When I think of best teacher or best person, the first image that come to my mind is that of Mrs. Stein-Jackter. She is not my favorite teacher because she gives me good grades or teaches good. Rather, the best feature of Stein is that she acts like a human, while some of the other […]

A little under a year ago I departed from my elementary and middle school friends, we were all stepping into a new shoe. Most of my friends chose to follow up into St. Gertrude’s and Benedictine, while I chose to follow my father and sisters and go to Trinity. Between these schools there are huge […]

Dear ___, I don’t know your name yet and it’s the 4th week of school. Isn’t that sad? It wouldn’t be that devastating if you were someone else, but you aren’t. I’ve seen you around school and you seem pretty popular. You hangout with the other pretty, popular girls (Don’t worry I know their names, […]

The pounding of your alarm crushes the silence that was persistent through the night. You creep your eyes open to a darkness that seems soothing yet despising. You reach helplessly for the device that is becoming more of a torturing distraction rather than an alarm. When your hand seems to flop upon the snooze button […]

Among a group of 34 other industrialized nations, including China, South Korea, Finland and Russia, America’s students on average were ranked 25th in math, 14th in reading, and 17th in science. These statistics clearly represent how America’s education system doesn’t perform to the same effectiveness as other nations’. The current mindset and execution of the […]

The average college student all go through the same things, worrying about grades, dating, studying, and their social life. For most this is all they can handle, it’s tough enough to get good grades even with a bunch of free time. Now imagine you’re a student athlete, you are expected to pass every class with […]

Dress codes are unfair, targeted towards girls, and body shame young women. Fifty-three percent of teenage girls report that they are already unhappy with their body, so why would schools make teenage girls feel bad about showing a little skin. Its not like girls are running around with nothing on. I say if a girl […]

Do you know something thats really disgusting that children are eating every day? School lunches… school lunches both taste bad and look bad but were they always this way? The answer would be no but let me first explain the current school lunch system. The current school lunches are really easy for everyone because all […]

I live my life for learning and developing, growing and getting better. I live for overwatch and playing it when I get home from school, I live for Youtube when i’m done living for overwatch. I then live hating the homework that could have just been classwork, hating the very idea of homework that decides […]

Homework is one of those thing that some people think is very important and some people hate it. I personally think that it is not necessary, and it is counter intuitive. First, when you go home with homework, you are either one of two people. You either know what you’re doing, and you are just […]

Do test scores really show how smart someone is?Do they really show how intelligent a person is and how well they do in class?Well, to start off, my grades suck, my test scores suck.But somehow, when I get the homework and quizzes, I actually get decent grades. My notes are neat and colour-coded, I have […]

What are things that motivate you, or things that inspire you? What keeps you going? Self-Motivation is a great trait that not everyone has. Some people lack motivation and others have an abundance of it. Life would be a lot easier if everyone had their own motivation that helped them achieve their goals. I have […]

I’d been hearing my parents yell and argue with me every day since I began 8th grade because I was a just barley passing my classes and I’d yell at them for yelling at me so far. When I came home today I argued with my step father. This wasn’t the first time. We’d argued […]

Hey, you! Yeah, you. Are you reading this? Or are you so tired from being awake since 6 o’clock that you don’t even know what’s going on? The cause of this inability to pay attention can be blamed on school days beginning too early. Most schools start classes before 8 a.m., forcing students to wake […]

As the new school year begins, millions of teenagers will once again find themselves struggling to wake up early in the morning so as to get to school on time. However, recent concerns regarding the lack of sleep most adolescents receive has had some people calling for school to start later. They are saying that […]

After CNN asked a parent how they felt about homework, Eric Entriken replied, “We just need to figure out what the right dosage is. Currently, it is much too high. ” Students go to school for eight hours each weekday and are learning the majority of the time. Some may go home after school and […]

I remember eight months ago as I anxiously awaited my new schedule for junior year, and I wondered like every other kid my age if I would have a “good teacher. ” Luckily as it turns out this has been my favorite year yet; all my teachers have been amazing and I have genuinely enjoyed […]

High school is supposed to be a place for teenagers to start getting exposed to what society calls “the real world.” But as I learn about censorship in school and how classic books like Catcher in the Rye are being banned, I start to realize how high school students aren’t being exposed; they’re being blinded […]

Dear. Mr. President, The Colleges prices are drastically are going up. With growing college prices, it’s hard for people to even afford college. If their parents do not have the kind of money to send their kids to college do there will always be people that have a lower education than others. There are obviously […]

“The list for the classrooms hosting extra time will be posted on the bulletin board. You can ask the front office if you don’t know if you’re in extra time.” our Head of High School announces during morning meeting.We all stand there listening, finals is just a week away and we’re all on edge, ready […]

We are all marked by a number throughout out school career. Some have the number of 4.0, 3.5, or maybe 2.68. All of us in school are identified with a number 0-4, and possibly past four with AP classes, if you didn’t catch on I’m talking about GPA. Each of us has one; some may […]

One touch. One touch of a button is all there is that separates you from the world unknown. One touch is all it takes to find success. One touch is all that separates you from the drawing room heroes. One touch is all it takes to unleash your imagination and let it run wild! Let […]

Students grades don’t just effect themselves. Their grades effect everyone around them. Only one third of students entering high school are proficient readers. If students are falling behind on their grades, there should be consequences. Their grades effect their future. The better education the student receives, the better jobs they can be offered. I think […]

Dear Dr. Iverson: It has been brought to my attention of your egregious decision to force the students at Arrowhead Private School to wear dress clothes. I construe that, we the students, get to decide what we are to wear. I will not tolerate this conformity and will fight until impunity no longer exists. When […]

As far as teenagers go, we like to think that we are the average teen. We both have our own sports and extracurriculars, take advanced classes, and work hard to be successful in our education and athletics. Leaning towards the STEM side of things, our initial reaction to this RED Project in language arts was […]

As I was visiting my aunt in the city, she brought me to the school where she works. Her school teaches Arabic, Spanish, and English for kindergarten through sixth grade. Of course in the city they have a lot more diverse languages, but what about the smaller towns? At my school, we have a very […]

The issue of equal education is hotly debated in our community right now. With near constant budget cuts, many parents are arguing for the closure of “schools of choice” and other additional educational programs used by the schools of this county. I for one agree with theses parents 100%. Being a student of one of […]

While working at a restaurant, I have learned that people can be difficult and frustrating. Sometimes you need to take a long break. Because of this, I believe the current nine month school calendar is a superior system to the year round. Some of the reasons for this include: the ability for students to have […]

Schools should get rid of all homework forever. A lot of kids don’t even do their homework so why have it? The reasons that they should get rid of homework are some kids don’t do their homework, it’s a waste of paper and it brings students grades down. A whole bunch of kids don’t even […]

Education is one of the most important aspects of life because it can change and impact one’s future. Students try their best to succeed in school by doing homework while also balancing their social life. Homework takes up a majority of a student’s life even after having long class hours. Also, many students are involved […]