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 […]

My school will never let me get enough sleep. I never let myself get the significant amount of sleep at night because of HOMEWORK!!! And having to wake up at 6:00 AM just to get ready and catch the bus at 6:44. Once i’m on the bus my mind slowly falling asleep and catching my […]

The new dress code policy was released Thursday, addressing the complaints about how strict the dress code is for girls. GIrls are now allowed to show, at most, their eyelashes. “We didn’t think guys would be able to concentrate with such a liberal dress code policy, but we’ve decided to let girls show their eyelashes. […]

I will never understand why people find it necessary to hate on people who do not deserve it at all. I mean, there are these people who are making hate pages for celebrities. Like for example, Selena Gomez, I mean I get it that you may not love her music but that doesn’t give any […]

Recently I overheard two school administrators chatting amidst the pre-bell rush outside my first period class. One asked how the start of the school year was going and the other responded, “So far, very good. Everything is under control. ” Under control. The answer seemed reasonable enough, a run of the mill response. But when […]

How much do you like wearing almost anything you want to school? What if that privilege was taken away? School uniforms are a waste of money, takes away the right for a student to express themselves, and is a financial issue for families with little money. Schools think that uniforms will solve problems of gangs, […]

Summer reading. BORING! I am a junior and ever since I’ve been going to school and have been receiving summer reading assignments, I have thought them a waste of my time. Summer vacation should be a time to rest and not do any academic related things. It’s the time to hang out with friends go […]

In a country that is searching for answers as to why its children are not performing at top capacity, it seems fairly obvious that one of those answers may be found in the time at which they start their school day. For any parent who has looked with pity upon their teenage children as they […]

One sneer, one “harmless” joke, or one snide comment; this is where it all begins. These singular acts of bullying multiply, like a virus with no cure, and give birth to hundreds of other self-loathing thoughts within the minds of the infected. The virus needs no aid but only desires an opportunity to get inside […]

High School is a lot more work than middle school. I do not think it is harder but it is definitely a lot more work. For instance, on the 25th of August I had four hours of homework. This was more homework I had in a night than I ever had per night in middle […]

Entering my third year of Spanish at my high school, I have realized that the department as a whole does not have a very effective way of teaching the language to its students. Countless hours have been wasted while trying to learn ridiculous words such as “lawnmower” and “hammer.” I barely even say lawnmower and […]

Students still do not want to listen to the dress code policy. They think that it is dumb for us to have dress code. People agree with that, uniform should not be part of dress code. The only reason we wear it ,is because teachers think that students won’t get bullied. They are wrong students […]

“You just may start a chain reaction,” Rachel Scott. Imagine a middle school where the majority of sixth graders were swearing or doing drugs. What kind of environment does this create for other students? How did they even come up with the ideas that have been embedded into their brains? Could it be because of […]

Take the time to think about this. Kids should be able to have their cell phones with them at all times, even during the school day. Because what if something important happens outside of school and you need to be notified they could just txt you, or if we need a quick calculator, our phones […]

In the 21st Century schools are bigger, better, have a more diverse student body, and are more technology-integrated. Schools nowadays have more technology in their classroom than ever before. SMART Boards instead of blackboards, laptops instead of textbooks, even a Bring Your Own Device Policy. However, with all of these new educational advancements, there also […]

I’ve never been against homeschooling. Having been raised in a home where all five children were homeschooled, I’m quite in favor of it. Most arguments against homeschooling complain that children who are homeschooled don’t have the same social functionality, or educational opportunities as public schooled kids. My reply to that is that homeschooled children don’t […]

Research papers are something required for all English classes one semester each year. If your one of the lucky ones you have to do them twice. A research paper is long, crammed, antagonizing process. They really stink because normally they are the last month of the semester and you have to kind of cram it […]

Upon my experience, I do I fully agree on the idea of major courses being graded using a pass/ fail method. The reason I believe that my grades in core subjects such as mathematics, English, and science should be graded using a pass/fail grading system is mainly due to the academic rigor that is usually […]

The definition of a teacher is a person who teaches, especially in school. Now is that the definition of someone who helps, encourages, and will understand me? Or are they simply defining the meaning of someone who does not care, and will not understand me. I have realized from the past two years of middle […]

In my opinion I think education needs to be refined or at least modified. I’ve spent too many years doing the same thing. It’s almost as if everything after 5th grade has been review or just filler work pass sometime until graduation. Does it ever start feel like math has been the same material year […]

Wouldn’t you rather be judged by who you are, not what you wear? Wouldn’t you rather be judged not by how expensive your bag is, but how priceless your mind is? Wouldn’t you rather people see your personality, rather than what is in your closet? It is easier for people to talk about and outfit […]

POV Contest Should the Middle School start earlier and the High Schools start later? Our high school starts at 7:30am and our middle school starts at 9:00am. Some people had an idea to switch the times and make the middle school kids go earlier and the high school kids go later. Now, as a high […]

Suppose that due to budget cuts in your community, the school board decided to eliminate art and music education? Just think the kids would be affected the most and some teachers would be out of a job. Why would you agree to cancel music and art classes? Teachers, students, and the whole district should get […]

Introduction The educational system has been evolving over the last few decades. With concepts like Honors, Pre-AP, AP and many more, students are left speculating: What should I take? Is the extra work worth it? Will this even help me? Schools provide a vast spectrum of possibilities for students, allowing them to choose their classes […]

I’ve always thought it was funny the way we always seem to notice the little things in a big picture. Maybe it’s because it’s too cliche to notice the obvious stuff, or maybe it’s just because we actually care about the little things that don’t seem to matter at all. I’m not exactly sure when […]

Students think we should have a better lunch then we have now because people will actually eat it, people will get a better education, and people will save money. If we have better school lunch we will have great attendance because everyone would come to school for the lunch instead of these nasty lunches we […]