Homework, when searched on Google its defined as the piecework done at home for pay. Other resources define homework as paid work done at home, or schoolwork that a student is required to do at home. So my first question is why is homework paid work? Is it because if we don’t do it we […]

Who doesn’t love the annoying sound of their alarm clock going off at the crack of dawn monday through friday? Or how about that big, sweet stack of homework that we get to take home everyday? Welcome to high school kids; all no fun, or games- just tons and tons of stress. Elementary students have […]

My town voted about a year ago on the Board of Education’s budget cut. Either the people would have to pay more tax money for our school system, or several teachers would get laid off. We students, in addition would have to forgo the newspaper club, chess club, field trip club, and a few others. […]

Maybe you’ve been in this situation before. It’s the night before a big project or essay is due, and you’re relaxing – reading a book, playing video games, doing whatever you want to your heart’s content. It’s not becausee you’re done, though. It’s because you’ve completely forgotten about it. You get a text from a […]

I have to get to my locker. Was that essay due today? Crap. Hey, jerk, don’t bump into me! The nerve of some people. Do I have enough time to go to the bathroom? Probably not. When did my chemistry teacher say the test is? Friday? Or tomorrow? I should go after school and ask […]

Homework. Too much or too little? I say too much. Every student from the youngest to the oldest has an opinion on homework. I am a student, and I think homework should be nonexistent. You go to school to learn. You go to school to work. But what occupies you after school? More work. Why […]

“Mom, I’m going to choose Art as my major.” “No, you can’t. You will regret it! I’ve already chose a job for you. You have to take finance. That’s it.” Several conversations similar to this usually ensue repeatedly in the following days in most high school students’ family before their graduation. Parents, acting on their […]

For this question, nearly all of people including foreigners told me “yes”. The reasons are: 1. Chinese students have a high mark in any types of examinations; 2. Chinese students can learn every thing by heart quickly; 3. Chinese students are good at math, physics, chemistry and other scientific subjects at school. It seems they’re […]

Let’s face it; I am one of those people that are not good at math, a subject that I still struggle with to this day. No matter how hard I try to work very hard to work out a problem I still get low grades. Which is why I still use a calculator to this […]

Most schools have established honor codes and other rules to prevent students from cheating on exams. A fiery debate taking place is the cheating that ensues in schools and the detrimental consequences it has on our children’s futures. I, for one, believe schools are too lenient with cheating and ought to enforce harsher penalties on […]

Finally arriving home after eight hours of school only to remember you have eight more hours of homework to squeeze in to your tight schedule has got to be one of the most stressful feelings in the world. A large number of high school students experience this feeling every day. Students of the modern era […]

Isn’t it eerie? Although we now have no end of information sources at our disposal, recent statistics reveal a shuddering truth: illiteracy is growing steadily. A new species of so-called “functional illiterates” has loomed. They are like the idle cricket of a well-known fable, which died of starvation in the middle of a wealth of […]

Junk foods are the fiend of the children’s and adults in the school. Thou, they are given to the children without pure and health. Ye, junk foods also contains healthy nutrients, but in schools ,nope. Junk foods are tastier than other foods ,although these foods are unhealthier than other foods. Mostly children’s eat tastier and […]

Probably the most common problem among we teens these days is- who should we listen to? our parents or our heart? Parents wish for our safe future, successful life and our heart wishes for our happy life, sustainable job. This dillema is no less than a choice between burger with extra cheese and a sizzling […]

College is a place that most teens and even young children dream to make it to one day. Everyone knows going and finishing school would be the start of their newly adult life. I too, want to go to college and get a degree to help me move into the direction I want to go. […]

Imagine being sixteen years old. You drag yourself out of bed at 6 A.M. in order to arrive at school on time. Once at school, you are required to remain in the building for all eight hours unless you have permission to do otherwise, as well as be in your assigned room at specified times […]

Some can see why having a pet is great, and how not having a pet is great as well. Some can see some parents not liking this idea.Having a pet in the classroom could scare kids but who’s going to be scared of a small pet while other times it can help kids learn.If people […]

Students think that we shouldn’t wear school uniforms because not all schools require uniforms, people can’t afford it, and people don’t get to show their personalities. First, not all students are required to wear uniforms . Some schools don’t wear uniforms but we do. I think all schools shouldn’t wear uniforms . For example , […]

I’m tired of listening to those highly sophisticated students with their 4.3 GPAs. Of course, they are majoring in business. As a biomedical engineering student myself, I find business undergrads passionately disapproving of my lifestyle. “And you have certainly been studying scientific values of anti-socialness, correct?” they whisper with smirks when I pass by, gesturing […]

Should students be forced to wear clothing that is nerdy, uncool and sometimes even uncomfortable? I think they should. More and more schools are requiring students to wear uniforms. It makes the society a better place to live, it’s just one less thing to worry about, it puts students in school mode and prepares them […]

Walking down the huge crowded hallway, seeing new people, new faces, and I know by the end of the year soem of those new faces will be my bestfriends. But the most unexpected thing about High school is the number of kids that do not care. Many kids think school is not important, they think […]

Going to college will make you more likely to read to your kids and spend more time with kids. Going to college will improve your chances of talking and reading to your kids. Going to college opens more doors in your future. Getting a college degree means that you will get a higher paying job.Your […]

In my experiences I have felt very lonely is many parts of my life. I don’t really know why but I just have never felt like I belonged. Teens show this ideal by not asking for help. Some teens are afraid to ask for help otherwise they would feel weak because they have to ask […]

Imagine you are sitting in meeting or a class. You are listening to the speaker and you get bored, so you take out a piece of paper and you doodle. The speaker then asks you “Am I bothering you?” You then look up and reply with a “sorry, I got side tracked; continue”. You kinda […]

Everyone needs a friend in some point in life. This week a dear friend of my broke our friendship for one of our enemies. If you and your friends brake up or have a fight try to fix it because every needs friends. Here is what friendship means to me. F =Forever R=Rapport I=Irreparable E=Everyone […]

Homework is an issue that isn’t being addressed correctly by schools. They say things like, “How can parents help their kids with homework and What type of homework should we be assigning?”When the real question should be, should we be assigning kids homework?This has been a topic of discussion for a while now and still […]

Imagine you sitting down, listening contently in class when the teacher calls you out for chewing gum. She argues that it interrupts the class when you can not help but wonder, Isn’t she the one who interrupted class to tell you not to chew gum? So, why are so many people against gum chewing? Gum […]

Looking at the way affirmative action is set up in colleges today, it almost makes me want to be an African American rather than white. Seeing how much easier some colleges in America make it for minorities to get in over whites is astonishing. Today colleges can give up to twenty points on a student’s […]

Yes the multi-answer question, now ask yourself why do you go to school? Is it because you need to learn the material that most of the teachers say you wont use in the real world? Is it to try and prepare yourself for the future ahead? You have to ask yourself about many things to […]

Schools often debate the best scheduling system for high schools: such as either the traditional schedule or the alternating, or A/B, block schedule. A traditional schedule calls for typically six, seven, or eight classes of approximately fifty minutes each every day for the entire year. An alternating block schedule consists of taking “eight 90-minute classes […]