A waiter serves lunch to tourists at the terrace of Casa Ortega restaurant in downtown Ronda, Spain January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Last year, Mrs. Villerot’s English 11 classes used the New York Times, Tiny Memoir Contest for Students: Write a 100-Word Personal Narrative as a writing project. When students were finished crafting their tiny memoirs, they had the option to join the contest. Here is a powerful LHS student piece submitted from that project:
*This piece will cover topics which you may find triggering: eating disorders, emotional abuse.*














