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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Tell Us We Suck: The Desire for Increased Critique in UT Arts Classes

April 2, 2021

I attended one of those 6A, ultra-competitive, suburban Texas high schools. The kind of school that places first in every UIL event and appeals to upper-middle-class families. A school that sends a huge chunk of their graduating classes to The University of Texas at Austin.