Reporter’s notebook, kids, cancer, schools, take 7
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- April
- 24
I asked four North Rockland High School students whether school was less important or more important to them while they were dealing with family or other close acquaintance cases of cancer, and how being touched with cancer affected their schooling:
Jared Rajchgad, 15: “For me, it hasn’t affected me or work although you know it’s always there. When I’m in school, I’m focusing on my schoolwork, trying to block out everything that’s distracting.”
Nikki Esposito, 16: “School was a (place) to come to clear your head and escape. You have protection.”
Raven Hopkins: “It’s a way to block out everything else. When you are in school, you are suppoed to be more about school. It’s hard to block things out, but the only way to really succed is to focus in, drill in. School was like an escape, that’s why a lot of kids do after-school activities.”
Spencer Kennard: “I don’t (believe) it really affects my school work. I don’t feel I’m trying to suppress anything. Someone that’s dealing with cancer, they’re appreciating things a lot more.”
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