School lunch at most schools aren’t as great as they say it is says Brandon.Brandon says that when students go to lunch, many don’t eat because of how they are going to feel after they eat it.When teachers ask students how was there lunch many students say the the lunch is horrible and badly cooked.Sometimes […]

School fights can be good or bad, but I believe school fights are good. Many people believe that fights don’t solve anything and that they are just a waste of time. I believe a fight can mean a lot of things. It could start from a person getting bullied, or a person spreading rumors about […]

We live in an extremely competitive country full of high expectations which pushes everyone to be the best. But how much is too much? In the mid 1980’s a US Government report announced that children were not succeeding academically at the expected levels. Schools and teachers raced to change this, piling on homework and extra […]

Teachers all around the whole wide world have big job to affect us, the teens of Planet Earth. Teachers are the brain of our education and are proved one of the most important people in our lives by numerous experts. Without teachers, who will teach us Math, Science, Literacy, History? How will we get a […]

School lunch an issue in my school and many others. They are replacing our favorites like french fries and tater tots with mandatory fruits and vegetables that don’t even look appetizing. In the years before we use to get six chicken nuggets and now we only get three is that fair? Making our serving sizes […]

Basquiat Picasso once said “This game is not for nice people this game is for young men that run around neighborhoods knowing if they don’t make a play they gonna die in that neighborhood.” This dream is not just something I want it’s something that is going to save my life . Since the 8th […]

Florence is a teenage girl who loves to shop until she absolutely drops. She spends her time reading Teen Vogue to keep up with latest fashion trends. Since she has an expensive hobby, she must work very hard for the money to pay for it. Then, at the end of the week, she goes to […]

At Amery High School we have many speakers come and talk to the student body. What most people do not understand is that the speaker is trying to tell us something important to them. Most students do not understand this and end up being very disrespectful. Last Wednesday was Veteran’s Day. I am in band […]

In the modern world of competition and never-ending debates, education is a key factor for living a long, healthy life. You think I’m exaggerating? Well I’m not. If you want to raise a family, and give them food and water everyday, you need education. Of course, there are many different types of education. This is […]

Gary is a community college student with a job on the side to help take care of his struggling family. Gary and his family survive from paycheck to paycheck. He has a week long test coming up that can earn him $10,000 dollars in scholarship money to go to a four year college. He knows […]

I was sitting in class one day, supposed to be paying attention to a long, boring lecture. Then, suddenly, memories and thoughts start to flow through my head. The teachers try to help when my grades go down, but I just can’t seem to focus. Unexpectedly, my teacher calls on me and asks me something […]

When I was in seventh grade, my band teacher was out with an illness for almost a month of our one semester long band class. During the time we had a sub that wasn’t familiar with music. Instead we ended up doing other work in class that didn’t have anything to do with music, and […]

How to learn to speak another language for some people is not easy, but you have to try. If you want to success learning a language this is the right essay that you have to read. Let’s begin! The first step is learning the most important words, the most necessary, but the most of the […]

As a high school senior, one thing has become increasingly clear to me throughout my career as a student; the educational system is flawed. From an early age, students are told that the grades they receive are more important than their mental and physical health. I can remember the first time that I took an […]

To Education Bureau Dear Sirs, Re: Closing down Kindergartens and Primary Schools I think it is a very good idea to close down the schools across Hong Kong because the students can all have a two-week holiday. Another good reason is that they won’t have to fear of the worst thing in every student’s mind […]

Stress, according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary can be defined as “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.” Stress is also something that could be defined as what every teenage student feels, whether from school or at home. In the past, schools typically haven’t done anything to […]

Every student wants to be successful. Sports, clubs, and volunteer work all provide students with long lasting skills and lessons that allow them to develop into a flourishing adult. However, too much homework tears this apart.Homework should be reduced because many students take part in extracurricular activities. For many students, extracurricular activities become the birthplace […]

They have been trapped in high school for almost four years now. They trudge through every day, not paying much attention to the time that is flying by. It hasn’t occurred to them how soon they will be out of the prison called high school…until now. Most, if not all, seniors catch a case of […]

School can be pretty fun most of the time, since we have different subjects arranged everyday, and students can participate in classes that they like. Teachers in math and language classes are also trying to encourage students in their class to participate more often by adding different variety of activities to make their classes interesting […]

My heart is pounding faster. My palms are getting sweaty. My eyes are darting frantically around the lightless room, my throat is squeezing in on itself, I can’t swallow. I can’t breathe. I can’t think. Door! My legs jolt from beneath and the only thing on my mind is getting out of the inky-black depths […]

The tide gains elevation, widens with terror, foreshadows the afternoon sky and strikes him powerfully. The student lies on the ground, breathlessly watching in fear as waves swallow him, pulling him to the bottom of the sea. No, this isn’t a part of a James Bond movie; this is what students experience daily from an […]

OK, first of all I would like to know why schools think that doing one thing is gonna make all bullying go away. Like in my school, we were a pink shirt once or twice a year. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT GONNA DO? I’ll tell you – NOTHING. I’m really sick and tired of […]

A 2004 national survey, conducted by the University of Michigan, of 2,900 American children, showed that, since 1981, the amount of time spent on homework is up 51%. Most of that increase indicates larger loads for elementary school students. Duke University’s Harris Cooper, the nation’s top homework scholar, concluded that “the research base showed no […]

Have you ever really stopped to think about what that new kid across the room feels? How has his/her first day been? Well, I guess that day can be pretty much crappy like the following months. As a new student, it is really difficult to integrate in your new school. You have been used to […]

I’ve never really understood the “it’ll look good on my transcript” mentality in other high school students, whether it’s loading up their schedules with Honors and AP classes or joining practically every extracurricular activity the school has to offer. Okay, I will admit that taking advanced classes makes some sense. After all, it’s refreshing to […]

Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ” Even he saw the obvious fallacies in testing. The basic purpose of school is to equip us for success. That’s what teachers, principals, governments, and oceans of bureaucracy exist to do. But success is measured […]

Carrying heavy schoolbags all day, every day, has caused many problems in schools throughout the nation. For example, at my school, students need to carry numerous books for four class periods each day, which adds up to a lot of books. With most classes requiring a heavy hardcover textbook, a workbook and a notebook, the […]

Everyone knows that one kid—the one who furiously scrawls PowerPoint notes while the entire class is busy drooling on their desks, falls out of his chair in eagerness to answer questions, checks his test ten times because he’s paranoid of missing even one point, and pees his pants with excitement at the mention of “extra […]

The current school system is outdated, and frankly has no place in this day and age. It is inefficient and does not function properly. The youth are the future of every nation and we would be gravely wounded should we forget this. In this age of information, children and others can easily educate themselves and […]

Every little girl has dreamed about that one special night. She’ll wear a beautiful ball gown, have the time of her life, and dance ‘til dawn, all with the boy of her dreams. Where is this dream set? At her high school prom. Most little girls have dreamt of prom. When you are a little […]