RevolutionaryJane

I interviewed Bliss Brown, the Program Coordinator for OU’s Gender and Equality Center. Bliss is someone I truly admire, a strong, feminist leader who has caused a lot of change. Bliss Brown was born in Texas, but moved to Jenks, Oklahoma when she was 5. She went to Jenks Public Schools. She grew up surrounded by those with a right-side-way of thinking. Her parents were conservative but more open-minded socially. When Bliss was in High School, she was a member of the show choir. She would volunteer with the show choir every year. One year’s service project was creating recordings of the choir members reading children’s books and donating the recordings to Tulsa’s domestic violence center. This was when she was first introduced to women’s issues. She also had many gay friends in high school, and was in the process of understanding her own sexual orientation. She then became familiar with LGBTQ based discrimination. This led to her gaining empathy for other people experiencing differ...

Recently in class, we learned about "problem turned into a challenge" which is where we had to solve a problem by being focused and collaborative with others. Real life is filled with problems that we turn into challenges. Basically, a problem is bad, but a challenge can be positive. Challenges are problems we can solve and learn from. One example of a problem-turned-challenge experience I've had had to do with my French class. My teacher always assigns lots (and lots) of homework, and one week I got sick. I fell behind on my homework and got really stressed out. I was 20 assignments behind! I didn't think I'd ever catch up, it seemed impossible with my busy schedule. Luckily, I have a strong support system that encouraged me to take it slow and not stress out so much. By taking it one assignment at a time, and not panicking, I managed to get it all done. At first it seemed like a huge problem, I didn't think I could catch up and was sure I was going to fail t...

        Dear AHS class of 2018, Knowing what our school was like in the past, and having heard that matters have only been getting worse rather than improving, I must first offer my sincere condolences to you all. It is a shame to our state, to allow schools to be run like our was. The majority of our school's finances were spent on athletic equipment and drug catching tests or dogs. It was so bad that we didn't have enough teachers and had to be taught by permanent subs or coaches who didn't care. I can count on one hand the number of teachers I had that I liked, respected, and appreciated. I know that they have put the absolute worse people they could have picked in charge of everything. I know many of you are probably being bullied by your teachers, or picked on by your administrators. I know other kids are mean and immature. I know that our town is an awful place. I wish I could help. What I can do is offer some advice, seen below. 1.Be assertive and proac...