High-Schoolers Tell Us What They Want
We convened a group of students from the Beacon School.
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From Their Parents
Victor, 15:I’m a big soccer player, and mysoccer ballpopped a few weeks ago, so I need that. Ideally Nike or Adidas, but as long as it’s quality, I don’t care.
Eli, 15:I want alaptopso I can get more organized with my schoolwork.
Marley, 15:Some earrings; books; concert tickets, maybe. And a littlephone printer.
Ava, 15:Over-the-earwireless headphones— the Sony XM4 or XM5 ones in beige are really popular.Olivia Rodrigo ticketsbecause her album just dropped. And then for earrings, I like the brandCaitlyn Minimalist.
Lola, 15:I’ve heard of this book calledThe Song of Achilles.Lots of people are saying it’s good.
Ava:Oh, yeah. I love that book.
Marley:I was actually wantingTheSong of Achillestoo — and alsoArcher’s Voice.
Eli:I do play video games. But a lot of games are like $60; they’re kind of expensive. I have aSwitch, and I want to get this game called1-2-Switch.
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From Their Friends
Ava:I’ve made my friends jewelry or I’ve gotten fuzzy socks before. I like to bake, so sometimes I bring things I’ve made. We did Secret Santa.
Victor:Oh, yeah. I don’t remember what we did for that.
Ava:We gave you adinosaur lightsaber.
Eli:We set a budget of $15, $20. I got just a bunch of little things —stuffed animalsand acandy jar. I got them all at Five Below, so it wasn’t too expensive.
Ava:I got jewelry from Caitlyn Minimalist andcandles— the bubbly ones.
Lola:I got abaseball capwith a cat on it that saysQUIETLY JUDGING.
Marley:I received my now-favorite book,The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
And Not at All
Lola:As for gifts I don’t like: They’re usually not bad; they’re just things I’m not interested in using from people who haven’t seen me for a while. Or it’s like, “I remember, when you were little, you had a cat obsession,” and so everything they get me every year iscat-related.
Eli:One of my relatives bought me agingerbread house, and I’d never made one before, so I was actually really excited about it. But then I made it and it all fell apart and we couldn’t figure out why. And then we looked at the box more, and you were supposed to make it out of a nonedible glue, so it’s for decoration, not to eat. And I just remember being very disappointed. It was my first gingerbread house.
Ava:Usually it’s more childish stuff, like acoloring bookor something I definitely wouldn’t use now. I got a coding book once, and I don’t code, so I … didn’t use it.
Victor:I got a math book because my parents wanted me to study math more.
Ava:Yeah, like things that are too school-related.
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