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Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

There were three racers who did not finish the race.
Australian Grand Prix 2024 Summed Up
Matthew Greco, Columnist • March 28, 2024

The Australian Grand Prix which took place over two days has just come to a close. This article covers...

Middle School Travel Club in front of the National Archives.
Middle School Travel Club Trip to Washington D.C.
Eli Geist, Erin McGinty, and Jameson KowalskiMarch 28, 2024

Over spring break, members of the Horizon Honors Middle School Travel Club embarked on a five-day trip...

The Smokehouse Creek Fire was alleviated with the help of some teenage boys.
Teen Firefighters Answer the Call
Ethan Fulton, Columnist • March 8, 2024

When the largest wildfire in the history of Texas made its way to the town of Pampa, a local group of...

Depiction of correlation between social media and mental health decline
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Jet Taft, Columnist • March 8, 2024

It has become more and more apparent that the mental health of the world has declined. Time says, “Almost...

Data and AI servers lined up.
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Eli Geist, Columnist • March 8, 2024

The advanced artificial intelligence (AI) servers in charge of technological development need an alarming...

Trump is celebrating after defeating Haley in the Republican primary election.
Trump Victory Knocks Haley Out after Super Tuesday
Canon Grant, Political Analyst • March 8, 2024

After Nikki Haley’s defeat on Super Tuesday when she only won the state of Vermont, it has been reported...

The aircraft that went missing in 2014.
After 10 Years, Search for MH370 May Resume
Jameson Kowalski, Columnist • March 6, 2024

Malaysian Airlines flight 370 is one of the most famous instances of a flight gone missing. Britannica...

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Student Writes Love Letters to Strangers

Student Writes Love Letters to Strangers

Recent college graduate Hannah Brencher is fighting her depression and anxiety by reaching out to others through random love letters. Brencher and her More Love Letters campaign are part of a growing number of organizations concentrating on the beneficial effects of random acts of kindness for givers as well as receivers.”Sometimes people would give a small gift to somebody, or picking somebody up from work, visiting sick people, thanking a bus driver. They were actually fairly small acts,” explained Dr Alden, a researcher from the University of British Columbia. In a recent study led by Dr.Alden, volunteers with high levels of social anxiety were asked to commit multiple acts of kindness on two days a week over a four-week period.They were supposed to commit certain tasks that were outside of their comfort zone, like going out as a group with friends, or shopping in new place. Brencher participated in these studies when she was trying to focus on helping others.

Most of Brencher’s speeches focus on how humans should be more attached to each other. While waiting for the mail, she would write her thoughts down about her day and how she felt and whatever else happened. When Brencher started college, life became too stressful for her and she launched into a deep depression. She began writing down not only her thoughts, but also letters to strangers who might be struggling in similar ways.

Brencher starts her letters with the following: “You and I don’t know one another. We may never laugh over a cup of coffee. We may never dance in the same circles or yawn together by the midnight hour. But none of that matters to me…” She goes on to say how the person reading her letter is thinking how crazy she is for doing that and how they’ll never know what shes really like. How she knows what she deserves and why. She ends the letter by telling the person how they matter to her, no matter who they are and what they’ve done. “You matter to me. In a way I cannot explain, you matter to me. And you, you are a marvel… you and all the parts of you.

Love,

A girl just trying to find her way”

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