Students are challenged daily with the decision of what their priorities are. Teenagers are the most stressed out of any other age group because they are expected to act like adults, yet treated like children. Between having many things to do places to go and people to see, it can get a little bit difficult […]

School isn’t about grades, homework reading, or and education. It’s about the people you pass hundred of times in the hallways and what you learn from them and how you act around them and show those people who you can be and who you are not. It’s about studying all these people and looking at […]

Many students struggle with homework and many students would ask “why do I have to do homework?” Homework is a subject of much discussion. Homework is to check your lesson where you are now, so that the teacher will know your placement. Homework is both valuable and necessary because it helps students learn new ways […]

Plagiarism is more widespread than people think. According to the Gallup Organization, the top two problems facing the country today are Education and a Decline in Ethics (both were ranked over crime, poverty, drugs, taxes, guns, environment, and racism). At least 80% of college students reported to cheating at least once in their lives, says […]

It’s official. I’ve made my decision. I have played trombone in band for six years, about a third of my life. My best friends are in band. I found a family within the trombone section. Those boys are my brothers. The few girls are my sisters. They make me laugh, and they make me cry. […]

When it comes to high school, there are certain requirements that must be completed in order to graduate: graduation requirements. In Maryland, one of the essential graduation requirements is the “completer program.” The student can choose to take any of these paths in completing their completer program: two years of foreign language, a career and […]

At the beginning of the school year, Arrowhead Union High School students were given the ability to purchase an annual parking pass for $160. Depending on the student’s individual schedule, they received a parking pass to a designated area parking lot where they are required to park. Senior Rebecca Frazier said, “I disagree with the […]

Writing is a nuisance, if assigned or done in a bad way. There is not a perfect writing assignment, but some are something that no student likes to do. Today, we will explore my opinion on different writing assignments and ways of writing on your own time. My writing is generally more important to me […]

Almost every night I lay in bed around 9:00 o’clock but I end up staying up later on my phone, computer,ipod, or tv. The next day when I wake up I would be really tired, crabby, and just wouldn’t want to be around people. I use to think that it was just because I didn’t […]

Keep calm … and go to college for free! Education is seen as the gateway to a successful career. Yet, college is now more expensive than it has ever been. According to College Board, the average cost for one year of college ranges from $25,000 for a public, in-state college, to $51,000 for a private […]

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. -John W. Gardner In 2008, a survey by ACT college testing service showed, “More than 50 percent of students at four year schools and more than 75 percent […]

College admission officers takes a number of factors into account before coming to an informed, though seemingly random to many students, decision to either reject or accept an applicant. Every College Confidential obsessed high schooler such as myself is aware that these key factors are grades, standardized test scores, recommendations, extracurriculars, and the college essay. […]

The opportunity to receive an education, ability to go to school and to learn was simply not a fact of life for people centuries ago like it is today. Like voting rights, the right to an education, in Europe and America specifically, was first restricted to the upper class, then only to males, then only […]

“Don’t touch me!” I shriek. But the words can’t get past my tightly pursed lips. They stay inside my head, reverberating round and round, making me wish I had the courage to speak up and voice how I really feel. Blatant disrespect of teenage girls has reached the point of harassment in many public school […]

I chose Ms. Rodgers for Educator of the Year for many reasons. I could sit here and just say she is a really good teacher, but there are a lot of other things that set her apart from other teachers. Here’s why she deserves this award.Ms. Rodgers is no ordinary teacher. She teaches music and […]

When a woman expresses comfort with her body, society undertakes the most desperate and ludicrous actions to shatter her belief. So, when numerous, qualified ‘educators’ and ‘concerned’ parents decide to replace skirts with salwar-kameezes for the newly liberated teenage girls, it wasn’t surprising at all. Gender equality has yet to cross hundreds of milestones, all […]

In this day and age, technology is taking over everything we do. Paying bills, reading books, etc. are all being taken over by electronics and education is not far behind. Education reform may not be a hot topic currently in political debates, but with the rapid change in technology, it will be in the next […]

As of now I am a 9th grader. I am described as and very outgoing, ambitious, and high expectation havingyoung lady and also a leader. My gpa is a 3.9-4.0 but next year my gpa would be a 4.0-5.0 or higher. I am a straight “A” student who someday wishes to be an National Honor […]

My phone is my life and I can’t live without it and I already lost it before and if I lose it, it’s like losing part of my life for my phone. I love my phone like if it was part of me and I don’t know what I would do if it goes missing. […]

Raising me as a third culture kid or TCK is one of the greatest gifts my parents have ever given me. Third culture kids are defined as children raised in a culture other than either of their parents’. My father is German and my mother is American but I was born in Malaysia and moved […]

Any college-bound senior in high school will tell you that junior year of high school is the most stressful. Why you may ask? Well, besides the stress to date, do laundry without mom, and that sudden drop in one’s metabolism rate, a junior in high school has to deal with those ominous SATS, better known […]

Competition to get into college isn’t a new thing. For decades, students have been engaged in a battle to reach the top of their class. The major determining factor in this race is students’ GPAs. Lately, though, taking challenging courses in school just doesn’t cut it. Florida students are lucky enough to have other resources, […]

High school is defiantly a time I am very looking forward to because I have been thinking of high school since I was in thee 6the grade because that is more when my family started to discuss it. I discussed it more because my brother was in high school and would tell me all about […]

Imagine, being dizzy after your head was dunked several times into a disgusting, germ infested toilet by a random kid you never seen in your life. The first thing you would do is tell the principle right. Wrong! What are you going to say? A kid with khaki pants and plaid shirt did it. That […]

No one should ban junk food in schools because of various reasons. The board of education could ban junk food but kids and parents can object. Banning junk food is like taking away kids rights to be themselves. Some kids might be allergic to the foods the school serves. Even though it is a rule, […]

In the United States, college students who received a student loan owed an average of $26,000. Because of this dire situation, students must avoid receiving any type of student loan to avoid a debt that cannot be paid. A student must know the definition of Economics, Finance and Money. What is Economics? It is the […]

A uniform is more than the clothing one attires themselves in. A persons uniform is their identity. Too many people put on the popular uniform and parade around in it like it is their own. People are judged for their uniform, so who would want to be honest about theirs? Be careful of the labels […]

Controversy over the creation theories, Intelligent Design, and Evolution has been around for years. There is reason to believe both theories, but no one can be sure which one is true. So how do we teach them in public schools? The teachers need to teach the facts, and the fact is there is no proof […]

Seaworld has stated that that they rescue injured or endangered sea mammals to rehabilitate them and then keep them to further study them and conserve them. If that is truly the case they should not be taking these animals and utilizing them for entertainment purposes. I do not think that orcas should be exhibited in […]

Today, in this day and age, you would think the United States public school system would be mastered. After years and years of learning from the past and schools around the world, America should not still be considered a country of educationally backward idiots. However, we still are. Why is that, people wonder? It’s not […]