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Below is an excerpt from Alessandra Corine Silapan’s essay of the same title, which won second place in the Creative category of The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition (HCGEC) 2024. Alessandra is currently a student at Binus School Simprug in South Jakarta.

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