Being an active member of the academic world, (I understand this isn’t exactly voluntary, but I’m a part of it nonetheless) I have to express my status as a grievant against the inner goings-on of the forum that is modern-day education. There was a time, a time long before teacher’s unions and things of the […]

Dear Fellow Peers What makes us fear growing up? What makes us not exceed our maximum potential? Is it that we feel threatened or inferior of other achievements? Or maybe it’s the fact that one day soon we will have to stop holding onto the past, we won’t be able to hide from our future […]

During my minimester experience, I have noticed teachers do not act like I normally view them in a classroom environment. Teachers can be quite. ..cool.A minimester is a week out of the academic school year that my school created to let students learn something they would not normally get to learn in a school environment. […]

Dean, a seventeen-year-old transgender boy, takes online classes instead of going to a traditional campus because of his insecurities that developed once he came out to be transgender. He stopped attending regular school because he was forced into girls’ activities and bathrooms even though he lives as a boy in every other aspect of his […]

It has come to my attention that the marking period is coming to an end. I’m sure we all know what that means; it’s time finalize and lock those grades in for report cards. However, many kids tremble during this short period of time because they have grades that are not up to par. The […]

Dear Teachers and Deans, Teenagers are hard to handle. With our attitudes and stubbornness, we are definitely a handful. We slack off and get labelled as lazy. But what I don’t understand, is why we are all labelled as lazy and trouble. We are labelled as always wanting to underage drink and get drunk with […]

Ever feel completely ignored? Well, that’s how I feel, every day. No matter how hard you try, how much work you do, how much you throw youreself out there, it’s never good enough. The invisable hand goes up when asked a question, bursting with knowledge, desperate to give the answer. The hand then collapses to […]

How would you feel if you weren’t able to get into the college you want because you didn’t do good on the SAT but you had a 98 average? The SAT can prevent one of us from going to the college we want. Colleges should use other criteria besides SAT scores. Many colleges require a […]

I am so tired of this! No I am not tired of writing I am tired of my school charging out so much money for everything! Ever since I started high school my school fees are $300 and that’s just the school fees for someone that bought lunch all year long they had to pay […]

Starting kindergarten is the scariest, that very first day of school, not knowing what to expect. Grasping your mother’s hand tightly in your own as you make your way to the bus stop, clinging to her leg, pleading with her to come with you. But she just gives you a kiss, hands you your lunch […]

Last Friday, I graduated. Looking back, I realized that I sacrificed too many things to get into a good college and excel high school. If you are an underclassmen or junior right now, I hope you read on. If I were in your shoes, I would have strived in high school differently. There are so […]

I’ve always been told that I will never get a job as a high school art teacher. I’ve been told that nobody will want to hire me because art is “not an important subject” and “doesn’t benefit anything.” Hearing this almost crushed my dreams, but after doing some research, I found that all the nay-sayers […]

For my nominee, I will nominate my teacher Michelle Knight. She is a middle school teacher, and a huge role model to me. She teaches science, writing, and reading. She is a middle school teacher, but she was a lower school teacher. Before I came to this school in kindergarten, I was thought of as […]

Have you ever heard of a school of love? If yes, which one? If not, I know one that only have your best interest at heart. My favorite school is my high school in Omaha. This school is the most marvelous and loving school I’ve ever known. The students threat each other as sisters. They […]

Teens are now loaded with homework. So much that they do not have time for being teens. Most students in my grade start making their homework at 2 or 3 pm and finish it at 11 or 12 pm , even at 2 am. We wake up at 5 or 6am for school. We have […]

My experience attending Catholic school has shaped me into the person I am today. Coming from a public elementary school, I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for a Catholic education. I heard rumors such as “The classes are impossible to do well in” and “There are endless hours of homework every night”. Yet, as […]

Have you ever sat in a class and listened to a teacher talk about a topic as boring as the rock cycle? Than you’re in school. School has many advantages and disadvantages. You gain more advantages by going to school, like an education. In school you learn about more things than you realize and the […]

Yes, in my opinion it’s true, education has our minds stunted. It doesn’t make much sense that something meant to open our minds to the possibilities of the world around us has such a negative effect on the youth of this generation. Why then, is it the truth? Well, simple. Restrictions, measuring the ability of […]

As the fun filled and educational week known to the upper school students as minimester has come and gone there is only next year’s adventures left to look forward to. Some enjoyed trips all over the globe while others stayed in town and delved themselves into subjects of interest. Starting on Monday, January 30th a […]

Sobbing. Not mine of course, I already accepted defeat upon arrival. Instead, it’s my parents taking the hit for me. High-school letters arrived in the mail, and they are not looking so good. I didn’t make it. So what? Is some hoax of a number going to tell me who is smarter than me? I […]

Everyone has be through a time where they wanted to take a day off. They can accomplish many tasks in the extra time. No matter how much one likes their job or what they do, it happens. It can positively change our society. With a three day weekend people will be happier; it can save […]

The arts in schools are an extremely important source of education and should be treated as such. I find it frustrating that classes such as band, theatre, art, and dance are treated as lesser-than compared to athletics. This is evident in my school and many other schools throughout the country. Arts classes are just as […]

School sports are a blast! You are with your friends! You are working hard! You are having fun and getting better while doing what you love to do! Practice might go a little longer than planned, and there might be an open gym afterwards for you to get some one on one time with the […]

School Hours Don’t you think school is longer in way. and don’t you think it would be less confusion if we had a shorter break? This is why School hours should be decreased, because us teens will have more free time and it will be less attitude towards adults and stress and people. Well we […]

The most horrific thing man kind has ever created is the atomic bomb. The second most horrific thing is the public restroom. Public restrooms are completely disgusting; they smell of rank sewage, and with one step inside anyone’s eyes will begin to pour with tears, as if their eyes were Niagara Falls. But there is […]

The road to college or university is a tough one that actually starts in the tenth grade(in Canada). In grade 10, at the ripe old age of 15, the school expects you to pick your eleventh and twelth grade classes. But they are not as fast to point out that you need certain credits and […]

Graduation requirements are getting stricter and stricter allowing students less space for electives in their schedules. These requirements are mostly expanding areas like Science, Math, History, and Business. These areas are very beneficial, but what if you are a really good creative writer? Or actress? Or photographer? In college admissions an elective in fields like […]

Definitions are such a big role in our lives. They give a person a label, and whether it is good or bad it can build up someone’s confidence, or tear it down. We allow these definitions to have so much power because of this reason. We care too much about what other people label us […]

I’m a sophmore in high school and you’d think life would fine and dandy. No pressure, right? Wrong. There are enormous amounts of pressure. Everyday I’m reminded that I only have 4 years left and it’s off to college, off to the real world. My sisters are constantly telling me what classes to take, what […]

In today’s world, connections are everything. Knowing someone who can get you a job or can introduce you to someone important is the difference between becoming a CEO and working as a clerk. I am personally blessed to have a large amount of connections due to the fact that many people in my family run […]