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Southwest Shadow

Southwest Shadow

Michaela Bustamante

Michaela Bustamante, Staff Writer

Hello, I’m Michaela and this is my first year being part of the Southwest Shadow. I’m very excited to put my writing to good use and be part of this experience.

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“I was thinking of just catching up on my grades and my responsibilities,” sophomore Larissa Cummings said. “Practicing and doing stuff for my clubs, working on getting my driver’s license, getting a job, just treating it as a sort of spring cleaning or spring reset.”

“I was thinking of just catching up on my grades and my responsibilities,” sophomore Larissa Cummings said. “Practicing and doing stuff for my clubs, working on getting my driver’s license, getting...

“No," said senior Lucas Menghistu. "I can’t say I read ever."

“No," said senior Lucas Menghistu. "I can’t say I read ever."

“Yes I do,” sophomore Natalia Yancey said. “My favorite book is the ‘Song of Achilles’, it’s literally the best book in the whole entire world.”

“Yes I do,” sophomore Natalia Yancey said. “My favorite book is the ‘Song of Achilles’, it’s literally the best book in the whole entire world.”

“I don’t,” sophomore Melanie Ayala said. “I don’t really read like ever.”

“I don’t,” sophomore Melanie Ayala said. “I don’t really read like ever.”

“I wouldn’t consider myself a reader,” freshman Savannah Wubet said. “But if I do have books at the time, I will read them, I just don’t own any."

“I wouldn’t consider myself a reader,” freshman Savannah Wubet said. “But if I do have books at the time, I will read them, I just don’t own any."

A representation of an outdated school punishment, "writing lines".

School Punishments are Outdated

Michaela Bustamante, Staff Writer
January 22, 2026
As schools focus more on mental health and empathy, traditional punishments like detention and suspension may no longer fit. Are old discipline methods teaching lessons or just holding students back?