GENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS

Jackie Dial, a resident at Autumn View pictured here with sophomore Jaxon Khanna, said about the Game Night events, “Did you ever think recently that we would be hanging out with a bunch of teenagers?” Another resident, Myriam Hawkins said she has had game nights with teens throughout her life. “[Teenagers always] thought I was one of the kids. It was a lot of fun, and the kids liked it,” she said. Hawkins attends Game Night every week at Autumn View.

Junior Peyten Jubela, above, has volunteered at Autumn View and bonded with the senior citizens she sees each week. Autumn View seeks out high schoolers to spend more time at the home. “When I first started getting into [volunteering, Autumn View] offered me a job. They said not a lot of high schoolers come, and they asked if I wouldn’t mind [working] weekly hours. I was working two jobs at the time but I’m decreasing my hours at work so I can spend more time volunteering,” Jubela said. Myriam Hawkins, (left) a resident at Autumn View, plays Jenga with sophomore Ian Santoso. “I only play Game Night once a week. The teenagers aren’t annoying. I lived with them. I had five kids as a single mom, and they had all their friends come to Mama Hawkins’ house. They were good kids though. That was a hundred years ago.” Volunteer Peyten Jubela visits with Hawkins every week and has formed a special bond with her. • photos by JACK WEAVER

Sending mixed messages

Differing viewpoints offer varying meanings to texts Whatever. “They’re dismissing what you’ve said, they’re being passive-aggressive and saying it doesn’t matter and that they don’t care.” — Davis Dunn, 10 “I feel like they’re either mad at me or being funny. I feel like that’s pretty aggressive if you’re not joking.” — Emily Benner, art “That one hurts a little bit. That’s an ‘I completely disagree with you, but I have no energy to fight with you.’” — Caroline Foster, 12

Goodnight Goodnight “Goodnight is just with your friends when you’re just saying ‘goodnight, bye’ and then goodnight with an emoji means they’re thinking a little bit more about you.” — Abby Perzan, 10 “Goodnight without an emoji is kind of like ‘gee, thanks for the word,’ so I think it needs an emoji. It’s much nicer.” — Emily Benner, art “With an emoji, I feel like it’s more meaningful.” — Jacob Kranawetter, 9 MAKAYLA ARCHAMBEAULT • Asst. Web Editor • K. Okay. Okay “The first one, without a period is just kind of a casual ‘okay.’ Okay with a period might be a little bit more strict, probably sent by a boss or something. ‘K’ with a period can also mean maybe casual but also very well could be passive-aggressive if they commonly use the first two.” — Davis Dunn, 10 “The first one just means like ‘okay,’ the second one means they’re kind of mad at me but it’s okay, and then the last one means they’re gonna kill me. ‘K.’ just really gives me bad vibes.” — Solana Cariello, 11 “‘Okay.’ is ending the conversation and then ‘K.’ is just like quick, you’re just trying to get out of the conversation or just make it quick.” — Jacob Kranawetter, 9 jk jk, jk just kidding “I would really be surprised if anyone ever texted me the full words, ‘just kidding,’ that would feel oddly emphatic, and I would expect anyone who wanted me to know that they weren’t serious to just use the abbreviation.” — John Deken, history “If they use, like, multiple ‘jks,’ they probably said something offensive.” — Jonah Rosenbaum, 10

“The first one is kinda just casual, maybe a little mean joke, the second one means the person might actually get mad, so you have to say it twice, and the third one is your mom. They have to spell it out.” — Chris McMahon, 11

hey whats up Hey. What’s up? “Mostly I don’t care one way or the other unless it interferes with clarity. Neglecting capitalization or punctuation when it’s still clear doesn’t matter to me. Although as a sender, I’m generally inclined to use traditional prescriptive rules.” — John Deken, history “When they’re putting in the grammar, they’re putting more time in and caring about what they are saying.” — Jonah Rosenbaum, 10 “The first one is pretty casual, the other one is probably your mom worrying about where you are.” — Chris McMahon, 11 Hi Hello Heyyyyyyyy “Saying ‘Hi’ to someone is like meeting a stranger or maybe someone you barely talk to, but saying ‘Hello’ to someone is just weird. It’s never seen.” — Ashleigh Howard, 10 “‘Hi’ is very casual, ‘Hello’ is more formal, and then ‘Heyyyyy’ is more to a good friend.” — Solana Cariello, 11 “The ‘Heyyyyy’ is them flirting with you, they want you.” —Chris McMahon, 11