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The Mentor

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Performative existence not a good way to live

Performative existence not a good way to live

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer March 5, 2024

Our perception of what it means to actually live has become skewed. People nowadays tend to live vicariously through others’ lives instead of living for themselves. We tend to pay the most attention...

Pay more attention to world around you, not phones

Pay more attention to world around you, not phones

Elizabeth Stokes, Video Production September 20, 2021

Facebook has been around since 2004. iPhones have been around since 2007, and since then has come Instagram, TikTok, Reddit etc. Anyone born after 2010 will never understand life without smartphones.  The...

Reactions to TikTok challenge not effective

Reactions to TikTok challenge not effective

Lasirra Hines, Opinions Editor September 18, 2021

A trend on TikTok titled the “Devious Licks” challenge has blown up nationwide, with students around the country filming themselves performing acts of vandalism in school bathrooms. The trend made...

Social media provides viewers a year in review

Aubrey Strother, Staff Writer December 19, 2019

As the year will be ending in less than a month, many people are looking back on their lives within the last year through their social medias.  Every year, YouTube does “YouTube Rewind,” where...

Social media creates a divide among teens, makes us less real

Emma Elliot, Staff Writer April 8, 2019

In recent years, with the rise in the use of social media -- primarily Snapchat and Instagram -- teens have become more in tune with others lives … or so we say. If you were to check the profiles...

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