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从 9 月 10 日开始，我们邀请青少年反思他们的公民和政治价值观、信仰和身份，并分享他们对当前问题的看法。

青少年对世界现状有很多话要说。他们通常比成年人更了解在他们的周围中哪些是有效的，哪些是无效的。他们关注新闻，他们从社交媒体学到的东西比从传统来源学到的要多。他们非常关心未来以及如何让未来变得更好。

但教育工作者告诉我们，尽管有真正的学习和成长机会，但政治话语日益两极分化的性质使得人们很容易避开与政治有关的任何事情。Education Week 最近询问有关 2024 年大选的教学是“学习机会还是地雷”。Vermont’s South Burlington school 社会研究教师克里斯蒂·诺德 （Christie Nold） 这样回答：“作为教育工作者，我们可以在教室里创造空间来促进对话，或者知道对话发生在 TikTok、浴室和走廊上，单没有促进和支持。

我们同意，我们希望我们可以帮助促进课堂上的这些讨论。今年秋天，在一个名为“学生对话论坛”的系列中，我们将提出一些重大问题。尽管他们受到美国总统竞选的启发，但他们的范围远不止一次选举。相反，他们要求学生首先反思自己的政治和公民价值观、信仰和身份，然后跨越分歧来理解他人的价值观、信仰和身份。

如果学生参加了我们的 2020 年公民对话挑战赛，就会明白为什么我们现在要做类似的事情。正如我们当时所写的那样，收到的 12,595 条评论向我们展示了年轻人如何能够很好地运用同理心和证据来谈论棘手的话题，包括种族主义和种族正义、投票和民主，以及堕胎、气候变化、LGBTQ 权利等等。我们很荣幸邀请今年的高中生也这样做。

学生对话论坛

以下是我们将邀请学生讨论的主题。在每个论坛开放的当天，我们将在此处添加链接。每个主题还将包含后续问题和免费时报文章、文章和与该问题相关的多媒体的链接。

论坛 1 | 身份：你是谁？你的身份如何影响你的政治信仰和价值观？(9月10日开始）

论坛 2 | 跨越分歧的对话：无论是在学校、朋友和家人那里，还是在网上，你在与那些可能不同意你观点的人交谈时有过哪些经历？哪些是有益的？哪些是困难的？为什么这些对话很重要？(9月12日开始）

论坛 3 | 问题：哪些问题对您最重要？它们与你和你关心的人的生活有何联系？(9月17日开始）

论坛 4 |你和新闻是什么关系：您从哪里获得有关时事的信息？你认为这些信息来源如何影响你对世界的理解？(9月19日开始）

论坛 5 | 未来的希望：你对什么感到乐观？与前人相比，你们这一代人可能做得更好的是什么？(9月24日开始）

此外，我们将在今年秋天举办一场相关的多媒体竞赛，邀请学生从这些论坛中选择任何问题，并创建一些东西来向我们展示他们在这个政治时刻的成长经历。

指南

1. 论坛：学生可以在秋季期间随心所欲地回复任何或所有论坛。没有硬性截止日期，学生可以参与的次数也没有限制（每条评论的字符数限制为 1500 个字符）。

2. 对话：我们的目标不仅仅是让学生发表自己的想法，而且还要阅读和回应他人的想法。

我们希望学生能够尝试推进对话——通过引入新的想法或观点、提出有用的问题、与其他问题建立联系、在评论中寻找主题或共同点、提出新证据或反思从交流中学到的东西。

3. 文明：所有提交的内容必须遵循时报评论标准，与成人评论者的标准相同。请阅读完整的标准列表，并特别注意这个标准：

要获准发表，您的评论应该是文明的，并反映 NYTimes.com 和《纽约时报》报纸上出现的《纽约时报》的品味标准。我们不会容忍一些事情：辱骂、人身攻击、淫秽、粗俗、亵渎（包括脏话和字母后跟破折号）、商业推广、冒充、语无伦次和大喊大叫。我们只接受用英文写的评论；外语评论将被拒绝。

我们将要求学生讨论的许多话题都是敏感的。我们希望他们在参与对话时尊重其他学生。

所有评论均由 Learning Network 工作人员和时报版主主持。

4. 资格条件： 邀请美国和英国 13 岁及以上的学生以及其他国家 16 岁及以上的学生参加。尽管这些论坛的时间安排在美国总统大选之前，但非常受欢迎来自世界各地的见解。

5. 隐私：要参与这些公共论坛，学生需要在 nytimes.com 上注册（免费）。任何 18 岁以下的学生都应有家长或监护人的审阅并同意服务条款。

学生、教师和家长/监护人应注意，一旦学生的评论被接受，它将被公开并可能以印刷形式出现——尽管欢迎学生使用首字母而不是他们的全名。

5. 聚焦：这不是传统的比赛，我们不会宣布“获胜者”。相反，我们计划在今年秋天的每周时事对话中展示一些我们最喜欢的评论和对话。

Winners

Chosen this week from 1,374 submissions.

