Sneakily he trots up to the sleeping body, and stabs the man. Yah you’re probably asking, what is he talking about, are you thinking about call of duty? No, this is real life. People dying, at what: the hands of an adult? No a kid, that one kid has the power to end a life. […]

The average essay is 1,000 to 1,500 words long. What, though, are these words about? There is a plethora of different types of essays ranging from classification to rhetorical analysis. AP Junior Language and Composition (APLAC) is a writing-intensive English language course offered to high school juniors. In this class, one learns to master the […]

Why do we care about how people look? Think? Wear? It is because they are different than we are. That is why we shun them. Make fun of them. But in all reality it is not that they are different; it is that we do not understand them. We think because they are not like […]

Despite the increased awareness about mental health, sufferers of mental illnesses are still misunderstood and lack the resources they need to seek help. The stigma surrounding mental health continues to linger today due to insufficient knowledge and resources. Disappointingly, professional athletes do not have access to suitable resources within their respective leagues to properly manage […]

Dear School Board, Enforcing a school uniform is an egregious mistake. Students are unable to elicit their true uniqueness. The paucity of misbehavior in the school should allow a non-dress code day each Friday. Wearing casual clothing of their choice could be a way for the children to relate to other students. You may construe […]

Writing is mechanical. Routine. Simple. All a person has to do is write/type words on a piece of paper—even a computer can write by itself! Like my middle school English teacher would say, “Writing is writing. There is nothing more to it.” There are rules to every stylistic piece of literature. Letters start with dear […]

The dictionary definition of ‘censorship’ is ‘the practice of censoring’. But those four little words don’t even begin to describe censorship. The word ‘censorship’ cannot be described with a mere four words. It can be described in a book, a speech even and go on for hours on end. My opinion on censorship? It’s wrong […]

Adolescents and children go through a lot in school, they have homework, unbearable teachers (except Mrs. Thomas), drama, and even problems at home in most cases. Ultimately, what would happen if all this stress got to them? How would they handle it? For everyone, dealing with stress is different, however, for a lot of people, […]

An average high school sophomore went to school yesterday knowing that they had a test during second hour for algebra II. This average high school student studied what they thought was “good enough”. When they got the test back today they received a 92%, and as promised when they got home they got the $10, […]

Where I’m at Where I’m at has been influenced by where I have been. I also believe that where I’m at just doesn’t relate to location, but also to where I’ve been emotionally, and the people who have influenced me throughout my life. I’ve been with my family for fifteen years and three hundred and […]

Can’t Care if it’s Gone. There he goes, he is finally gone, no longer is he in the house taking up space, food, and oxygen, off to college he goes. I couldn’t be happier than a homeless person getting food. That may sound a little harsh but we have got into so many fights, to […]

Dear, Teen Ink Editor I believe all students should use electronics in school because it can help us with studying and work. Most people in my school like to listen to music when we work but sometimes we aren’t allowed to. Some students are saying that electronics should be allowed at lunch to be able […]

While walking through the school hallways, you may or may not notice how your fellow classmates are acting like. I consider myself as a “wall-flower” due to the fact that i notice unusual things that surround me. I notice every crack in the wall, every speckle of dust on the floor, and all the little […]

Read the articles below and then (using what you learned) compose an (approximately) 500 word reflection on what you discovered, thought, etc. You can also write about or reference the “Writing Well” section readings. To do list: Write what I learned by Midnight of October 4th. Okay, easy enough… Monday: What to write. What to […]

To the students sports mean a lot. The school budget plan cut the freshman sports. Lots of students signed up to be on a freshman sport and are being moved up to junior varsity. Some students are not trying out anymore because of it. Junior varsity could be too challenging for some students and it […]

A whatsapp message from an old team-mate was awaiting my attention. “Howdy” it said. It was followed by a photograph of us playing cricket, everyone’s face covered with sweat and dust. As I saw the message, life quickly rewound two years back. I was wearing a red shirt , the print on it said – […]

A distinguished teacher is one who can not only make you a better learner, but a better person as well. I can comfortably say that my former English teacher, Ms. Brady, was that teacher. Ms. Brady’s constant urge to help others was greater than her love for coffee. She went out of her way to […]

What college do I want to go to? Do I want to go out of state? Do I even want to go to college? Seniors are now being faced with these questions and Laura, a senior, has her decisions made-at least. Laura will be living in the Capernwray Hall in Lancashire, England. There, she will […]

Students always feels stressed about something, whether it’s about picking up younger siblings from daycare or pass each subject. A lot of people already know about teens getting depressed and all stressed up, but what some people may not know is that this may affect their education and grades. The teenage years are often the […]

I hate tick-boxes. I always have.They’re so restrictive. All that is required is a quick scan of the question and a simple, unimaginative flourish of a biro. I understand that sometimes they’re necessary, to fill in forms for any medical needs or applications; tick-boxes make it fast and easy. But for education purposes? I don’t […]

Very intelligent. Very attentive. Very honest. Very agreeable. Very hard-working. Very productive. Very helpful. Very debonair. Very successful. This is not a description of an elite human clone, but is the idealistic culmination of traits for an honors student. An honors student loves to learn, wants to do work, over achieves on even the smallest […]

As a mere low-class peasant, I think I’ve grasped the fundamentals of my life. Go to school and get an education, go to college and get at least a bachelors degree, and then finally with my degree that makes me look somewhat smart ( But honestly doesn’t mean s***) get a job and work till […]

“Most people think success looks like this, (shows a straight line going all the way to the top) but in reality it’s like this, (shows a line going up, and down, and side to side, and all scribbled up, and once you get to the very top it starts going straight up but not before […]

DING! DING! The alarm goes off. Still tired the teenage student hits the snooze button. Sound familiar? For many middle and high school students all across America this is a typical weekday morning. Is this because teens are lazy? No! It is because of school start times. Teen students’ need a later school start time […]

Every high school movie portrays it. Every high school is painted with students who portray it. Teachers try to ignore it, and every student strives for it. Popularity. A word defined as the favor of the general public or of a particular group. I do not define this however as the popular kids in my […]

“We the People” of the United States have decided. We will stand for fairness, justice, and equal opportunity–even if we are sometimes tempted to steer down the “immoral” road, encited by an easier route or a quicker path. In many institutions, including public schools, incentives are offered in order to bring in greater charity revenue–the […]

Twenty years ago the picture of a high school student would be of a group of teenagers excitedly socializing with one another. If you were to fast forward to 2011, that picture would be of an isolated adolescent with bags under their eyes and a pile of work to do. It is true that there […]

“yumm!” I heard her say as her sharp white teeth crunched down onto me. I’m in the beginning stage of the Digestive System. I will be turned in to many, many things. In the end you will have learned about the Digestive System, all the parts of it, and the steps to digestion. Right now […]

“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” In other words, the traditional school calendar has been around for hundreds of years and works fine, why change it? Many people in education think that we should move to year round schooling to close the learning gap between the United States and other first world countries, but […]

It is a well known fact that over summer vacation students lose up to 75% of what they learned during the school year. This Is a major problem because teachers has to spend most of the beginning part of the school year reviewing what was covered the year before because the students for forget this […]