Orinda Aquatics
Pacific Swimming
Level 4
Excellence 300

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Character Articles


Societal Issues:

  • Competency, not self-esteem, should be the goal of education.
  • Under the Influence: How the Group Changes What We Think
  • How America Can Help Its Kids
  • A Nation of Wimps
  • Oh Snooki, you’re sooooo lame
 
Retrospective Letters from OA Alums:
  • Letter from Peter Varellas: Team Expectations
  • Note from Jack McMahon: Cheating in College
  • Vinny Liang-Reagan Perry Thank You
  • Lauren Beaudreau Letter
  • Eric Tang
  • Ariel Indisrano
 
Pressures on Youth:
  • The Pressure to Cheat
  • Compilation of Notes re: High School Drinking
  • Our Position on Unhealthy Social Choices
  • To Drink or Not to Drink on Recruiting Trips
 
Parenting:
  • I Try to Be a Good Father
  • Grown-Up Problems Start at Bedtime
  • The Praise Craze
  • WSJ: Myth of the Over scheduled Child
  • World Class Parents
  • The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
  • Not Stealing Your Child's Childhood
  • How America Can Help It's Kids
  • The Anxious Child (from The Atlantic - June 2020)
 
Inspirational:
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • The Builder
  • Being Olympian
  • More Than I Bargained For
  • Thank you. No, thank you. Why Grateful People are Happier
  • Love the Process by Yael Averbuch
 
 

 

 

 

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