Music’s evolution is interesting. I am a personal lover of music (as my CD collection is in the hundreds). I take music in high school, 3 classes of it. It is a really fun and challenging way to express yourself. Probably one of the hardest music classes I am taking right now is Jazz Band. […]

The usual teaching method of question and answer has been used for longer than I’d like to imagine. The reason that I would rather not think about the time that this way has been used is because of how ineffective it has always proven itself to be. Being able to say everything has a definite […]

I breathed science, it can do amazing things such as extend life, cure disease, and make machines that do the daily work. Life without science would be dull and miserable. Until my sophomore year of high school, I had the worst teacher. She would swear all the time and make inappropriate jokes that usually singled […]

My favorite book that I read was How to Steal a Dog. How to Steal a Dog was an exciting story about a girl, Georgina, whose her mother and little brother, are evicted from their apartment. They have been living in their car—and Georgina is so embarrassed about the situation. This book is full of […]

My first summer home without summer school was my first summer before high school. For once I was homework free—well, at least that is what I thought. On the fourth week of vacation my aunt informed me that I had to complete a summer reading assignment. This was the first time I would have to […]

Dear Lexi, The day is still as clear as it was seven years ago. Going back to that frigid September morning I remember myself, ten years old at the time, scared and unsure of what the future held for me. I sat, hunched over in a pew, wearing all black, with my curly blond hair […]

Teenagers need nine hours of sleep every night. If they do not get nine hours, they will be tired throughout the day, not perform as well in school and in sports, and may even have stunted growth.However, getting this amount of sleep is often impossible because of the amount of homework given to students. Teachers […]

Can’t I miss one day of school I’ll never make it into honors classes. I can’t wait to run away from here. I could never make my parents proud. I really want to get suspended. I don’t understand how my friends maintain good grades. I never go a day without trying to fail on an […]

“Why am I learning this?”, “I’m never going to use this ever again. “, and “This is a waste of time.” are just a few of the statements High School students around the country ask themselves every single day. No matter your passion for Pythagoras or your enthusiasm for arithmetic, the true reality is that […]

Some may say that if the school is low on money why do they have sports teams? I am saying that we should keep sports teams for these reasons. One, it keeps kids out of trouble in and out of school. Second, you learn stuff on a team that you can’t be taught in school. […]

It is no secret that students are given busy work when a teacher is either absent or just down right lazy. Frankly, busy work is completely useless. There are two types of busy work and neither of which is effective. There is the type of work that seemingly benefits a student and the type that […]

“Behind every one of those test scores is a living, breathing child who has dreams and aspirations that may or may not align with what’s being measured on standardized tests,” says Ankur Singh, a freshman at The University of Missouri. The way a student performs on an exam does not effectively measure a student’s intelligence. […]

Why do teachers seem to always over react when students have a cell phone? The first glance of modern technology and they go into a frenzy about how students shouldn’t have those things on school property etc. What I don’t comprehend is where’s the danger?Sure I see how having a cell or an iPod out […]

In an ever growing society of technological advancement, innovation, and creativity, education is primarily the most significant factor for these contributions and growth of knowledge. Although public schooling has been a natural, traditional way of educating students, homeschooling also provides beneficial ways of promoting student learning. By identifying the characteristics that make homeschooling appealing to […]

People are judged daily for being “too chunky” or “pudgy and plump”; if you ever do this, consider the fact that obesity is a disease that affects people universally.National Institutes of Health reveals, “More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese, and more than 1 in 20 adults are considered […]

Communication is essential to everyone’s life. The voice of a person is one of their most valuable tools. This immensely valuable tool is often abused by the most trusted of people, our teachers! Everyday, as students, we shocked by the loudness and also lost by the softness of our teacher’s voices. Many of our teachers’ […]

Did you know that the school board is going to change the school hours from 8:30-3:30 to 9:30-4:30? Not only do you get an extra hour of sleep, but also you get a whopping 4? hours of sleep! But you have to realize that even one hour of extra sleep can do a lot. First […]

Home work sucks. Keeping track of it all, lugging books home, and occasional misunderstanding. Trust me, I’ve been there. Especially with the misunderstanding. I have a lot of trouble in math and when there are disruptive students I get distracted and end up not understanding that night’s homework. Most teachers give time to work on […]

Finding a date for homecoming, two words: awkward and scary. Especially when turning down the gentlemen with twelve red roses. Now Arrowhead students are grabbing their closest friends instead of a date to homecoming and ditching the normal routine. Arrowhead students have found the way to down the hurt from not getting asked or getting […]

Motivation is something every teen struggles with. I have read many books on waking up early, making routines, even books about motivation itself. Basically, I have come up with a way to stay motivated that works wonders for me. I am an online school student, which means that I make my own schedule. Well, I […]

The nominee in which I have chosen is my old English teacher Ms. ParMar from Northridge Academy High. This woman was the one teacher who I generally looked up too and was inspired by, she made literature seem like a fun learning experience and not as a 2-hour lecture. Although Ms. ParMar’s style was basic, […]

AmbitionAmbition, the drive that is needed in every human being to achieve their dream. Ambition sets apart the strong from the weak, the winners from the losers. I’ve always considered myself the strongest in that aspect. My ambition always set me apart from everyone else. All my life I’ve been called ambitious, by my parents, […]

High school is an important phase in a student’s life. It is the predecessor to the next important step, namely, college. Due to this fact, grades are quite literally the bane of a high school student’s existence. Their presence is constantly felt by the student, and the ominous shadow of stress that accompanies grades, especially […]

I go to a public high school that is situated in an affluent area. Many people move to my neighborhood because of the topnotch academics, and because of it, an epidemic is occurring. Almost every student in my junior class of about 300 would be able to admit that at one time or another, he […]

Throughout the day at school, I often find myself asked to do menial work for other, usually older, non-honors, students, made the target of derogatory comments about my physical appearance, mannerisms, or political beliefs, asked increasingly personal questions by people I don’t really know, and, to top it all off, treated like a narcissist or […]

When it comes to physical activity, one common attitude seems to exist: “No pain, no gain.”While short-lived pain can signify progress, chronic fatigue may suggest overtraining, leading to injury and incomplete body recovery.Often, adolescents endure the effects of overworked bodies engaged in a fast-moving academic lifestyle.To reduce the risk of injury associated with overuse and […]

The aura associated with college is severely wrong. People all told me that college is a blessing. They said it that is going to take me further in life, opening up new passages giving me a sense of dignity and respect for myself. It’s all one lie after another. All the thought of college has […]

“Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Alice, I am thirteen years of age, and I am in Gifted.” Gifted. That’s a word frequently used amongst me and my friends. Why is it used so often? Don’t ask, I’m not quite sure. Some of us use it as a badge of honor, others as […]

PART ONE: SCHOOL My intelligence is defined by numbers, letters, and percentages. Is that all I am? If you’re smart you’re expected to always know what you are doing. What about when It all gets to be too much? I enveloped myself in school. The regular one hour of homework turned into and hour and […]

Parents should not buy their children uniforms because the students can’t express him or her self, it can cost too much, and even too old to wear uniforms. One reason why parents should not buy uniforms for their child is that you can’t express yourself. If you have a lot of good clothes and you […]