Jay Gootjes is in her freshman year of high school and entering her first year on the TCT staff. She loves to write and sketch. In her free time, she watches Netflix, writes books online, and plays with her pets, Bubba, Tito, Tiko, Chocolate, and Rainbow.
Favorite part of being on staff: Being around so many amazing, huggable people
Favorite type of story: Editorials
Hobbies/interests: Writing, reading, biking, and hiking
Favorite book and why: Summer in the South by James Marshall because she read it over thirty times when she was young and it kickstarted her creative drive.
On Friday nights you will find Jay: Chilling, watching Riverdale and/or The Arrow, drawing, writing, rearranging art supplies, and spoiling her pets.
Isn't it annoying when you're trying to listen to music while writing an essay, but you start writing the lyrics. And, you don't want to listen to those brain wave study music playlists because those are...
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Day into law. Thirty-five years later on that same day, FHC's GLI Club participated in activities at GVSU, shedding light on the fact that MLK...
We need to stop using the phrase "other people have it worse."
Telling someone they can't struggle just because someone else has it worse is like telling someone they can't be happy because someone...
We treat animals like products. They are less like mortal beings with consciousness and more like objects placed on this earth for our enjoyment.
About a year ago, just after I went vegetarian, I watched...
Art supplies in hand, senior Emily Cobb works magic on paper and tablet.
"[Art] allows me to express myself and create something that's beautiful," Emily said.
When Emily was six, she experienced...
Life is like a rope: twisted, clumped, fraying in some places, but clean in others. Life is made from rapid tangles of unexpected joy and despair.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky...
It's time to make my brain explode and ooze out of my head in that gooey, sticky, way a brain is with the Unfathomables of life.
There are five Unfathomables that are so Unfathomable, regardless of...
On June 4, 1919, Congress passed a law allowing women to vote.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on gender.
Friday, June 26, 2015 same-sex marriage was legalized in Michigan.
In...
"I was ten years old, and I really wanted a puppy. I begged my dad for a puppy. I begged him every day. I cried every day. Then, he told me if I saved up money, he would let me buy a puppy. So, I saved...
