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  • Great Expectations

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

By Anish Sriram on March 18, 2026

Before a student decides who they want to become, they are often already told who they are meant to be. Everyone is given a label – athletic, creative, intelligent – and while this may be true and encouraging, most of the time, it ends up defining the person.

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