According to The Argue on Tuition Free College by Keith Ellison on April 14, 2016 the cost of college has gone up by 1,220% since 1978. In 2015, 38 million american students owed more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. The question if college should be “free” or not should not be answered with […]

“You were what?””Was it terrible?””Was it weird?”Despite the stereotypes, homeschooling is not a cult filled with estranged children who build robots in the basement or raise chickens and goats on fenced farms that protect them from the outside world.After studying test results and study skills, it has been proven that this is a viable form […]

“YEAR 9 student Eugenia A. worked on her homework until 11:30pm the other night. The Shelford Girls’ Grammar student spent four hours working on a writing assignment about a city sculpture. In the end she took a shower to “calm down” and called it quits”(Cook). Does this sound familiar to you? Nowadays, students are assigned […]

Imagine this: on December 21, 2012, we will face the extinction of… all languages except English. What, not the apocalyptic end you were expecting? True, no bombs, no erupting volcanoes,no flesh-eating zombies, but a world where only the English language exists? If this ling-pocalypse were to happen, here’s what my day would sound like. First, […]

Dedication is sacrificing your time and energy into an activity or project that you feel strongly about with the goal of accomplishing this activity or project with the best of your ability. It’s working your hardest to achieve a goal, no matter what it takes. Dedication is a devotion to a cause, ideal, or purpose. […]

Are you a bystander or an upstander? A bystander is a person who observes someone being bullied and either does or does not do anything to stop it. Whereas an upstander is a person who stands up for something such as the victim. There are many ways you can be an upstander and help many. […]

Spent It is midnight. Hunger drags the teenager out of its cave. In search of food, the teenager (a high schooler) skulks over to the kitchen where it stocks up on snacks for the rest of a long night of homework. When it opens the refrigerator an energy-efficient LED light blinds its eyes and burns […]

County Schools should consider letting students have their cell phones out in between classes and before school starts. Wouldn’t you want to have your cell phones out at school without getting your phone taken away or getting a writeup? Well, I think it is not right if your phone falls out of your pocket and […]

Dear Students of America, A lot of people seem to yearn for the “good old days” of education: you know, the days when the United States wasn’t 27th in the world in science and 35th in math (DeSilver, 2015). I do too, because I want myself, my friends, and my fellow United States citizens to […]

Money and brains are two completely different things obviously… . But how are they valued in our society? Most people in this world who are money hungry would think that money dominates knowledge every time. However that’s why they are still hungry for money. They don’t have any money because they don’t care to learn […]

Getting a good education is arguably the most important aspect of everyone’s life. Where and what you chose to study impacts your life exponentially. The education you receive as a young adult determines what kind of life you will lead in the future. Although there is conventional education in a classroom setting following a strict […]

Everyday weekday I go to my high school and hear the same old complaints. People seem to be constantly griping about too much homework and exams. I personally don’t think that our work is too hard or too much most of the time. I’ve noticed that in my school the main concentration of complainers are […]

I don’t think school uniforms are worth wearing. What’s the point of spending money on clothes that are good, for one year at a time.. . when you could just wear the clothes you already own? Its a waste of money, and our economy isn’t doing so well with money in the first place. I […]

It was a chilly January morning, and I was strolling down to my bus stop. As I walk I look around seeing trees, the pavement, stop signs, and I hear a snapping sound. This sound gets louder and quicker until my backpack struck the pavement I had been previously been walking on. I turn to […]

Remember that time when you got home, wanted to relax but you knew you had a ton of homework. So you got out your backpack and nice sharp pencil. You start your homework, finish some of it and have to go to soccer. You go to soccer, get home, shower and eat dinner. After all […]

Six days. That is how long it took me to completely break down. To lose all sense of self-worth. To lose sight of who I was as a person. To make me question whether I really belonged at the college I worked my ass off to get into. What awful traumatic event took less than […]

My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how […]

How many times have you seen pictures, on social media, of teenagers falling asleep on their desks in school? You might have also possibly seen them falling asleep first hand, because they are drooling on the desk across from you. The worst though, is when you may have been the culprit of sleep deprivation yourself […]

I’m the one you would think is just an athlete, the person that is labeled as a jock. I’m the person people judge without ever getting to know me because they think i’m that simple. I am not a jock and i’m not that simple. A jock to me is someone that is an athlete […]

Viva la Vida is Spanish and when translated, means “live the life.” Living the life is what people aim for. From child to teen to adult, that life may be different, but it is like there is an invisible standard of a person’s life. As a teen, I think there is a definite life that […]

Listen the first time so the teacher doesn’t have to keep repeating themselves and holding up the class, and If you didn’t hear the first time then ask someone close to you who did hear. Purposefully doing things to annoy other people is only funny to you, not to the entire class. Don’t sit there […]

“I can’t wait to just get out of here!” “I am so moving away as soon as I graduate.” “I feel like running away” I’m sure you’ve heard and probably said these things yourself multiple times. In our teen years we seem to be growing more and more eager to escape. But the question I […]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered one of the greatest novels in American literature. It is taught in English classes around the world in junior high, high school, and college. According to author Ernest Hemingway, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the one book from which all modern American literature came. Apart from these […]

The International Baccalaureate is a programme that takes course throughout the last two years of high school. Some people might say that this programme may open many doors for you, university wise. Throughout the courses, students learn research skills that could “last a lifetime”. 1. However, they forget to mention that how utterly exhausting this […]

I’m walking down the school hallway, on my way to class; a teacher stops me and gives me a demerit. Why? I am not wearing my uniform. But I know that I’m no different when wearing my uniform or regular clothes. It’s time….to crush that rule. I understand administrators prefer uniforms rather than regular teen […]

“Uhm,” teachers hate it. Students love it. But love or hate it, everyone has had that dread- ed moment in front of 30 pupils in class, when you’re stuck with no words but “uhm”. Wikipedia calls this “speech disfluency”, which is broken up into three sections: false starts, fillers and repaired ut- terances. This article […]

Pressure could lead you to do so many things. Some being suicide, weight gain, weight loss, and even lose your hair. I am always pressured and I barely realize it, I’m too distracted by the lectures and criticism I get from my teachers and parents. I am pressured to be a perfect and well-rounded student. […]

Cricket was a passion that I had since I was a child. I remember dad waking up really early to watch the matches in Australia, in those days that Doordarshan used to be the only channel around. What wonderful grounds, what a wonderful game, I used to think to myself. I used to dream day […]

Some might say this teacher is crazy, some may say he is strict, and some may say he is unorthodox, and frankly that is him being him. His name is David Lee. He is a Teacher, Coach and Mentor all in one. Here are some stories about him that make him stand out from all […]

Ever since the beginning of education, there has been basic rules to follow; work hard, go to college, do well and it will result in a job. These mindsets were based on the well known “American Dream,” having a beautiful, big, cozy home surrounded by a white picket fence, nice shiny cars, and a happy […]