Witherly Heights Yearender 2023
2023 has been incredibly eventful, both in regards to pop culture and politics. As this year comes to an end, we have sent out a survey to Alsion students about some of their personal highlights of the year, from their favorite memory to their opinions on the most influential news stories. This yearender serves as a way to look back on 2023 as we bring in the new year.
By Anya Patri
Favorite TV show of the year:
“Master Chef Jr.”
“n/a”
“I didn’t watch any new shows this year. I just binge watched.”
“One Piece”
“Arthur”
“Nevertheless”
“Scott Pilgrim takes off”
“Once Upon A Time”
“1899”
Favorite movie of the year:
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“Across the Spider Verse”
“spider-man across the spider-verse”
“Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“Puss in boots (the last wish)”
“Star Wars: A New Hope.”
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
“The ballad of songbirds and snakes”
“Red Notice”
“mission impossible dead reckoning”
Favorite musical artist:
“Sonu Nigam”
“Mitski”
“right now toby fox”
“I have a few like Eminem and Green Day”
“Carti”
“Taylor Swift”
“Stray Kids”
“Boygenius”
“Tate Mcrae”
“still Lena Raine”
Favorite song/album:
“Dil to Pagal Hai”
“The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We”
“channel orange”
“Of this year metamorphosis by Interworld even though it was released in 2021”
“The Maybe Man (ajr)”
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)”
“Palette by IU featuring GDragon”
“the land is inhospitable and so are we- Mitski”
“Think Later”
“role model by brent faiyaz/ west coast lana del rey”
“Wavetale OST (Joel Bille)”
Favorite book this year:
“None”
“55 minutes”
“death of a salesman”
“A Long Walk to Water”
“Wax and Wayne: The Alloy of Law”
“Percy Jackson and The Chalice of the Gods”
“Solitaire by Alice Oseman”
“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”
“Percy Jackson”
“crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky”
“Children of Time”
One resolution for the new year:
“All food in the kitchen trash”
“Learn a new language”
“guess (no hints muahaha) [no cheating]”
“Get all a’s for my grades”
“Learn more hobbies, and start more extracurriculars.”
“Enjoy life more”
“Start being more confident in my creative abilities”
“Wake up early!”
“To learn sign language”
“fully pay off my car”
“Go to bed before 3 AM at least once”
3 adjectives that describe this year:
“Amazing, Best, Special”
“long, dynamic, hectic”
“innovative, surprising, enthralling”
“Fun, hectic, crazy”
“fun, sad, exiting”
“Fun, Stress, reflective”
“long, hard, peaceful”
“Stressful, active, tiring”
“sad, interesting, change”
“fulfilling, unexpected, challenging”
“Stressful, but Fun. Building up to something”
Favorite memory:
“Death Valley”
“Watching Chicago on broadway”
“firecrackers got into shed (15000$ repairs)”
“DC, Gettysburg, and Philly trip”
“Sleepover at my friends house.”
“Christmas in the Park with my friends”
“Standing in the rain after I finished the science test”
“Going surfing for the first time”
“When me and my friends couldn’t stop laughing during science”
“buying my first car then quitting my job and unexpectedly getting a new job that i love”
“the 12th grade Alsion thanksgiving party”
One new skill you learned this year:
“Slideshows in PowerPoint”
“Playing guitar”
“more effective procrastination”
“How to get into a plane cockpit”
“how to whistle with my fingers.”
“Ice Skating”
“how to admit I messed up”
“Knitting”
“Adapting”
“discipline”
“How to write college applications”
The most influential person of 2023:
“Miss Mimi”
“Mitski”
“Jeannine Washburn”
“Steph Curry”
“Ryan Reynolds”
“Taylor Swift”
“Donatella Versace”
“Taylor Swift”
“My dad”
“eileen gu”
“Volodymyr Zelenskyy”
The most influential news story of 2023:
“Israel v.s Hamas(Palestine) war”
“I don’t know”
“palestine (?)”
“Hamas Attacks along with the Israel-Hamas War”
“The federal COVID-19 PHE declaration ended on May 11, 2023.”(covid ending)”
“Taylor Swift Concert causes 2.3 magnitude earthquake”
“The ban of abortion in some states”
“Time’s person of the year 2023”
“The war”
“Probably the ones criticizing Israel’s actions leading up to the war with Gaza”