Ranvir Sharma, 14, from London, made the video above about the article “For Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, an Improbably Long Ancient Journey”

Aarushi Bahadur, 17, from Eagan, Minn., was one of several students in the last few weeks to comment on “What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala.’” Here are her thoughts:

I can’t count the number of times my name has been mispronounced. In Hindi — the language in which Kamala means ‘lotus’ — my name, Aarushi, means ‘dawn’. No matter how lovely my parents thought it was, I often found it a burden and wished I was an Arya or Anya instead.

In the article, the author describes how Trump’s deliberate mispronunciation of Harris’s name presents it as alien and needing assimilation. This is especially harmful given India’s history of linguistic colonialism by the British. Hundreds of words in Hindi have been reappropriated using Anglo pronunciation — shampoo, pajamas, veranda — and other words were entirely changed for the convenience of English pronunciation — including the country’s name.

Language is integral to culture. It allows us to communicate, build relationships, and create community. Without it, we aren’t human. So by deliberately mispronouncing Harris’s name over and over again, Trump not only others her but furthers a legacy of colonialism and dehumanization.

Like my name, Harris’s symbolizes new beginnings. Lotus flowers bloom when the sun rises and return to the murky water at dusk. They symbolize resilience. Rebirth. Yes, Trump’s remarks will continue to be damaging. But hearing her name pronounced correctly in the mouths of millions of American voters brings me hope that a kinder and more accepting future is ahead. A chance for something beautiful to blossom from the brackish dark.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Janet Omoruyi on “Why These Summertime Braids Cost $450 (and Can Take About 5 Hours)”

Jer-Shyan Chang on “For Gen Z, an Age-Old Question: Who Pays for Dates?”

Katelyn Deng on the Times puzzle Vertex

Naomi Ling on “I Keep the Family Tree — And I’m Flummoxed About Whom to Include.”

Neeraj Bhogavilli on “From Harlem to Selma to Paris, James Baldwin’s Life in Pictures”

Nicholas Tozzi on “Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones”

Yair Abreu on “Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones”

Honorable Mentions

Aditya Bharti on What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala’

Audrey Cho on “Helen Marden, Grieving in Bright Colors and on Her Own Terms”

Carter Ho on “Lokiceratops, a Horned Dinosaur, May Be a New Species”

Daniel A on “The Night Owl’s Special: Midnight Spaghetti”

Dyanne Jiang on a recipe for lugaw

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Winner

Vanessa Chen, 16, from Vancouver on “A Sock War Is Afoot Between Millennials and Gen Z”

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Emeline Zhou on “Are We Happy Yet?”

Filiz Fish on “What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala’”

Jessica Wu on “When Did Everything Become a ‘Journey’?”

Smrithe Rajesh on “Why Does My Teenager Insist on Wearing Used Clothes?”

Honorable Mentions

Andy on “Test Your Focus: Can You Spend 10 Minutes With One Painting?”

Angela Shi on “People Say Queer People Are Born That Way. It’s More Complicated.”

Cecile Chen on “You Won’t See Them at the Olympics, but These Speed Puzzlers Are World-Class”

Dalida Milly Janevathanavitya on “Have We Reached Peak Baby Name?”

Daniel Liu on “The Tiny Chinese Restaurant That Became an Olympic Hot Spot”

Jiayi Li on ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Nothing Ever Ends

Lillian Zhang on “Why Does My Teenager Insist on Wearing Used Clothes?”

Maggie Qin on “What Is Ballet in the 21st Century? It’s All Over the Place.”

Mayaas A. on “Is Decaffeinated Coffee Bad for You?”

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Winner

Hayne Kim, 16, from Tokyo, reacts to a Guest Essay from the Opinion section, “My Sister Was Murdered 30 Years Ago. True Crime Repackages Our Pain as Entertainment.” She writes:

My descent into the true crime rabbit hole was thanks to YouTuber Stephanie Soo. On far too many lazy Sunday afternoons than I would like to admit, I sat slouched in front of my laptop with my eyes fixed on the flashy fluorescent screen, an unhealthily huge bowl of Takis at hand. Video after video, I clung on to Stephanie’s every last syllable as she fed me one tragic tale after another through spoonfuls of uncanny suspense.

