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Orinda Aquatics 25th Anniversary and Season Recap
Character Articles
Societal Issues:
Competency, not self-esteem, should be the goal of education.
Under the Influence: How the Group Changes What We Think
How America Can Help Its Kids
A Nation of Wimps
Oh Snooki, you’re sooooo lame
Retrospective Thoughts from OA Alums:
Letter from Peter Varellas: Team Expectations
Note from Jack McMahon: Cheating in College
Vinny Liang-Reagan Perry Thank You
Lauren Beaudreau Letter
Pressures on Youth:
The Pressure to Cheat
Compilation of Notes re: High School Drinking
Our Position on Unhealthy Social Choices
To Drink or Not to Drink on Recruiting Trips
Parenting:
I Try to Be a Good Father
Grown-Up Problems Start at Bedtime
The Praise Craze
WSJ: Myth of the Over scheduled Child
World Class Parents
The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
Not Stealing Your Child's Childhood
How America Can Help It's Kids
The Anxious Child (from The Atlantic - June 2020)
Inspirational:
The Butterfly Effect
The Builder
Being Olympian
More Than I Bargained For
Thank you. No, thank you. Why Grateful People are Happier
Love the Process by Yael Averbuch