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Schools Should Focus on Students Mental Health to Improve Stress

Schools are the key to a better future, but they can also destroy your mental health. Stress is a big part of school and unlike adults, who can communicate about how stress impacts their lives, children and teens may not recognize or even have the words to describe how they’re feeling.  Stress can be really … Continue reading Schools Should Focus on Students Mental Health to Improve Stress

The Need to Save Future Generations

A newly-graduated 20 year-old holds their own, tear-soaked face, in their shaky hands. Looking up, they see loads upon loads of paper, showing how much money this confused human owes the government, also known as taxes. Groaning, not understanding what to do, they think to themselves: “If only I had learned how to do this … Continue reading The Need to Save Future Generations

Why You Need to Listen to Students

Be positive. Never give up. Do your best. These phony phrases are reminiscence of posters plastered in classrooms, a bandaid over the wound of mental illness in the schools. The CDC reported that suicide was the 2nd leading cause for 10-14 year olds in the US. Panic attacks. Depression. Meltdowns. Mental health is a teenage … Continue reading Why You Need to Listen to Students

Schools Need to Start Later

Every morning students across America wake up at the crack of dawn, half asleep, to get ready for school. During school, the students are sluggish, tired, and in need of more sleep. Experiments have been conducted with schools finding out whether or not the start time of schools really affect students’ mental health and performance … Continue reading Schools Need to Start Later

Bio-Poem:Ava

Ava Faithful,Simpleton,Trusty, Adventurous Daughter of Barbara and David,sister to John and Matthew Lover of Mexican food, the crisp pine air and joyful spirit that rolls around when the holidays come, and of course her family and friends. Who feels thankful for her good education, a good mindset, and feels blessed to be alive Who finds … Continue reading Bio-Poem:Ava

Nicholas’s Letter Essay #3: Football Genius

Recently, I finished reading Football Genius, a 244 page book by an author named Tim Green. He has loved sports ever since he was a kid. He started writing about 10 years ago, after he finished his NFL football career. Football Genius was published in 2007 and has sold millions of copies throughout the world. … Continue reading Nicholas’s Letter Essay #3: Football Genius

Digital Versions of School Books?

Technology has triggered our advanced digital age. Paper books are out; tablets and computers are in. You can hold either five grand textbooks, or a tablet containing the information of hundreds. In school, paperwork and textbooks should be swapped for digital versions. My social studies textbook is approximately 600 pages. Textbooks come from trees and … Continue reading Digital Versions of School Books?