I continued to devour Stephanie’s stories just as quickly as I licked the MSG off my sticky red fingers.

Until I read this article.

At the ripe age of six, Annie Nichol lost her older sister Polly at the hands of a murderer.

Subsequent to Polly’s murder, Annie was continually met with floods of faceless reporters, writers, producers — strangers — all with an unquenchable thirst for details and an eager desire to dramatize. This constant bombardment of the gates that protected her private, sacred memories of her sister caused Annie immense pain and post-traumatic stress.

Suddenly, the hefty plates of Stephanie Soo videos I had wolfed down churned uneasily in my stomach.

I realized just how desensitized I had become. A human being’s lived-in nightmare is not meant to be hastily packaged into a sixty-something-minute monetized video. The inability of myself and countless others to immediately recognize this serves as a testament to the unsettling effects of mass media consumption.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Anagha Nagesh on What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala’

Desi Miller on “104 Shows. $260 Million. After 10 Years, Billy Joel Closes a Chapter.”

Gabriel Lam on “Giant Pandas Will Head to D.C.’s National Zoo From China”

Minghao Li on “If You Know What ‘Brainrot’ Means, You Might Already Have It.”

Vivian Wan on “The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society"

Honorable Mentions

Yue Li on “Kids? A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks.’”

Kareena Gunawardana on “The Tradwife Life Is Nothing New"

Amelia Yuan on “Cats Are Better Than Dogs”

Audrey Wang on “It’s Hot Out. People Still Look Good.”

Charles Peterson on “JD Vance, an Unlikely Friendship and Why It Ended”

Claire Weng on “My Father’s Quiet Love Speaks Louder Than Words”

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Winner

Michelle Zhibing Zhou, 15, from Hong Kong, read the Science article, “Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood.” Here is her response:

Leeches! Bleh! Famed for their role in medieval medicine, they’re often dismissed as repulsive, blood-thirsty parasites. So, imagine my surprise and morbid curiosity when I stumbled upon an article that added insight into their world and abated some of my irrational fears.

Surprisingly, leeches reminded me of something very different: myself. When I have a craving, like for chocolate, I scurry to the store. Similarly, when motivated by their craving for blood, leeches are “provoked [into] acts of startling athleticism,” springing through the air, then splatting on the ground comically. Adding even more intrigue, the video included ground-breaking footage ending the age-old debate about whether leech-leaping was even possible. The finding sent ripples throughout the leech research community and shivers down my spine.

As with many things in life, the more you know about something the less scary it is. The article helped dissipate some of my fear and disgust, presenting leeches as being motivated by food (like me!), and with amusing behaviors. The article changed my perception of leeches from nightmare fuel to riveting little creatures.

Don’t get me wrong though, while leeches are endlessly captivating, being that, to them, I’m a tasty walking bag of blood, I don’t want them snacking on me in a tropical forest. I’ll stick to watching them from afar, behind a screen, and preferably while nibbling on a bar of chocolate.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Nazira Musabaeva on “After 12 Years of Reviewing Restaurants, I’m Leaving the Table”

Noa Riss on “‘Crown Jewels of the Jewish People’: Preserving Memories of the Holocaust”

Shi Yi Yang on “A Family Dinner with My Wife and Girlfriend”

Sissi Ma on “When It Comes to Food and Politics, Kamala Harris Is Riffing on the Recipe”

Honorable Mentions

Alex Ding on “The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School, and Struggling”

Angirmaa Shinebaatar on “Cows Are the New Puppies”

Blanche Li on “The Most Important Writing Exercise I’ve Ever Assigned”

Erin Yoon on “The Jewelry Shiona Turini Never Takes Off”

Joshua Zhuang on “I Was Settling Into My Morning Commute on the 4 Train”

Lindsey Huang on “What Your Grocery Cart Says About You”

Sarah Guo on “Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next”

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Winner

Alex Cox, 16, from Bethesda, Md., responded to an article headlined “For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend?” She wrote:

Is friendship becoming obsolete?

That’s what I wondered as I read this article, a sick feeling swelling in my gut. Many older people depend on ElliQ’s synthetic friendship. But I share Professor Porteny’s concern that these people can’t “enjoy the beautiful reciprocity that emerges from social interactions.” ElliQ provides something that almost mimics genuine human companionship, but is “almost” enough? If so, what’s the cost of trading real friendship for the artificial variety, especially for people nearing the end of their lives?

