Article April 16, 2012 Issue

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Malvin Janesch

I’ve been attending Christian Science Sunday School since I was four years old, and I’m grateful to say that Christian Science has brought all kinds of healing in my life. I currently attend a boarding high school in the United States, but I live with my mother and my two cats near Frankfurt, Germany.

About a year and a half ago, when I was in the ninth grade at another school, all my classmates and I were required to participate in a three-week internship with a company or a business. I applied to several companies, but they all turned my applications down. I was feeling really disappointed because I worked hard at school and thought I had strong applications. All my friends had already been accepted to positions within their first or second application.

By autumn break, every student was supposed to have found a position. I was the only student in my class without one. If you couldn’t find a position, our school would provide alternative positions, but those positions mostly seemed inappropriate for students—they were in bakeries, butchers’ shops, and places like that. All my friends had gotten internships that related to our studies in math, science, and writing.

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About the author

Malvin Janesch is a junior in high school. He loves wrestling, playing the piano, riding his mountain bike, playing with his cats, and getting to know new people.

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