Online education is beginning to become very popular in the United States. Schools (such as mine) are starting to use Google classroom instead of a notebook or paper worksheet. Google classroom allows students to send copies of worksheets to their peers and teachers instead of handing them in. Also there is Google docs that is […]

Having dreams is like setting goals to succeed and accomplish big things in your future. I have always pictured myself being successful. I use to dream about so many things when I was younger but I?ve always pictured myself becoming a nurse. Making goals was something I?ve always done because my mind was always set […]

In America, few things are as highly esteemed and valued as liberty and education. It was a pursuit of liberty that caused the first pilgrims to come to America in order that they might have freedom of religion; it was a pursuit of liberty that caused the colonies to declare independence from Britain’s rule, and […]

Everything is based around time because it is a practical mean to plan and organize . It is a natural tendency for most people to push things off until the last minute, then rush to finish. Some would claim that they work better under these conditions because their minds tend to think more creatively under […]

What is the point of English class? People often claim that they are already proficient in English after middle school. However, without proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar, how can one make a good impression or acquire a solid job? English, the fourth most common language in the world, is vital to interact with others. In […]

To be quite honest I think teachers are very annoying. Teachers are HONESTLY always yelling at someone. It is pretty bogus when something happens to them and they yell at us; let’s be a tad bit more mature than that. Teachers also always think that we somehow magically know what they are talking about. FALSE, […]

This was originally an article I wrote for my school newsletter because I was sick of how much bullying was going on at my school. The newsletter just came out and so far nothing has changed; I really wish it would.If you saw bullying, what would you do to stop it? Would you stand by […]

A Career in teaching require a masters degree, a career in law require a law degree and, a degree in General Dentistry requires at least a bachelor degree. Which major career does not require a degree? As soon as you hit High School, education is needed in developing your knowledge and the way you react […]

What makes Ivy league schools so appealing? Is it merely just the name that attracts people? Being able to say, “I went to Princeton,” or, “Yeah, I got into Brown. No big deal.” For me, it was just the name. When it came time for college applications, she applied to Harvard and Yale. She got […]

Today’s education system is deeply flawed. The education system’s attempt to conform the way students think and control every aspect of their learning and life is causing more harm than good. Schools today are falling away from the true focus of education. Americans are replacing effective teaching with needless and tedious assignments, only to overwork […]

Being a teenager is a battle within itself, but growing up from a teenager to an adult is an even more difficult task. Teenagers have to survive immense amounts of change like graduating high school and going off to college. How does a high school student survive this change of turning into a adult? To […]

If you are anything like most most teenagers then you know the pain of falling asleep late and then being forced to wake up early for an eight or sometimes even seven o’clock school start time. Many teens can relate to not being able to fall asleep early and so getting very little sleep before […]

As a girl, I think the dress code is pretty fair. I really don’t believe we want to wear short shorts and mini skirts and spaghetti straps, I think we just want to just look impressive. I think it’s perfectly fine for us to wear t-shirts and jeans, because we don’t need to wear holey […]

You walk in to school and you see a geeky little kid its a normal uniform day and you see him without uniform so you look at him and ask him do you have a demerit? He says “no”. They did give him one anything you do is a demerit he is a good kid […]

Modern media describes homecoming and dances of the like as almost fairytale situations where everyone has an amazing time and finds their true love by the end of the night. But anyone that has actually lived through the drama of a real world homecoming realizes that it is anything but a fairytale for the majority […]

I have some fun facts that I learnt during my time at school. One, life isn’t fair. Two, you are going to die. Three, you will eventually be forgotten. I learnt that once you accept these not so happy, but inevitable truths, will you, in my opinion, achieve happiness. Also it’s not a onetime deal. […]

In most of my classes, including health, world history, math, biology, Spanish, and English, students grade other students’ tests and quizzes in class. Why take our valuable class time to do something so unnecessary? Let’s start at the root of this problem. Why do we grade tests, quizzes, and homework in class? The main reason […]

Music has always been more fascinating for me than anything else. It always wires my mind for enhanced performance. The inherent messages of life, woven in the lyrics and translated through music, stuck in my mind quite often to find a way forward whenever required. I am looking for my higher education in some liberal […]

I written and told my story about Friday the thirteenth enough times that it seems a little exhausting to write it again. So I’ll be brief. I was in the Arapahoe High School shooting. I was three hallways away. I didn’t know the victim, but I did know the shooter. And I am having a […]

Picture this: getting money to buy that new pair of sneakers you want if you do well on that test. Do you think students should get paid for good grades? In my opinion there are three reasons I think students should get paid for good grades. One of them is more focus on school. Second […]

School starts too early in the morning. We have no lockers. The lunch food is disgusting. We have too much homework. My complaints. Little kids wake up to work and feed their siblings early sunrise. They have no books and a pair of clothes or two. They only get to eat once two three days. […]

Today, technology is invading schools. More and more schools decide to work with it. My school is one of them, were middle school students all get their own Chromebook. Chromebooks are laptops that are small and easy to take with you. Every student in middle school gets one at the start of the year. Chromebooks […]

Former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer once said “Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror”(Rogers). Spitzer’s words makes one think: Should we fear the person behind the gun or the gun itself? The majority of violent crimes […]

Do you think education can build a person’s reputation? It can. I take my education seriously, so I am seen as a very smart girl. In other people’s cases, getting a quality education leads them to many successful things in life. People can receive better jobs, and people receiving an education can also lead to […]

School Should Limit Homework. Do you think school should limit homework? Yes, but some may disagree, schools should limit homework because kids don’t have time. They are busy. Kids grades drop because of too much homework. Also, it’s way better to do class work then homework. It would just be better if schools limited homework. […]

Over the course of the last 100 years technology has increased and improved. It has done so to the point in which restricted and immobile communication devices have transformed into what is known today as the “smartphone”. This innovation can give an individual access to anything they could possibly dream of, leading to the question […]

Many short vacations are way better than one long one. No two ways about it. There are shorter periods of school, so students don’t get tired and inattentive as fast. The teachers get more breaks. And during one long break, lots of knowledge can be lost. With many small vacations, students would feel more rested, […]

Great Expectation is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It tells about the life story of a poor orphan called Pip. Through his characters’ different emotions, Dickens reflects the society of his time. One particular unifying emotion used is guilt. Although guilt is normally assumed to be a negative factor in one’s life, it […]

Here’s something hardly anyone speaks of, anxiety.There’s so many different things to say but during school when you’re passing about 200 maybe 300 kids and your anxiety what do you do? Nothing, what is there to do? Nothing. So you walk to class right? Well I don’t understand how teachers don’t see or understand, well […]

One thing I notice about my friends – my peers in general – can be summed up in the phrase: “I’m, like, so tired.” Some of us need to get up as early as five to catch the bus. My alarm goes off at quarter to six. In schools across the country, early start times […]