Anjali Kakarla
Writer, Reporter, Editor-in-Chief
Opinion & Narrative
History of AP
For the History Edition of the Communicator Magazine, I decided to write about CHS's choice to never implement Advanced Placement classes into the curriculum, despite all other Ann Arbor Public Schools high schools doing so. I interviewed three CHS teachers who taught at CHS ranging from the 1980s to early 2000s. They described their argument that students learn better when there is a range of intellectuality in one classroom as opposed to separating students into AP and regular level classes.
Awards:
- Michigan Interscholastic Press Association: 1st place, Newswriting, Pro-Con Opinion Columns
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Agree to Disagree: Should School Start Later?
We have a constant opinion piece in our magazine called "Agree to Disagree" where journalists argue opposing viewpoints on a controversial issue. I argued against fellow journalist Serena O'Brien on the topic of school start times. Using narratives and statistics to back up my argument, I wrote why I believe schools should move the start times.
Tyranny of The Minority:
I wrote this article in the wake of the 2020 election for the Communicator's Politics edition on why I believe the Electoral College is an outdated system that provides voters in some states more power than those in other states. This was the first opinion article I had ever written and it was a great stepping point for me to learn how to argue for what I believe and having supporting evidence to back my claims.
Tiny Story: Anjali Kakarla
One idea my fellow Editors and I came up with for a narrative constant on our website was Tiny Stories. In class we did a ten minute writing exercise where journalists were asked to write a 100-word story from a list of ten prompts we had selected. I wrote my story on the prompt "A childhood moment I think about often."