Even with GPAs higher than 4, entering into a college may be virtually impossible for some unfortunate students. Financial restraints hold many talented scholars from around the world back from receiving education. The question is, “Should college education be free or not?”. You may already know that many countries around the world already have made […]
In a society of rapid absorption and application of knowledge, global crises and daily technological breakthroughs, it seems nearly impossible to keep up with the world and find time to invest in the study of subjects like literature which cannot feed malnourished children, create alternative energy or improve prosthetic limbs. For this reason, individuals who […]
For months, students are filled with stress, anxiety, fear, worry, and frustration. When the big day comes, they wake up at the crack of dawn, eat a healthy breakfast (if their nerves can tolerate it), go to a small classroom with other teenagers, pick up their yellow, wooden pencils, and work as efficiently as they […]
I think all schools should wear uniforms. Some kids don’t have enough money to afford nice cloths and they get make fun of and criticized for that. Everyone will look the same so there won’t be any distractions or anybody being an outcast. Schools won’t have to deal with low shirts, short skirts, sagging pants, […]
Today, standardized testing is one if the main ways colleges assess students for admission. Since the competition to be accepted into a top college is bigger than ever, it is crucial that students do well on these tests and utilize any advantage they can to help achieve this goal. The two main tests that every […]
Pitcher this. You’re in a happy place where troubles from family, friends, school, society, and anything else that you try to get away from go away. Nothing could make you happier until… BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! Happy times over. Tired? Want to relax for a few minutes? Too bad. The yellow car on four wheels will […]
As a student I find that every summer I am stuck reading a random book that I probably will not like. Then I am forced to write a report that I never actually think about. It always goes fast because I am so concerned with going outside and playing soccer or playing video games than […]
A lot of students from middle school and high school don’t like going to school. Either they don’t like to learn, they don’t like the other students who go there, or they just don’t like the overall environment. That is why home-schooling has been brought up numerous times, whether someone’s friend experiences it, one longs […]
I’m not a normal teenager. You see I am different and proud to be. People have told me that it is wrong to be different well if being different is wrong then I don’t want to be right. Normal isn’t something that people are expected to be it is just the way they act. Normal […]
The Awkward Freshman year. The first year of high school. The year that could change your life, make or break your high school experience. Well, forget that. Everything you have ever been told. For me all I was ever told was that high school was a lot harder, you have to constantly think about college, […]
Homework has been a hot potato between all youngsters and adults. A portion of people say that students nowadays have more than enough homework to deal with, while others say that homework is necessary for certain reasons such as that students forget what they learned over the weekend, hence they need homework to review their […]
We’re told from a young age time and time again that our body is, essentially, a sanctuary. We’re to guard it, defend it, and, substantially evident among schools, cover it. Not to speak on behalf of all schools, however my school has a strict, enforced code about proper clothing. Restrictions vary from a four inch […]
Part of every teenager’s high school is dealing with hardships. Whether it is hard class work, homework or issues with peers, everyday we deal with pressure. One of the difficulties we should never be dealing with however, is religious intolerance. Sadly, evidence of religious intolerance, advertent or inadvertent, appears quite often in our schools, even […]
It’s 3:00 pm, you still have at least three more hours of homework with the eight worksheets, two projects, one presentation, and one essay you were assigned. Not to mention you have all that plus an hour and a half sports practice, a leadership meeting, and a choir concert. By the time you are in […]
High school is one of the craziest experiences I’ve had so far. The first day of school is terrifying. You walk into school and you feel like a deer in the headlights. All of the Upperclassmen loom above you and you feel like a little kid that belongs back in seventh and eighth grade in […]
“Nigger” is a derogative term that is used to describe people of African American origin. It is a word that not many educated people use today. But in Mark Twain’s world of Huckleberry Finn it is a word that is used in everyday life. In the book’s time period, “nigger” was used playfully, jokingly, good-naturedly. […]
“Wake up Rubin,” my mom told me. “What are you talking about mom, where are we going,” I said to her. “What do you mean where are we going, nobody’s going anywhere only you are going at school,” she said. Then I remembered that our teachers and director told us a week ago that we […]
“NO!” comes the cry. What are they screaming against? The threat of school uniforms. School uniforms are completely unnecessary, too expensive for some families, oppose student expression, and are disliked by students. A dress code accomplishes restriction of inappropriate clothing without complete restriction caused by uniforms. First, many families wouldn’t be able to afford the […]
It was the end of August 2015 when what everyone saw as a new beginning felt to me like the end to my ambitions. It was the first day of AP Summer Bridge (a week long session to introduce the curriculum of some Advanced Placement classes), it was very hot and the sun was shining, […]
Today, my mom told me it would be a good idea if I brushed up on my physics skills to prepare for my next school year. After moaning and whining for about half of the day, I pulled my old and dusty physics book out and began reading. After about fifteen minutes, I was completely […]
High school. The glorious nightmare that is your life. But forget about tests, homework, and grades. This time is about social hierarchy…and at the top is the girl who rules them all. She alone has the power to manipulate anyone into doing anything for her. The boys stare at her with their tongues hanging out. […]
Adolescents today are left to find their way through the labyrinth that is nutrition. Being forced to observe the tastiest items in front of their eyes, while being told they lead to diabetes and obesity, or having to choose between what is the most efficient versus the most healthy, is the challenge we imply on […]
Hallways. Every high school has them and that is where most of the s*** happens. Even if you’re only in them for five minutes between classes, a lot can happen in five minutes. Within 30 seconds, you will have already heard about three guys say “suck my dick” to no one in particular and the […]
All religious ideals aside, the Bible is world-renowned as the most influential piece of literature to mankind, the most popular and most frequently purchased book and the official documentation of the legendary Jesus of Nazareth who, whether people believe in his status as the Son of Man or not, was a living, breathing revolutionary whose […]
I think that schools nowadays have too many students in classes, especially public schools and this is causing major issues not to schools in the United States but potentially to schools in any and every country in the world. Larger sizes prove to be a challenge financially since public schools are free and are funded […]
With summer winding down and families beginning to exchange bathing suits and sunscreen for backpacks and notebooks, many kids’ minds are undoubtedly filled with wistful memories of sun, sea, and sand as they cling to their final lazy mornings and try to forget about the jail (I mean classroom) to which they will soon return. […]
One of the few memories that I have from kindergarten is baking Apple pies in the fall, playing bowling with pumpkins during halloween, and taking standardized test during the spring. I remember all of my classmates being placed all around the classroom being told to fill in the answers on a bubble sheet. Not fully […]
Knowing that I would be delegated to bring up a discussion, I wondered why not address my talk to a populous that seems dire enough to seek the stakes for a prospective future? For the medium of this topic should primarily consist of students. This audience, of course, is perfect for the meaningful words that […]
There is a large amount of hate against school. Kids feel trapped and bored. They go because they don’t see any other choice. They’re told if they don’t go they will grow up to be stupid and have a terrible life. Yet the education provided to students is often pathetic. Its uncool to be too […]
The United States is a democracy, why can’t schools be one too! A democracy would make schools so much better. “Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man” Ronald Reagan. Every day around the United States of America students are dictated and told how to […]