I spent last week with my grandfather, who’s almost 96. We had countless conversations over meals whose recipes my grandmother left us about everything from his former job as a NASA engineer to the German dialect he brought across the ocean fleeing World War II. That week, we did more than talk: we connected; we learned from each other; we united generations; we bridged worlds. The most fundamentally human action, after all, is to share.

What if instead of me, he’d spent the week with a robot? Something that could compute but not learn, hear but not listen, respond but not reciprocate? What if he’d died with nobody to share his rich, beautiful story?

Elderly people deserve companions. But they also deserve to have their recipes remembered, their dialects learned, and their stories told after their deaths. They deserve a human. As much as ElliQ can do, it will never be able to be one.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Anthony Babu on “Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions”

Cailyn Liu on “Welcome to Stucktopia”

Celina Chen on “What Your Grocery Cart Says About You”

Haiyang Zeng on “I’m a Psychiatrist. Here’s How I Talk to Transgender Youth and Their Families About Gender Identity.”

Joedie Sta. Cruz on “I’m a Psychiatrist. Here’s How I Talk to Transgender Youth and Their Families About Gender Identity.”

Honorable Mentions

Alex Xu on “Elon Musk’s Plan to Put a Million Earthlings on Mars in 20 Years”

Charlotte on “For Biden, a Race Against Time”

Chloe Jiang on “A Feline Scientist Explains Why Your Cat Might Actually Like You”

Ella Gentile on “Shelley Duvall, Star of ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville,’ Dies at 75”

Gabbi on “What We Know About the Assassination Attempt Against Trump”

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Winner

来自加拿大安大略省的14岁女孩安妮·马马（Annie Ma）回应了歌手德萨（Dessa）在《纽约时报》杂志上的文章 “Who Am I Without My Voice?”

Runners-Up

Qiaorui Zhang on “What Does Anxiety Look Like? How Pixar Created the ‘Inside Out 2’ Villain”

Emma Reznik on “Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next”

Henry Hudson on “Covid Cases Are Rising Again. Here’s What to Know.”

Jianxi Wu on “Is Xenophobia on Chinese Social Media Teaching Real-World Hate?”

Madison Perreault on “Pattern of Brain Damage is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide”

Phineas Collins on “Justices Give Trump Substantial Immunity”

Sophie Lee on “My Son Was in a Pyschiatric Hospital. Why Was I Celebrating?”

Vivian W. Chang on “Along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Struggle to Make a Living"

Honorable Mentions

Ethan Wu on “Our Pandemic Puppy Brought Pure Joy. Losing Him, Pure Heartbreak."

Anne on “I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in ‘Inside Out 2.’ It Floored Me.”

Christina Htay on “The Angst and the Joy of Celebrating Pride Month in a Small Town”

Lara on “Are We in the Middle of a Spiritual Awakening?"

Lena Singh on “Stampede at Religious Gathering in India Kills More Than 100”

Samira Kennerly on “When Your Identical Twin Wins a Grammy”

Zihao Ye on “Can I Use A.I. to Grade My Students’ Papers?”

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每年夏天，在为期 10 周的时间里，世界各地的青少年都会受邀回答以下问题：“本周《纽约时报》的什么内容最让您感兴趣？” 以下是最受官方喜欢的答案：

夏季阅读比赛第 9 周获胜者：‘On Stonehenge and Mispronouncing ‘Kamala’’

夏季阅读比赛第 9 周获胜者：‘A Battleground in an Intergenerational Conflict’

夏季阅读比赛第 8 周获胜者：‘The More You Know About Something the Less Scary It Is’

夏季阅读比赛第 7 周获胜者：‘The More You Know About Something the Less Scary It Is’

夏季阅读比赛第 6 周获胜者：‘Is Friendship Becoming Obsolete?’

夏季阅读比赛第 5 周获胜者：‘A Voice Can Change You’

夏季阅读比赛第 4 周获胜者:‘As a Muslim, Those Words Pierce My Soul’

夏季阅读比赛第 3 周获胜者:‘First Someone Dies, Then Everyone Expects Us to Eat’

夏季阅读比赛第 2 周获胜者:‘Mom, I’m Sorry’

夏季阅读比赛第 1 周获胜者：‘Costco, Don’t Give Up on America as a Nation of Readers’