Saturday morning. The weekend. I lazily rose from bed, and walked toward the door. As I got closer, I looked to the right, where a TV used to hang. The only remnant of the TV was a big wall mount that still sat in its place. For whatever reason, I stared at the wall mount, […]
When people ask me what my favorite grade of school was, I always respond third grade, the year the training wheels came off. For the first two years, report cards had numbers that represented our level of achievement, but in the third year we got “big kid grades”. It was all very exciting and I […]
At my school, we have to wear uniforms, and I think it sucks. Why should someone tell us what we can and can’t wear? How unfair is that? Uniforms limit our personal freedoms. We can’t express ourselves because we have to wear the same thing. Everyone is different and have their own unique style, so […]
Everyone in school has a class they don’t like. I’m here to ask a question. Why is this? Why do we even have to dread going to class? Why do we think its just okay? And more importantly, why has nothing changed? We all generally like or are neutral with what classes we have. But […]
High School is an odd thing, because it’s where you realize that adulthood is just a step away. For me, towards the end of my freshman year, things are starting to pick up the pace. It may be just that with everything I have going on in my life, from my upcoming play for my […]
I have the habit of questioning everything, for better or worse. I don’t take anything for face value and I don’t believe that anything is what it seems. This especially occurs at school. I ask the question that drives all teachers up the wall. They teach us something, and then I ask them why we […]
In the newly revolutionizing world of technology, social networking media has become a need in communicating with others. Due to a majority of social network users being kids and teens, parents are starting to be concerned about their children’s education and study time. In fact, many argue that social networking sites have no educational value […]
Calculus and crackers, biology and blueberries, English and edamame — schoolwork and snacks go together. Yet some schools forbid eating outside of the scheduled lunch period. Studies show that eating allows for better focus and cognitive function than remaining hungry. Despite limiting the learning capacities of students by forbidding them from eating in class, schools […]
I remember back when I was about seven or eight playing little league softball. It always felt great when I would smack the ball into the outfield, or make an amazing catch. Although, there were also times when our team would lose or someone would make a bad catch, or someone struck out. I remember […]
I think that pocket knives should be allowed in school. According to Michigan law, students are not allowed to carry a dangerous weapon. According to the state laws the definition of a dangerous weapon, in this case, is any firearm, dagger, dirk, stiletto, or knife with a blade over three inches in length, a pocket […]
Going to a big school, many know how much of a struggle the crowded hallways can be. Students wait in lines going up the stairs, sometimes coming to complete stops, wasting their short time allowed to get to class. Also, many times one has to push through to get to the other side of the […]
Everyone’s parents told their kids going to high school that this is going to be the most fun 4 years of your life. As a middle schooler, I was ready and felt well prepared for High school. Upperclassmen made it sound amazing and told us how we should be excited to finally be able to […]
The world is a shelf upon which rest bobble heads who always nod and never question why they are nodding. This is especially true when the average person is faced with art. In fear of seeming ignorant, they blindly praise the splatters on a canvas or the scribbles on a paper. I apologize generalizing and […]
Before this school year, I didn’t study. I didn’t have to study to maintain my GPA, so I didn’t. My teachers always took a day to stop teaching and again cover the material that would be on the test the next day. I did my class work, and I did my homework, but to me […]
“Yes,” to Driving Have you ever wanted your very own vehicle to drive? Well, take advantage of your 16th birthday, and get yourself a licence! We here in Washington State have a privilege to be able to get our license once we’re 16, so take advantage of it and take the two tests and get […]
As heard in many observations from families across a modern society: kids these days are small-minded and just not as creative as they used to be. For researches, they say their finding exactly that. A 2010 study of 300,000 tests from a creativity research, at the College of william and Mary, found creativity has decreased […]
There has been a decline in reading across the U.S and it is primarily blamed on TV. Children, teens and even adults are affected by TV. According to the A.C. Nielsen Co “the average child watches 1,680 minutes of TV per week.” With the advances of technology we are allowed to watch more TV with […]
During the last few years gun control has come into question and whether there should be more firearm restrictions or less. With shootings like Sandy Hook and Columbine many agree guns should be outright banned and withdrawn form public use. Even though this sounds easy enough to take all guns from civilians it won’t be […]
“To be uneducated, an A is just three sticks.” (A.A Milne) What is the degree measure supplementary to 133.3°? What caused the Great Train Wreck of 1918? What temperature does water boil? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? These questions can be found in their natural habitat of school. School + homework + hard work = education. That’s […]
Since the beginning, this form of entertainment was always associated with poor academic performances, misconduct, because it had promoted laziness or violence. However, several recent studies had proved this connection between video games and the horrid consequences of playing it, to not be entirely true. These studies discovered that video games are more than just […]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered to be a classic novel in America. Some believe that this novel shows how white people interacted with African Americans. It portrays life as it used to be, but others feel it is racist. Even so, I think that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is quite appropriate to […]
Long summer days seem infinite as the months of June and July slowly creep along. Each day filled with free time to hang with friends, free students savor every moment. The bliss of no responsibilities, no places to be, and no homework to be done doesn’t take long to set in. Sadly, however, those days […]
If you saw bullying, what would you do to stop it? Would you stand by and let it happen, take part in it or try to stop it? Not many students think about this, and that’s part of the problem. ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated. ‘ That’s the Golden Rule and […]
Over 6 million animals are killed each year for academic inquiry. Frogs are most commonly used, but other animals including cats, fetal pigs, rats and snakes are also used.I do not like the idea of animals being raised solely for the purpose of dissection. I am in eighth grade this year, and in social studies […]
Almost everyday for about 9 months a year, my friends and I, like other teens, attend school. My friends wake up, scramble to get ready for the day, and grab a pop-tart. I wake up, put on my favorite sweats, and make myself some scrambled eggs. My friends arrive at school with knots in their […]
Dear Other Students, What the heck is wrong with you?!! You’re rude, whiny, and immature. You try to boss around the teacher, use the most vulgar lanuage in a classroom, and whine like little kids saying that everything is just so hard and so tough even when an assignment only has 10 questions! Don’t even […]
High school can be really tough, between school, after school activities, SATs and the drama that is bound to happen, it can be very overwhelming. Personally, freshman year was the hardest. The school was so big as were the other kids and the school work was unbearable. One person who made a huge difference for […]
A long-awaited spring day finally beams on earth. The sun shines, bees buzz, bushes bloom, and the meadow murmurs in a pleasant breeze. The smell of air clearing after a spring drizzle floods people’s nostrils. On days like this, who would not want to escape outside? Pleasant weather provides numerous opportunities for taking walks with […]
Back in middle school, the school held an art competition themed ‘Oceanic Wonder’, giving us about a week’s time to prepare. Participation was mandatory, and being the accomplishment-obsessed enthusiast I was, I began my preparation right away. I came up with a draft wherein a placid ocean mirrored the intense blue-black night sky bejeweled with […]
The education system is well known for its many flaws – students fail and drop out left and right, even those why try their hardest are not guaranteed success. For years people have analyzed these problems and looked for a solution, to no avail. In a situation like this there must be someone to blame […]
