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    Extracurriculars Are ‘Not Worth It Unless You’re Passionate’

    “To know that there were people in my school doing things that I had dreamed about doing was really crazy to me.”
    by Julie Beck Oct 04, 2019 5 minutes
    Source: Wenjia Tang

    Every week, The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship.

    This week she talks with two high schoolers who run a youth-literacy organization. After Sabine Wood read a newspaper article about Andrea Liao’s Book the Future project, which arranges book drives for local organizations in need, she reached out and found not only a new cause, but also a new best friend. In this interview, they discuss what reading brings to their lives and how the motivations for volunteering as a young person can become mixed with the desire to stand out on college applications.

    The Friends:

    Andrea Liao, 17, a junior at Interlake High School in Bellevue, Washington, and the founder of Book the Future, 15, a sophomore at Interlake High School who helps run Book the Future

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