Writing

By Christina Karcher | Sophomore | Grosse Pointe South High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] Ever since I knew how to string letters into words, and those words into sentences, I have loved to read. I would read for hours at a time, fiction about fairies and puppies, but despite their simplicity it taught me to … [Read more...] about Why The Curtains Are Blue: The Importance of Reading On Our Empathy

By Baity Wagner | senior | Wylie E. Groves High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] I soaked in school like a sponge. I loved learning about shapes, addition and how to write a proper sentence. Despite the abundance of lessons that are thrown at you in Kindergarten, story time was always my favorite. I would sit in … [Read more...] about Careers in crayon

By Belle Potter  | senior | East Lansing High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] We’re all flawed.  We yearn for the sweet validation of being right, wincing when we hear we’re wrong. If control is in the hands of another, it must be siphoned into ours. Looking up at someone standing four inches higher on … [Read more...] about Flaws

Story by Finn Konett | sophomore | Skyline High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] I’m not normal. I never say the right thing. Whenever someone is talking about anything even slightly related to something I’m interested in, I freak out and jump in. When someone asks me a question, I answer in a 15 minute rant, and … [Read more...] about “Normal”

Story by Jazlyn Steins | senior | Midland High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] Big, blue, bouncy ballgown. That’s how 7-year-old me would describe the dress that made me feel like Cinderella at my daddy-daughter princess ball. That night I lived my fairy tale dreams.  As a little girl, my dream was to … [Read more...] about Life as a fairy tale