Humans of the “The Peperbox”

Interview

By Mori from Arcata High School in California

How has school treated you so far?

“School has treated me as a human like not a human. They've treated me as if I am livestock to be made money off of my head because I’m here and so on since I feel devalued. In another sense I feel like the school doesn’t care about my education because they are putting me in an unsafe work environment. That brought upon a pandemic like this has just given teachers a vehicle to not be at work. So it’s treated me just fine, but it has just yanked on a couple of chains that aren’t very loose.”

-Syrus 

Arcata High School

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