College one word that freaks almost every high school student out. Its something we all feel pressured into thinking about as we start the last year of high school or even the beginning of high school, but just looking at the cost from some students automatically makes them not want to or unable to go. […]

It was the Rippowam camping trip again and I was just as tired as ever. Recently, for the last two years, we have to be at school for six o’clock. Despite all the excitement in the air, while we were getting ready to go it was really cold outside. Of course its cold its still […]

To begin with this Personal Vice to Virtue Project, I have picked two adjectives to describe my personal vice and virtue using the letter “L”. My virtue is something many people have said about me, and it is that I am a very loving person. It takes me awhile to warm up to someone, but […]

We, as teenagers, have different interests than our parents and other adults. We hold different values for the everyday tasks we accomplish, for the items we consume and for the things we want; particularly when it comes to spending money. More than half of us will have a part time job and enjoy the idea […]

InThe Great Gatsby, the author, Scott Fitzgerald, shows the idea of loving and chasing a woman by Jay Gatsby’s actions toward Daisy Buchanan.As a metaphor for the American Dream. Gatsby’s thoughts on Daisy are similar to the thoughts on the American dream for new immigrants. Gatsby wants the image of a perfect life, he wants […]

“In all cases, observed individuals behave or perform better than unsupervised individuals for a limited time if they suspect or know about the observation”(Rouse). The Hawthorne Effect, a psychological phenomenon, was derived from an experiment in the 1920s that aimed to see how workers would react under different conditions. This experiment started off with Hawthorne […]

The basic foundations of freedom were governed by the right to speak, act, or think without any hindrance or restraints. Over time, freedom has evolved into something much greater than that. Freedom can be interpreted as the ability to succeed, the capacity to find importance, and the motive to pursue all dreams. Two distinct sides […]

Here, we will discuss true facts about the cashew. The cashew, when not in “Planter’s Mixed Nuts” form, is a boxing glove-shaped seed attached to an upside-down, heart-shaped fruit called the cashew Apple.. . Which grows on a cashew tree. The largest cashew tree is about 81,000 square feet which is large enough that if […]

Do you understand a language? Well, of course you do. You would have to understand a language to read and comprehend these very words. Language is the method of communication used by people all around the globe. Currently there are approximately 7000 languages. Soon, however, only a few may remain. “90% of the world’s approximately […]

Lance Armstrong, a well known man for many things. Most of his bicycling career. But others know him for what has happened with him and cancer, and how he has gotten over it. His young life wasn’t like any others; he has done things that others haven’t. He has accomplished so many things in his […]

Our life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. Various and revolutionary changes push around our mother earth like randomly wandering winds, bringing harmful consequences along with positive results. It is the heartbeat of growth marked by improvements in our communities, our schools and workplaces, our countries, our world. Together, we […]

In our community, Bullying is becoming a big problem. Bullying in our community because it is hurtful, degrading, and causes violence. Although bullies are mean and can be very dangerous, some solutions can be the bully needs to know how they made the student feel, next they need the rules to be stated clearly and […]

My name is Ann Putnam Jr. It is 1692, and I am 12 years old. My family speaks old English, the proper language. I live in Salem, MA. My best friends are Tituba, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott. We play together when Tituba’s master lets her have breaks. The breaks are five, maybe four minutes […]

King Henry VIII was the undeniable catalyst of the Protestant Reformation and the persecution and tumult that followed it. The legend of his many wives is widely circulated, too; they were all ‘defective’ and did not give birth to a male heir. (In reality, it was the king that determined the sex of the child; […]

The seasons come and they go, from the icy winter to the hot and humid summer. Seasons are what bring change to this earth. You can never stop them and they never stay for more that they are needed. Each one depends on the other and they always try to look out for one another. […]

A star forms from particulate dust and stray atoms of gas, mainly hydrogen. A mysterious force pushes this gas and dust together, eventually producing more heat than anything on Earth in a process known as fusion. When fusion begins and the pressure of it equalizes with the pressure of gravity, the star is born. It […]

“I just never saw myself as someone who would get that far. College was never meant to happen for me, I think.” Katie uttered these words like they were normal. Our shoes were crunching on the gravel road of Nantucket in College Station, Texas. Mom had driven us down from Austin to see our grandparents […]

Technology and its advancement are a very important part of human life, and they are affected by a variety of aspects, such as science and consumers, as well as funds and their origins. We know that technology is the use of scientific knowledge to benefit people; this tells us that science and scientific research are […]

You wake up in the hospital: desolate. It smells like a nursing home, loneliness hits you like a brick dropped from a crumbling building. You do your best to stand up, but your legs and back are too stiff, you collapse. The growls you thought you heard make a transition from imagination to reality in […]

The fictional TV show Big Love, based on a polygamous Utah family aired its series finale on March 20, 2011. Over the seasons the show brought up many issues about polygamy in the modern United States. By switching from the stereotypical polygamy compound life to polygamists living an average life, the show was able to […]

“Beware the Romulans, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Red Matter, and shun The Frumious Nero!” Okay, so most people who have seen Alice in Wonderland know that this is not how Lewis Carroll wrote the poem “Jabberwocky”, anymore than the Star Trek fans believe that J.J. Abbrams intended […]

In life we have a lot of roads and choices to make. We have a lot of paths to go down and decisions to make. There are always consequences to the decisions that we have to make. Some of these consequences are bad, and other consequences are good. Some of the roads that you come […]

While we eat, rarely anyone thinks about the dangers in our food. We tend to put trust in the food industries that provide us with our food; that they wouldn’t cheat or lie to us about the safety of our food. But what if we are wrong to do so? Many new studies and research […]

Sophomore year is rumored to be the “whatever” for most students.You’re basically stuck in between your first year in high school (9th grade) and your most difficult year of high school (11th grade). As a junior, this year has treated me quite well, but there have been many obstacles that have prevented my full success. […]

When Ida Tarbell wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company in 1904, it inspired other journalist to write about large and corrupt businesses. Although the book itself is accredited for later breaking up the company and contributed to the United States government’s antitrust actions against Standard Oil. In my opinion, my stance on a […]

For thousands of years people have marveled at the beauty and architecture of the Venice Lagoon Islands making it one of the most popular places in the world to visit. Containing five major islands a trip to Venice is never boring. Interestingly each island has its own theme. Murano Island is the glass making island, […]

Little Women, Harry Potter, Jane Eyre, Ivanhoe and Diary of a Young Girl, are five of many books that have inspired me throughout my life. As far back as I can remember, I have had a love for books, and reading has always been my passion. Books are my safe haven, a place I can […]

The camera cuts to a middle aged man in a stereotypical Indian costume.As he walks through the barren wasteland that is our present, he leans towards the picturesque oil swamp and allows a single tear to roll down his cheek. However cheesy the “Crying Indian” seems to us now, he stood for environmental justice in […]

Poem: “You Get Proud by Practicing” Author: Laura Hershey Analysis: “Practice makes perfect” just doesn’t do it for some people. You can say it as much as you’d like, but in the end, you never want to practice. All you want to be is perfect, even when the word perfect doesn’t seem right. A dictionary […]

Patrick Henry was successful in persuading the colonists to form a revolt against the king through the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” by using rhetorical questions and repetition. Rhetorical questions are questions that are asked without anticipating an answer. Patrick Henry uses several rhetorical questions throughout his speech to make the people reflect amongst themselves. […]