We went around our schools and asked students:

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   "What is one thing you don't admit

     to yourself?"

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Here is what some students had to say...

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“That I have potential.”

- NMH School

 

“Antartica is a desert.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“My secret passion for Twilight: New Moon”

- Milton Academy

 

“That small progress is good progress.”

- Concord Academy

 

“I’m always looking for attention.”

- NMH School

 

“One day I'm going to have to tell my family about my girlfriend and I am not excited for that day.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“That I'm not always right. Sometimes I continue an argument, even when it becomes detrimental to a relationship, because I refuse to acknowledge the other side.”

- St. Mark’s School

 

“I don’t work hard enough.”

- Milton Academy

 

“That I have a mixture of qualities, not just a few that make me good or bad.”

- Milton Academy

 

“The fact that I am, in reality, 5’9”, but I tell everyone that I’m 6’8”.”

- Groton School

 

“I don’t admit that I’m not a hard enough worker.”

- Brooks School

 

“That I’m racist.”

- NMH School

 

“That statistics show I am likely to be sexually assaulted in college because I am a woman.”

- Milton Academy

 

“That I'm sick and have to miss school.”

- Milton Academy

 

“Nothing.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“Wouldn't I be admitting it to myself by writing it in this box??? Nice try.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“I might be part of the reason I'm unhappy.”

- Milton Academy

 

“Life doesn't always work out as planned. Even after the election, I continue to believe that being a good person and having strong morals can get you far in life.”

- St. Mark’s School

 

“That I may have watched the bachelorette for a few seasons one summer.”

- Groton School

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“I really need to turn off YouTube after 8pm.”

- NMH School

 

“That I might not be able to go to my top college because of price.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“I'm a pretty little princess.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“That maybe my friends are not my friends.”

- Milton Academy

 

“I don't admit that I'm crushing on a guy when I am.”

- Milton Academy

 

“That I am not as smart as my sisters. I've lived my whole life working to emerge from their shadows, and I refuse the possibility that they might be more successful than I am.”

- St. Mark’s School

 

“You're smarter than you think you are.”

- NMH School

 

“Mike Pence.”

- Milton Academy

 

“I come up with excuses for my failures instead of learning from them.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“I hope I'm going in the right direction.”

- Phillips Academy Andover

 

“That I’m a hopeless romantic.”

- Groton School

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“That it’s going to be okay.”

- Milton Academy

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