Educated people throughout history like Thomas Jefferson, Aristotle and many others were not given “grades” in school. Now, in a world where college acceptance rates are shrinking, good grades are more vital than ever. What used to be a major accomplishment is now a...
Harassment and abuse against Asian people has been around for a long time before the Coronavirus, but it's gotten worse throughout the pandemic. Clark Magnet High School sophomore Winnie Ann Masaoy has noticed the growth of slurs against Asian people. “I think those...
COVID-19 has caused quarantining throughout the world and has devastated communities, families, social networks, and careers — some more so than others. In the United States, there has been more than 29 million reported COVID-19 cases and more than 539,000 deaths,...
You’re having a rough day. It’s raining outside, and the shoes that you just washed last week are soaked in mud. You forgot your homework at home, and just found out that the test on your least favorite subject is next week. To make matters worse, you just missed your...
Since the widespread protests that erupted from the killing of George Floyd, statues across the country were torn down as a rise against racism. Now, many in the campus community are looking more closely at a historical landmark installed at Pierce College in 1988. ...
Whenever politics is brought up in a conversation, it’s always a “grown-up” thing. Something that only adults talk about, something that is too controversial and confusing to understand. For this reason, so many kids stray away from educating themselves about it or...
The aim of the letters for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is to represent and discuss the story in a meaningful way, particularly the life of the 15-year-old protagonist named Charlie, who experiences a mental illness. Through the course of Charlie’s first year of...
The coronavirus pandemic brought chaos and confusion to many lives around the world. The coronavirus originated from Wuhan, China, which rapidly spread globally. This pandemic did not only show how dangerous the virus is, but it brought to light the true colors of how...
The 1995 documentary film “The Shadow of Hate” expressed the history of oppression, discrimination, violence, and hate in America. The narrator begins with a scene in Pennsylvania on a summer day in 1925 in which 40,000 American Klansmen gather together to declare...
“The Enduring Power of Friendship,” a 1996 American Health article written by Susan Davis, a writer in San Francisco, first introduced a story about Davis and her childhood friend, Kelly. The two girls knew each other for 12 years and went through so much together —...
