Astrophysics Have you ever wondered what was outside of earth?Well like you many others have also wondered the same thing, this is why astrophysics was created. Astrophysics is a branch of science that deals with the physical nature of stars and other celestial bodies. The purpose of astrophysics is to seek and understand the universe […]

Romeo and Juliet is famous for its dramatic love story and dramatic ending. House on Mango Street is known for its impressionistic writing style and its tale of a girl learning to be a woman. However, it is not the love story of Romeo and Juliet or Esperanza’s search for self-identity in which I draw […]

After explaining a new project, my AP European History teacher announces, “Hey guys, honestly, this project cannot be done in one night. Start your research now.” Looking around the room, it’s clear how this will end. Someone comments, “Is that a challenge?” Another student answers with, “Challenge accepted.” AP Students. The teachers recognize us as […]

Hypocrisy: When the Unacceptable Becomes Unavoidable Oh, the life of an Honors student. Other students look on with jealousy as the Honors student rushes by with her college level books in hand, perhaps trying to read just a few more glorious sentences before they get to class ten minutes early. With their high GPA’s and […]

“Am I walking towards something I should be running away from?” once asked Shirley Jackson (“Shirley Jackson Quotes”). In her short story, “The Lottery” all of the characters come together to participate in this “lottery.” Only it is not what most people would think. These characters should really being running away instead of coming together. […]

So, here is the thing about the food we eat. Food is like one of the many things, we need to live on. Food comes from all over the world, some better looking than others. We need food, so we can live, well we mainly need food, for everything, on Earth. To live without food […]

We use geometry in our lives in many ways, such as the shape of our toys, the relationship between our roads, and the artwork that decorates our house. When we are driving to new places we use maps and reading a map includes a lot of geometry. The place where you are going is a […]

The Devil’s home in colonial is known as the scaffold, a simple platform holding devices of punishment. This is where so many wrongdoers are sent to pay for their sins. Pain, remorse, and embarrassment are all felt by those forced to stand constrained for hours on end unable to hide their shame. The scaffold in […]

“Alive, Miss Emily had become a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894…” (Faulkner). William Faulkner is a Nobel Prize winner who has published 13 different novels and wrote numerous short stories. A Rose for Emily is Faulkner’s most famous short story […]

It was a horrifying sight. People were jumping out of the towers. Others were burning to death and praying that they would make it. The halls were full of smoke and windows were blowing out because of small explosions in the buildings. 9/11 was the worst terrorist attack ever that this country has ever experienced. […]

There is a singular event that unites every single human being on the planet. Not everyone can say it is a pleasant experience, but no one can deny that it happened. This single event is labelled ‘growing up’. The transition between childhood innocence and adulthood is long and confusing, often uncovering questions that cannot be […]

New York City recently enacted a law which required the sex education course to be taught at all public middle and high schools. Not long after, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York criticized the new law, claiming that it is the parents’ responsibility, not the schools’, to educate children about sex. According to the […]

Intelligence, it is the power of one’s brain, divided into many sub categories and used in numerous ways. Empathy, it is the power of one’s heart, expressing one’s true emotions with themselves, those around them, and their own world. Both of these factors are an enormous part of this girl’s life. They are her two […]

Eighty. It was the age of Moses when he spoke pertaining to his people. It is the highest score possible on each section of the PSAT. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice wore the number eighty on his San Francisco 49er’s jersey. Unfortunately, the number eighty is also the number of people who are […]

Teen Ink has several categories of poetry that you can choose to submit your work through. These categories include: Free Verse, Song Lyrics, Sonnet, Haiku, Limerick, Ballad, and Other. Each category includes a specific type of poetry, and as a poet new to the scene, I was fairly confused. I decided to place all of […]

I’ve always been elated when learning about Native Americans and their cultural simplicity. Since the beginning of time, the indigenous people of North America have affirmed that human kind is forever in debt to nature and everything the world has given us, be it the hide of a bear, the waters of the ocean, or […]

Constant warfare forms an underlying tenet of dystopian society in 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell describes war in the past as having a defined enemy and eventually coming to an end. He states that governments could not ignore physical facts, as war in the past provided ways to keep in touch with physical reality. However, […]

Humans have been in existence for two hundred thousand years, a tremendous amount of time; the earth, on the other hand, has existed for billions of years. The earth has been around twenty-three thousand times longer than humans and has endured many trials over its long life span. Humans, however, are not as resilient as […]

I am writing this as the calendar on my laptop screen reads March 2nd. I haven’t stepped a foot into my high school to see and learn by my teachers since February 22nd. My teachers have been on strike since February 22nd. All teachers, in all 55 counties across the Mountain State, have been striking […]

Martin Gansberg’s piece, “Thirty – Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” brings attention to the evils of indifference and the necessity to take action. Gansberg uses a very real situation which ends up mirroring that of a horror story. Basically, 38 people consciously watch as a young woman, Catherine Genovese gets attacked. These […]

The Harlem Renaissance was African Americans life during the 1920’s and 1930’s. At that time the period was known as the “New Negro Movement”. This was named after the 1925 Anthology by Alain Locke. The Harlem Renaissance took place in New York City. Aaron Douglas was the first visual person to paint the environment in […]

One simple word: Beauty. The word is only six, small letters, but its impact is tremendous. Every girl wants to be beautiful, but what exactly is “beautiful”? Sadly, America’s perception is, to say the least, shallow. The emphasis on achieving a certain standard of beauty permeates American culture. The younger generation, especially girls, are surrounded […]

use to argue with his dad look at the way Sam argued with his dad then when he came home he never argued with his mom Sam all ways use to complain to his dad and mom. War strips it away because you go into the war as a boy and come out a man. […]

It is widely known that MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a major concern as a cause for dangerous infections. But what makes bacteria like MRSA dangerous? Research on phenol-soluble modulins may explain what helps these types of bacteria become so deadly. So, what are phenol-soluble modulins? Called PSMs for short, they are toxins which […]

Television: positive or negative impact on the minds of the young? Let’s explore. Some channels can be very successful for training the minds of the young, such as, Discovery Channel or the History Channel. Like the positive effected channels, there are other channels too. Like the exceedingly popular channels Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. Bad habits […]

Dear ME, In less than a week you will be a sophomore. You’ve finally achieved the status of being in senior high. Now that you’ve become someone to look up to, you need to sharpen your attitude. Start watching the tone of voice you use when talking to people. Pay attention to how loud you […]

Many non-English spoken languages involve sounds that are unique compared to the many sounds produced in the primary dialects of English. Whether the sounds are clicks within the Hausa language and most especially !X? language, the various differing tones found in Igbo and Cantonese, or the implosive consonant sounds found in many Native North American […]

The story “Everyday Use” is about an African American family consisting of the Mom, Wangero(Dee), and Maggie. Wangero is the oldest and Maggie is the youngest, their mothers name is not said in the story they just call her Mom. Maggie feels like everyone always chooses Wangero’s side over hers and she doesn’t like that. […]

Police officers are abusing their power. There are very life threatening and dangerous crimes that go on in our everyday lives, whether we are a witness or a victim. The people who we rely upon to keep us safe and help the community are the ones who are slowly destroying that behind closed doors. Brutality […]

In the movie Black Hawk Down the reason the U.S. gets involved is because Mohamed Farrah Aidid is a warlord that blocks international food shipments in Somalia. The U.S. comes in to deliver food. Even though there is is a vision It isn’t the United states war, it’s a civil war we had ours and […]