When high schoolers graduate today many can read Shakespeare and factor equations. However they can’t seem to make a budget, cook a meal or stay on schedule. In school we focus on content, and learning,...
The lights dim, the room grows quiet and still, the stage left in disarray. Just moments earlier, the room was filled with chatter and enjoyment, all of this coming to a stop as Nazi soldiers storm into...
Another morning waking up exhausted. If sleep is essential to survival, why are we the only age group forced to compromise our sleep schedules? We're overworked, exhausted and constantly running on empty....
To many, high school can be a time to goof off and fully embrace your teenage years. However, coming from someone who both slacked and worked hard, I’m telling you right now it is not the time to slack...
In the weeks leading up to the AP Government exam, I have been cramming countless required documents, court cases and legislative rules. Although much of the content covered in AP Government can be intricate,and...
I’m not an expert, so if you're reading this hoping I’ll tell you to ED to XYZ school or whether it’s “worth it” to retake the SAT, you might be in the wrong place. That’s a job for your counselor,...
Cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity and diabetes, infectious diseases and organ transplantation. All are being researched at Harvard University, and all are at risk of losing federal...
I wish I was one of those girls with the perfectly strong, long nails that reach above their finger tip gracefully extending the lines of their fingers. You know, the girls with the fresh coat of pastel...
By the time I get home from school, I'm done. My brain is fried, my ears are ringing from all the hallway noise and I feel like I've been going nonstop since 7 a.m. Between class discussions, constant...
If you’ve been on social media in the past month, you’ve probably scrolled past video after video of friends and students drenching themselves in freezing water and tagging others to do the same like...
For decades, Coachella was the literal apex of music culture. It was where legends returned (yes, Beychella), where new icons emerged and where fashion trends were born. It mattered. For a while, if you...
I got my grade back for an English assignment and I was surprised to find I had lost points. I didn’t lose points because my writing was weak or my analysis of the book was bad. I lost points because...
As flowers bloom, trees get greener and the Staples courtyard fills with free period tanners, joy seems to have been brought back into the dull school day. Everything is perfect until you wake up with...
