{"id":633,"date":"2025-06-17T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2hourlearning.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:43:34","slug":"student-spotlight-the-teen-girl-who-is-fixing-modern-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2hourlearning.com\/student-spotlight-the-teen-girl-who-is-fixing-modern-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: The Teen Girl Who Is Fixing Modern Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What happens when kids have time to pursue their passions at school?<\/em><\/p>

Dreams chased, businesses built, limiting beliefs broken \u2014 things many adults never get around to doing.\u00a0This is the\u00a0AlphaX Project<\/a><\/strong>: our four year, Olympic-level project for Alpha\u2019s high-schoolers. (If you haven\u2019t already,\u00a0I strongly encourage you to read about it here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>

In the meantime, take a look at what one of our high schoolers is building.<\/em><\/p>

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This isn\u2019t the 1950s dating scene anymore. Dating culture is no longer\u00a0share-a-milkshake-at-the-soda-shop-and-have-her-home-by-nine<\/em>\u00a0type of vibe. Most teen interactions happen over Snapchat. Through a screen. In DMs. And there\u2019s a dark side to this. Not only can it be wildly unsafe (with little to no parental supervision), it can negatively impact how teens interact in person.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What happens when kids have time to pursue their passions at school? Dreams chased, businesses built, limiting beliefs broken \u2014 things many adults never get around to doing.\u00a0This is the\u00a0AlphaX Project: our four year, Olympic-level project for Alpha\u2019s high-schoolers. (If you haven\u2019t already,\u00a0I strongly encourage you to read about it here.) In the meantime, take a look at what one of our high schoolers is building. \u00a0 This isn\u2019t the 1950s dating scene anymore. Dating culture is no longer\u00a0share-a-milkshake-at-the-soda-shop-and-have-her-home-by-nine\u00a0type of vibe. Most teen interactions happen over Snapchat. Through a screen. In DMs. And there\u2019s a dark side to this. Not only can it be wildly unsafe (with little to no parental supervision), it can negatively impact how teens interact in person. 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