Category Archives: Student Editorials

College football players should be paid

Colleges cost a ton of money to go to and most people want to go to a good college for a good education. When boys and girls are growing up lots, of them want to be on a good sports team. Around 8 million students are currently participating in high school athletics in the United … Continue reading College football players should be paid

Our School Starting Times Need to Change

Imagine school starting an hour later? Imagine having more time to get ready and sleep in? Studies show that if we have more time in the morning to sleep, we will be more prepared for the school day. Doctors recommend 7 – 9 hours of sleep each night. From personal experience, not getting enough sleep … Continue reading Our School Starting Times Need to Change

Stop Giving Out the Wrong Idea of Perfect

Filippa Hamilton was a model for the world famous company, Ralph Lauren. She considered Polo Ralph Lauren as her second family. But, in April of 2009, the company fired her. “They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn’t fit into their clothes anymore,” says the model. But, why was she fired? … Continue reading Stop Giving Out the Wrong Idea of Perfect

The Great Aspects and Advancements of Youth Football

Many kids play football and adore it. People say it should be taken away because it is way to dangerous. Why would you ban one of the most popular sports in America? I play football and I love it. I have so much fun as do my friends. Our team is not very good but, … Continue reading The Great Aspects and Advancements of Youth Football

False Information in mainstream media

Imagine coming home, going online, and finding your face smeared all over major news sources, and threats sent to all forms of your social media accounts. You might think this would never happen, but it has happened to many people. A high-school student named Nicholas Sandmann came home from a rally to find that he … Continue reading False Information in mainstream media

The Problem With Gene Editing.

On November 25, 2015 Dr. He Jiankui announced via Youtube that he had decided to push humankind across a controversial threshold. He announced that his work was responsible for twins that had been born that we’re both subject to genetic engineering using CRISPR. This was a threshold widely considered to be off limits. In 2015 … Continue reading The Problem With Gene Editing.

Creating Sustainable Agriculture

What do we think of when it comes to the future?  It seems to always be white skyscrapers with blue windows and green plants everywhere else.  These ideological cities are fascinating to think about, the one where even parking lots are farms.  This future always seemed like a fantasy, but as our agricultural system becomes … Continue reading Creating Sustainable Agriculture

Banning Plastic Shopping Bags Is The Way To Go

I was scrolling through Instagram one day, and I saw something that undeniably caught my attention. Someone put a post on their story about the stories of plastic bags and sea turtles. I watched the video, and it was about how terrible plastic bags are for our world and how much it’s ruining our oceans. … Continue reading Banning Plastic Shopping Bags Is The Way To Go

“Sexy” Should Not Describe Self-Induced Scars

Elana Quartararo, a generation Zer like me, said in a New York Times editorial much like this one, “Like it or not, social media has given us a way not only to speak out, but to educate ourselves and expand our minds in a way that is unprecedented.” Today is abundant in its impact. Sadly, … Continue reading “Sexy” Should Not Describe Self-Induced Scars