It was just a regular day in which I decided to check my Twitter. It was bombarded with the one topic: net neutrality. The majority of the Tweets were in favor of net neutrality and agreed that it should remain. I didn’t really care for the topic until this Tweet...
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Personal Narrative: Ends Into New Beginnings
As school soon comes to an end, the beginning of summer soon arrives. This time of year can be a strange one. Especially with school, it can seem more like an ending than a beginning. Though changes may be minor, you leave the routine of the school year behind and...
The Path to College
College can be terrifying and for others college can be exciting. We’ve all heard many things about college from our parents, siblings, friends or teachers. We’ve heard their opinions, experiences, and suggestions, but it’s not until the very last day of high school...
Technology: The Backbone of our Youth
“Attack of the Killer App” is a disturbingly accurate episode of Futurama. Although based in the year 3000, Futurama contains many references to current human culture. This particular episode makes fun of the famous iPhone and how people revolve their lives around...
Opinion: The Problem with Testing
Tests make me extremely anxious. I despise the idea that someone will judge me based on what I have memorized. As a kid, I always feared being left behind, and this fear has manifested itself in many ways. Not being intellectually capable as my peers are is one of...
Opinion: Why start anew?
Starting from scratch is that quite frankly what we try to avoid at all times. We see starting “new” as a struggle to start again. We think of the effort that we will have to devout into the “new” that we forget about why we are thinking about change. The tantamount...
The Change that Comes with College
With the end of the year right around the corner, millions of seniors start to finally choose where they will go for college. Although a majority may want to stay close to home, our dream schools are far away. We will inevitably experience an uneasy feeling during...
Oh Testing, Why Must You Be This Way?
Testing: a student’s greatest enemy besides grades. Testing has always been an issue for educators, students, and parents. Standardized testing is used in many schools in order to measure how much a student has learned as well as keep track of a teacher’s...
What will cause the next recession?
In the last recession of 2007-2009 the economy was crippled. Millions of people lost their jobs and homes making it the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Economists say, that there is usually a recession every three years, and we are now six years...
The Truth Hurts: Is a college degree worth the cost?
Should attending a four-year college be the aim of every high school senior in the world? Answers vary of course, but it all revolves around the cultural pressure to head straight to college after high school and centers on enrolling in a four-year institution. It's...