text: Love, Hate, and other Filters by Samira Ahmed, the main character, Maya, dreaded coming into school every morning because her peers would constantly terrorize and harass her solely because of her religion. As a result, the former excelling student started struggling in her classes and let her grades plummet. If Maya was given the option to take classes at home by way of online or video conferencing, she would be learning in a nurturing environment with her parents instead of a dreadful one at school and her grades would not have dropped. Taking classes at home also would have prevented any emotional trauma she had to deal with. Additionally, in the book