It was three o’clock in the morning. Face shoved in a phone. Making her feel more terrible about herself. Every Instagram post, every tik tok. Makes her feel like she isn’t good enough and isn’t skinny enough. Scientists have found that body image and social media are part of women’s struggles. According to King … Continue reading Teens Everywhere Need to be Smart About Social Media
Ever since their creation, video games have been said to cause violence. This idea is a widespread one, even though there is barely any evidence to attest to this. The media and people in general are so quick to relate video games with real-world aggression, such as shootings and killings. Despite this, studies have found … Continue reading Video games should stop being blamed for violence.
In today’s society, 65% of all women and 25% of all men have experienced some form of street harassment, one of the many forms of sexual harassment, at some point in their lives, a statistic according to the Huffpost. 65% of ALL women and 25% of ALL men. And the scariest part is that, according … Continue reading Harassers Need to be Held Accountable for Sexual Harassment
Shockingly, only 0.7% of students who learned a language in school can still speak it at a good level after it ends, according to a General Social Survey done by Berkley. This is a number that desperately needs to rise. The best way to do this is to learn Esperanto. Esperanto is an extremely simple … Continue reading Elementary Schools Should Teach Esperanto
Hurting others, hurting relationships, damaged mind, damaged body. These are all effects of drug use. People have been cheated out of medals and championships they rightfully won because the other team had an unfair advantage. Steroids/doping is bad overall, but yet, athletes still use them. According to an article in the journal Substance Abuse and … Continue reading The International Olympic Committee Must Punish Drug Abusing Athletes
“Though his injuries were minor (and the doctor agreed to perform only essential procedures), he was hospitalized for about 48 hours. And the bill totaled $968.29.” Said Peter Fenton, the owner of a cat who got into only a small accident, which caused him to have to pay much more than he was expecting. Connecticut … Continue reading Pets Need Our Help
Street harassment is usually first experienced by the age of 17, according to the National Public Radio. Street harassment is mostly unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on strangers in a public place without their consent and is directed at them because of their actual or perceived sex, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation, stated … Continue reading Schools Should Educate Boys to Respect Women
When I was younger I loved learning about polar bears, around nowadays I learn how they are dying off. Imagine younger generations, maybe even the next generation learning about polar bears the same way we learned about dinosaurs. Imagine telling them that it was humankind’s fault. But polar bears wouldn’t be the only species going … Continue reading The United States Should Use Renewable Fuel Sources Entirely
When should you draw the line? It’s a question that you have to ask yourself when it is too much and it crosses the line from disciplining your child to abuse. It’s a question almost every parent asks her children, and sometimes the line isn’t always clear. According to The Washington Post, In 2018 the … Continue reading Is It Abuse Or Discipline, Where To Draw The Line
It’s an average day, and you’re scrolling on a social media app. But today is different from the rest. Today an antisemitic post will be on your page. This event, as obscure as it seems, happens often. According to the Anti Defamation League, “4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets were posted and reposted on Twitter,” in a … Continue reading Antisemitism on Social Media Needs to Stop
“Redskins, Redskins, Redskins.” Is what you would be hearing if it weren’t for the sensitive people having to control everything they get offended by. The Washington Redskins sadly changed their name to the Washington Football Team on July 2nd 2020. Why you may ask, well people were offended by the Redskins name because it’s … Continue reading Is “Redskins” an offensive name for a team?
Many have most likely heard of depression, but do they really know what it is? Depression is a feeling where sadness and loss of interest takes over. Normal activities that you once enjoyed, no longer will be appealing. Many consider depression to be serious, but do they themself take it seriously? Depression affects around 300 … Continue reading Is depression taken seriously enough?
A lot of times, when a person, makes a joke about a difficult subject, such as rape or suicide, they are making this joke to help them deal cope. You are entitled to not enjoy these kinds of jokes and you have the right to leave when they are made, however this does not give … Continue reading Stop The Judgement
It is predicted that there are 25-50 active serial killers in the United States currently. Majority of those killers most likely displayed common psychopathic and sociopathic tendencies, such as hurting animals or narcissism, both things that could’ve been corrected if caught earlier. Imagine what the number of active serial killers would be if we had … Continue reading Trained Teachers and Child Care Workers
It was January 10th, 2015, and the Bengals and Steelers were facing off in a playoff game in the National Football League. It was 1st & 10, and the Steelers needed a score to secure the victory. Wide Receiver Antonio Brown, the game’s best receiver, gets knocked out on a play by a Performance … Continue reading Sports Leagues Need to Wake Up
The Olympic Sports Committee Should Ban Transgender Men in Women Sports I don’t think that transgender males should play in womens sports because of the unfair advantages. I think women can compete against these modified males, but they should stay with their same gender. To help you identify this problem is that adult modified … Continue reading Should Transgender Men Play in Women’s Sports?
Most students that are not attending school whether it’s for health reasons, or just personal preference have been using zoom and doing all of their classwork on a device. Our day involves sitting at a computer for about seven-eight hours a day, and on top of that one-two hours of homework on the computer regurley. … Continue reading Should homework for students be reduced?
In the past year, women all around the world have been losing their competitive sports to transgender men. These men who chose to play in women’s sports are taking advantage of an unfair biological advantage that gives them more strength, stamina, and bone density. In one instance back in 2014, transgender MMA fighter, Fallon … Continue reading Transgender WOMEN should not be allowed to play in women’s sports
Many adolescents struggle to wake up early for school. They are often cranky, skip breakfast and miss important directions. In order to allow kids to be more successful in school, administrators should start school later in the day. Research shows that teens inability to get out of bed … Continue reading School administrators should make school days start later.
In our invaluable democracy, journalism and news are crucial. According to a Gallup/Knight Foundation survey, eight in ten U.S. adults believe news and media are critical or very important to our democracy. News and media corporations inform us and allow us to better make our democratic decisions. Unfortunately, they also persuade. They use their reporting, … Continue reading Attention American Citizens: Stop Subsidizing Biased News