Rochester High School

Mackenzie Haag 2024 This I Believe Essayist.

Mark McDonald 2023 This I Believe Essayist

“Last call!”The streets that were once filled with anticipating customers ten days ago were now deserted. I thought I would be relieved, but I was…

This I Believe: I am who I am.On Oct. 6, 1998, two men attacked Matthew Shepard, a gay college student. They beat him, tied him to a remote fence post…

The frost tapped on my window as I sat at the antique desk in my room on that icy winter afternoon. Eternal mounds of snow pressed its hands up against…

I believe in kindness. The small act of holding the door, or smiling as someone passes. Everyday on the news I hear of an arguing government, a suffering…