Wear sweatpants on Monday and pull your shirt down; wear the same Forever 21 shirt as thirty other girls on Tuesday and pretend your shorts are long enough; don’t run in the halls; bring the same lunch in a brown paper bag everyday; buy a Coke from the faulty vending machines; when cheating off the […]

Perspective is key. But its easy to lose your perspective in high school when everyone around you has different thoughts, cultures, and goals. I go to a diverse school, and if you were to walk through the doors, you’d hear multiple different languages coming from people across the world. High school is supposed to be […]

Many students each and every day are pushing through the day at school wishing they could understand clearly. They feel that they aren’t being taught in a way that suits them and that they are being left in the dust to figure it out for themselves. This is because the learning styles they are comfortable […]

When you hit the age of 18, everything changes. Honestly, I would start at 16 for me. When I was 16 I got a job, started practicing for the ACT (because that’s definitely stressed), and I started dating. This all happened at once, and let me tell you… it wasn’t easy. You think that growing […]

If you take a relaxing stroll or drive through basically any town in the United States, you are most likely going to come to a place where memories lie. Good, bad, enjoyable, unbearable, and whatever other feelings it brings. As you might have already guessed(not by the title obviously) it is High School. Yes, high […]

Quick – name a popular standardized test used by colleges and universities nationwide! If you’re like most people, your first answer will be “can you repeat the question?”, after which your answer will most likely be “The SAT, of course!” Great answer, easily-confused yet overly- enthusiastic volunteer. But do you know why you said that […]

Being a high school student is tough. What happened to it being the best four years of our lives? I beg to differ. High school is a place where teenagers are being judged about what they wear, who they hang out with, and how smart they really are everyday. Adding to that stress we have […]

What would you do if you saw someone bullying someone? Would you stop it? Would you just stand there and continue to let it happen? Today’s world nobody really thinks about this, and that leads to the big problem, school bullying. The person doing the bullying is most likely having problems at home and want […]

I’m not skipping school because I’m a second semester senior. Does that make sense? Let’s break it down. Today, my schedule is E, Band, and Film. All three are electives. In fact, every class I’m taking this semester is an elective. I can do that, take these elective classes, because I’ve been playing the game […]

The relentless culture of college admissions, especially among the nation’s elite, has now permeated throughout the lower education system.The message is clear – any form of failure will jeopardize your chances of a promising college experience. Such pressure can be unbearable. Instead of encouraging personal growth, we are actually stifling it. Secondary schools should encourage […]

As global connection increases, it bridges the gap between different regions and cultures. One of the major focus areas of this connection is the field of primary education. How does the education system in one country differ from another? Take India, for example. How is education in the United States different from in India? The […]

Can you imagine a society where children are put inside a classroom for six hours and then expected to go home and do hours of work by themselves each day? Regrettably, this is the exact kind of dystopia we live in today. On a personal account, my eighth grade year drastically changed my perspective on […]

Today, everybody has a cellphone. There are about 61,000,000,000 more cellphones than people in the world. Today, a cellphone is a key to life.A cellphone can give someone more social status and friends, but they can also in school. Students should be able to have their phone in school because students are able to make […]

Many schools around the country allow students to purchase foods in the cafeteria and vending machines throughout the day. These facilities often retail unhealthy, unsafe, and unnatural foods that can affect the health of young children to teenagers. Many schools are unaware of the actual dangers these items can downplay on anyone’s health. The high […]

I find myself in an inexplicable position. I do not where to proceed, and I certainly find looking back painful. What should one do in such situations? Am I to stop? Or am I to keep moving forward? My teachers no longer give me stickers for my neat work.The intense bubbling of delight no longer […]

Every night I am faced with an overload of homework. I’m rarely sure how to complete each assignment, and for some I feel completely lost. In my academic experience, I have encountered many educators who attempt to hide their lack of experience or motivation behind claims that their homework assignments promote “learning by discovery” or […]

Most parents have a protective grip on their child until the moment they leave for college to “face the real world”. What these parents don’t know is how badly they are ruining their child. Yes, protective is good, but why do they all of a sudden feed them to the wolves the second they move […]

” Abby…. ” said the teacher” Yes..”” What are you eating?”” Gum… “”Go spit it out.””Oh My Gosh … Fine””Don’t do it again, it’s disruptive.”Is that what happens to you? Well I know this happens to me, and I am sick of it. It is time we make a protest.Do you get bored in class, […]

Teachers. Their job is to mold the minds of students. What impression they make is in their hands. Their power is immense, even though it may not be widely recognized. Students are the future. And who controls the students? Teachers. On one hand, a single teacher can completely change a student’s perspective on learning, their […]

Special Teacher Have you ever seen a T.V show or movie with the high school’s that are as big as colleges? If you notice they always contain the super awesome teachers that make you sit there and say “why can’t my school have teachers like that”. I personally found myself asking that question plenty of […]

As of 2013-2014 the average cost of one year at a public college was $30,094. Imagine that over four years. That equates to $120,376. Granted you can get it paid for if you are a stand out athlete and will get an elusive scholarship, or you are so smart you could run Microsoft out of […]

Imagine, going to school for 4 to 5 weeks then getting a week off every month, for the entire year. Only 5 percent of schools use the opportunity to have a modified calendar like this (Hess). Remember, this modified calendar does include having a week off every month. Students are losing almost a year’s worth […]

I don’t understand why students don’t listen. Why they don’t pay attention to teachers. How come they don’t understand they will get in trouble for their actions? They can pay attention to a game sitting on the bleacers. I don’t understand why students skip school. Why do they think it’s cool not to go to […]

A lot of students dread waking up in the morning to go to school for a seven hour day five times a week. Imagine this, good grades, no crabby teens and less mind wandering. Tests have been proven by letting teens sleep in and having school start later would increase the teens emotion and grades. […]

I can relate to the early dislike towards reading. I was one of those kids who brought books from Scholastics but never read them. In fact, the only books I would ever sit down and read was the Harry Potter series starting when I was in elementary school otherwise, it was once in a blue […]

Fine arts and music education should continue in public schools. Anyone exposed to the arts and/or music benefits from life-long advantages. Education in these areas is associated with improvement in mathematics, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. These are very important aspects in life, all of them necessary in order to make a […]

FOR PREVENTING THE ESCALATION AND LONG TERM PERPETUATION OF UNDOCUMENTEDILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS It is a melancholy object to those who live in poverty with low wages, poor housing, and poor opportunity. This affects the children off these people who have low poverty. This causes the children to grow up with nothing they would need to live […]

I’m sure that everyone has wished they were perfect at one point in their life. I guess striving for perfection isn’t such a bad thing; if that’s what keeps your grades up and maintains your physical appearance then it can be pretty helpful… The problems start when you let this obsession take over your life […]

“PREPS”- Many of the other people outside of your social circle call you “preps” and I will admit it, so do I. In my opinion, many of you are hypocrites. You people say that you are very accepting. Well, believe it or not, I used to sit in that big crowd, and no one ever […]

Seniors in high school all hear the same question: What college are you going to? Some dread the question and some revel in it. It can lead to bragging rights or condemn the conversation to an awkward silence. People may ask what college you’re going to, but what they really want to know how good […]