully understand why they made the choices they made. My friend's brother died three days before Christmas from a heroin overdose. A month before he died, he crashed his car into a tree so before the autopsy was done, everyone thought it was complications associated with the crash. However, they later found out he had overdosed on heroin. Nearly three months after her brother died, her dad was diagnosed with heart failure and was planning to get electrical cardioversion, which is basically where they shock your heart if it has irregular beats. Before that could happen he was found in her little sister's bed with a needle in his arm. She cremated both her brother and father but didn’t have a memorial for almost three months. At the time, my friend was suffering from both depression and anxiety. Because of my friend's anxiety and depression from the loss of her brother and father, she made the decision to seek therapy. In her opinion therapy helped her get through the struggles she was facing. She still believes she has not gotten over what happened considering the fact that she is still affected by what happened on a daily basis. She says that she is and probably always will be affected by it because she will never stop missing them and will never fully understand why they made the choices they made. Although my friend faced many challenges, her tight-knit family faced them together. Her grandma, mother, and deceased brother were her biggest influencers throughout these hard times. Now it has been nearly two years and my friend says that knowing her brother and father are no longer battling their addictions and knowing they are together somewhere is the source of her recent happiness. My friend always says “you don’t overcome any struggles, you learn from them.'' That's why I believe that many struggles can be put behind you but some leave scars that never fade. She says, “I definitely believe the struggles we overcome affect us and how we view the world in a good way”. She says that it affects us in a good way because we learn from it. What we learn is that although a bad thing happens, we still can find happiness.

October 21, 2019

Being a Student Athlete

The stress of being a high school student can at times be unbearable when you’re not only a student, but also a student-athlete. Being both at once is hard because you have to get good grades to play in your sports. Not only is it hard to be a student-athlete and get good grades, but it is also hard for my best friend. Her parents are always busy and can’t make it to any of her events. Her mom doesn’t know how to drive so she stays home cleaning all day and taking care of her younger siblings, her dad is always working late so he can’t make it either. Her family members are always busy and no one from her family supports her. Sometimes her sister that lives in Chicago comes in and supports her in cross country but she’s also busy. My friends and I support her as well because we’re really close and she’s a great student and athlete. Even though band and cross country is really hard we always support her in her decisions. Every week she goes to cross country practice and every Monday we have to go to band practice and that ends around 7:30. School, on the other hand, is just starting so it’s getting more difficult. When she gets home she has to clean and get everything ready for the next day. This is what she’s doing every day, going to school, cross country practice and band is really stressful because there’s a lot of commitment you have to do and get better at. She never fails at what she does. She really loves doing the events she’s in because she can spend more time with her friends instead of being home and doing nothing. Sometimes, she makes mistakes like not running the best or not getting the correct notes out in band but she always learns from them and tries to improve. She has friends that help out a lot and always has her back no matter what. Most of the time our friends want to hang out but sometimes she doesn’t have a ride to get there and that’s where my friends and I come in and help so we can hangout and make memories together. I really love helping her out because it makes me happy to see her happy. Even if I'm not delighted I always try to make her happy and making memories with her are the best. It’s sad that her parents couldn't make it to her events because they’re always busy but that’s okay because they’re are still helping her out. Today, September 28, 2019, we had a cross country meet and we got a new pr  (a new permanent record). We got twenty-three minutes for three miles and we were really happy because we dropped four minutes from our old time. We were glad that we did it together and that we never gave up because we know we can do anything. We have been struggling in cross country but we’re getting better because we both work hard and are happy to be where we’re at right now.

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What is What Builds and Breaks Us?: When asked the question, "How do the struggles we go through shape us and how we view the world?" Students were sent out to interview someone they know about a hardship they have been through. Through this process, students then built narratives sharing the other person's story. These are those stories.

All episodes in which names are used are people above the age of 18 who have chosen to let their name be public. All other names have been left out to maintain student's privacy. All stories that have sensitive material have been looked into.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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