Stop asking seniors about college people stopped constantly discussing where they were applying.
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22 Things the Class of ‘22 Would Rather Talk About 1. “Football” - Mira Beinart 2. “Prom dresses” - Rebecca Safra 3. “Grey’s Anatomy” - Kayla Liss 4. “Hot takes” - Talia Jacobson 5. “Politics” - Ariella Ball 6. “Tongs” -
Avital Friedman
7. “The Bachelor” - Dalia Hochstein
8. “Each individual Talmud assignment” - Aaron Adams
9. “Chem” - Zach Abrams 10. “Something I learned in class that day” - Ellie Hasenberg
11. “The era of re-education in China” - Adam Drexler
12. “Dogs” - Shevi Lerner 13. “The rising federal debt”- Naomi Gould 14. “Jewish philosophy” - Elyon Topolosky 15. “Killer whales”-
Shira Neufeld
16. “The intricacies of a cucumber” -Beck Bender
17. “The carpool line”-
Eli Gordon
18. “The amazing school lunch” -Brandon Portnoy
19.
“How YoungBoy is better”- Sean Rich
20. “Pitbull’s discography”Nathan Gershengon
21. “SpongeBob” - Zoe Claywell 22. “Anything” - Elliot Sher The Lion’s Tale Magazine 9
