My cousins cousin was probably one of the nicest people you would ever meet whenever I saw her she was happy and just always made people laugh. It wasn´t until one day when I saw her and she just wasn’t herself, grant it I had only seen her about 5 times before, but I … Continue reading Social Media Needs a Limit
We’ve all had that uncomfortable moment when standing near or talking to a person, and were unable to identify what they are. Not so long ago, mistaking someone’s gender was a silly mistake; but now a serious personal offense. This problem is constantly evolving and worsening over time, with new terms slowly being accepted into … Continue reading The Reconstruction Of Gender in Our Society
I was speaking to my friend Emily, we were sharing our ideas for our editorials. As I began to lecture about my topic, I asked her, what does it mean to be a hero? She began with a few sentences that I agreed with. And then she ended with saying that a hero is someone … Continue reading What is a True Hero?
Most of us aren’t bad people. We do good things and say the right things in front of the right people. But behind someone’s back, you can say horrifying, terrible things, but it’s okay because you think it doesn’t matter. But the truth is, it does. You get made fun of if you’re wearing … Continue reading Changing the Way We Treat Each Other
It’s a winter day there is a fresh coat of snow on the ground. You get up from the bed and you can see your dog. He is warm and he isn’t hungry. On your way out the door, you see a dog laying on the cold snowy floor all by himself. You can tell … Continue reading Don´t choose to abuse
I was only 10 years old and I was playing AYSO soccer, I was running with the soccer ball when I got slide tackled. When his legs slammed into mine I felt my legs go straight up into the air. As I fell back my head landed right on his knee. Instantly pain shot through … Continue reading Change Youth Sports Rules
Imagine you just got out of college and are finally living in your own house, away from your parents and on your own. You find out that the house is too expensive, so you join the military and get the bonus of $100 a month so you can afford your new home. After serving for … Continue reading Giving Veterans What They Deserve
I was at an afterschool activity when a couple students took “Make America Great Again” hats out of their lockers. This bothered me. Recently, the MAGA hat has become an extremely controversial topic. MAGA hats were involved in a racial standoff between a native man and high schoolers recently. What bothers me about the hat … Continue reading Was America Ever Great?
While listening to a sports radio talk show host discuss the idea of college athletes getting paid, I ask my dad, “Why should they get paid Dad?.” He says,”They bring millions of dollars into the college institutions, and billions to the NCAA!” Zion Williamson, an NCAA College basketball star attending Duke University was one … Continue reading College Athletes should be Paid
Charlotte had grown up snowmobiling. One day as she flew over the white landscape, the glare blinded her. Within seconds, she was on the ground with a sharp pain in her back. She was rushed to the hospital and given two weeks worth of painkillers. Once the medication ran out, she wasn’t just in pain, … Continue reading Keep Prescription Painkillers Away from Teens
Have you ever really thought about what happens to animals during testing experiments? My heart breaks imagining innocent and defenseless creatures being hurt in order to find cures that may or may not work on humans. Testing on animals has been in existence since 500 BC. Many researchers believe that there is no other … Continue reading End testing on animals
Tears coming down my brothers face as he comes storming into the house from his baseball practice screaming “I don’t like it!”. After everything calmed down, I decided to ask what happened, after a long while of taking the long story short was, he cracked under the pressure. His coach was “too aggressive and the … Continue reading Is There Too Much Pressure in Youth Sports?
Have you ever looked up at the vast sky on a cloudless night and noticed how the stars seem hazy, more distant? Or gone to the beach and found trash littering the once beautiful shore? Have you ever looked at all the majestic and powerful animals that are endangered and wondered; why? Who would do … Continue reading Overriding Climate Change; Conserving our Home
When we have debates at our school, everyone buzzes about it. It’s an amusing way to argue, but not when people hurtfully calumniate each other about opinions. I admit I do bash it too, but we need to stop. In social studies, we had a debate, and all I could hear was “beat those democrats … Continue reading Are Political Parties working as well as they used too?
Allie Rambo is someone you most likely don’t know, but someone whose story is unfortunately common in the United States. She is a random addict who is sadly caught in the horrible opioid crisis. She will probably die soon and join the 130 miserable people who die every day because of opioids, according to the … Continue reading End the Opioid Crisis by Monitoring Its Leading Contributors- Teenagers
Technology has provided us all the information ever known to mankind. But we are being told by adults that this is harming us and should therefore be taken away. But they can’t limit its use forever, especially when we live in a world that completely relies on it. Our generation uses technology daily to learn … Continue reading Should technology be restricted for children?
Let’s get things straight, teachers expect students to make time for friends, family, homework, extracurricular activities, and get long, efficient hours of sleep. They even want us to eat healthy, and from my experience, eating healthy takes time. We as students, just don’t have enough time in the day to fit all of that in! … Continue reading The Reform Homework Policy
As I sit in class everyday I watch my fellow classmates disrespect teachers,I hear my peers talking about it in the hall about what just happened in that class. Teachers come back to their classroom after being out for the day and they see a mess. I see students looking through teachers desks,stealing there … Continue reading Too Much Disrespect Not Enough Discipline
Most people in the world knows it. Our earth is starting to die, we have been polluting the air with way too much Co2 (carbon dioxide) and now we are starting to see the giant effects. The arctic ice caps are melting, the sea levels are rising, and more natural disasters are happening. Our effects … Continue reading Slowing Down Climate Change
It’s a Saturday night, around 8:30 p.m. I turn on the TV, and flip throughout the channels until I reach channel 23. ION Television. They usually play Law and Order; SVU. The show that brings crime, drama, and the criminal justice system to every single episode. However, at the end of each episode at least … Continue reading What is The Purpose of Prison?