An American high school student (gender-neutral, casually dressed in his bedroom or home study) sits in front of an open laptop. He is wearing headphones and smiling broadly as he stares at the screen. The laptop screen displays a grid of video calls (similar to Zoom) featuring the faces of four or five other teenagers of distinctly different ethnic backgrounds (e.g., students from the Middle East, Africa, or Asia). The atmosphere is collaborative and high-tech, suggesting connections across borders.