—Daniel Wu, grade 11, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Springfield, VABeing banned from school is like a tree with no roots and lungs with no air. —Kaelahn Taylor, college freshman, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MIWe are born in the world to inspire and help people, not to be put into categories and be discriminated against. —Alea Weeks, college freshman, Lane Community College, Eugene, ORWhen 60 million girls are denied an education because of their gender, a grave injustice is being committed. —Thomas Mecherikunnel, grade 11, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Great Falls, VACollege for me is more than a dream in my head; it’s an option. —Alison Sockman-Gillis, college freshman, Radford University, Chesapeake, VA