An article talks about a woman named Amanda and her daughter Sophie, who have quite the experience with school uniforms. Amanda has two kids who started school at their local Prep to Year 12 public school. AtContinue reading
Category: Education
How America is Failing Students in Education: the Lack of Foreign Languages
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine you move to the United States from a foreign country and speak a foreign language. You get dropped off at an elementary school and it’s a whole different world. Children and teachers communicating inContinue reading
I WANT YOU To Stop Getting Offended By Absolutely Everything
It is Tuesday, October 23, 2018, just another day for Megyn Kelly, a talk show host, journalist, and former anchor. She starts her day off like many others, at the set of Megyn Kelly Today.Continue reading
Do Schools Really Understand Their Start Times?
4:45 a.m. That is when the alarm goes off for Morgan to start her day. She begins by opening her groggy eyes and is not motivated to start another school day. Once again, she thinksContinue reading
Is a Paycheck in the Future for Students?
Money, it is what makes the world spin. Like it or not, money fuels people. Why would you work for hours a day, five days a week, if it did not? You are always tired,Continue reading
“Hey Siri- Are You Making Me Stupid?”
Lord of the Flies is literally the worst book ever. It’s hard to understand and once you are able to comprehend it, the story appears to just be about a group of boys who goContinue reading
Why Schools Should Switch To Online Textbooks
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ack to school shopping is something many students both love and hate. It signifies the end of summer and beginning of school, but students also get to buy fancy pens and markers that will almostContinue reading
How Dyslexia is Related to Fish: How Dyslexia is NOT A Disability
How is my worst grade in fifth grade spelling when I am top in class? How can I solve complex math problems but I sometimes cannot to read simple words? How do I make connectionsContinue reading
Why Your #2 Should be Your Number One
School. What a wonderful place, right? Full of learning, fun, friends, and… Notes. Lectures. Tests. Homework. Sleeping during a lecture while taking notes. More homework. Studying for tests. And… All of the above. Again. AndContinue reading
We’ve Got Sax Appeal, Weapons of Mass Percussion. Is Marching Band a Sport or an Art?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat is your stereotypical Marching Band Geek? Weak, thin, and clumsy, broken glasses and always seem to be holding their instrument? Well if you think that, then you are probably right. Many band kids seemContinue reading
Can You Afford Not To Go To College?
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to The Daily Signal, JoAnn, a mother and a wife worked at Hardee’s for 21 years. She was hired in 1984 and made a starting hourly wage of $4.25. Years later in 2005Continue reading
Electronics Undermining Education
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’ve all heard about electronics in schools, whether you are a parent who has been called repeatedly about your kid being glued to it in class or one of said students, it has been present.Continue reading
Happy 21st Birthday! Why we should change the legal drinking age
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he promise of being free, life with no parents, you are free to make your own decisions. Legally when you are 18 you’re considered an adult, expected to be able to make conscious decisions whetherContinue reading
Intelligent Design? Not in my School: The ongoing fight of teaching Intelligent Design/Creationism in biology class.
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ark 16:15 “and He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” This is one of many bible verses telling christians to go out and spread god’s word,Continue reading
It Never Ends: The Negatives of Year Round Schooling
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ummer. Three months of sunshine, sitting by the refreshingly blue pool, and eating melting chocolate ice cream on hot summer days. The inevitable stress of school disappearing with the cold weather. No more dreadfully longContinue reading
To Hate or Not to Hate Ourselves: How Hating Ourselves Affects Our Lives
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m a very high maintenance teenager. I’ve been this way since I came out of the womb quite honestly. Everyday myself, and many of my other teen counterparts wake up at the crack of dawnContinue reading
You Snooze You Lose: Reasons why high schools should start later
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ollapsing in tears and overwhelmed by the increase of school demands, high school teenagers like Carolyn Walworth constantly long for sleep. During school days she fights to stay awake in her morning classes, nodding off everyContinue reading
New Seating in Classrooms: Different, more comfortable seating for students
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudents in classrooms complain of having to sit in classrooms all day. A story from ideas demco about changing the seating in classrooms is, “With 7 different types of seating available, it took about 2Continue reading
Are Shoulders too Sexy for School? Why Dress Codes Sexualize Girls From a Young Age
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a Huffington Post article titled “Honor Roll Student Banned From Graduation Because Of This Shirt” explains that an honor roll student from Hickory Ridge High School was picking an outfit when she decided to wear a shirt thatContinue reading
Drowning Out the Arts: How the Arts Need Help Staying Afloat
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ranz Kafka, an author, wanted his writing to be burned after his death because he was worried people would hate his work. Kafka wrote during the 1900s and was severely under appreciated. He would writeContinue reading
Schools out for summer but should it really be?
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ttention, the school you are attending is now going to have school all year round. If you are reading this you are probably going to be a little mad at first. You also probably thinkContinue reading
The Equation Isn’t Adding Up: Why too much homework is bad for the teenage brain.
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ave you experienced what it is like to be a high school student in the society today? Well, it is a tough bust, high school students today are suffering from the pressure of grades, sports,Continue reading
You can’t live a full life on an empty stomach: Why school lunches should be longer
Many public school students on average only get about 30 minutes or less to eat their lunch. Because of that about 1/4 of students lunches will not get eaten and it will get thrown away.Continue reading
Your School is Ruining Your Creativity
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2010, California State University, Northridge came out with a web page displaying their Psychology students’ definitions of creativity. The entries date all the way back to fall of 1997 and continue until theContinue reading
How to be Relationship Goals: Tips to Keep Your Relationship Growing
My Experience With Boys [dropcap]I[/dropcap] go to a summer camp every year. It’s sentimental to my family, my grandparents met there when they were young. My aunts and uncles and my own father have allContinue reading
Why you Should Join AVID
What is AVID? Advancement Via Individual Determination, (AVID), is an organization that helps prepare students for college. AVID helps students become more organized by using a planner and helps students write and answer higher levelContinue reading
The Silent Killer: Cyberbullying
In October of 2006, just a few weeks before her 14th birthday, Megan Meier hanged herself. She had been talking to a boy named Josh, who she had met via MySpace, for about 5 weeksContinue reading
Judge me, will you?!
Image created by Eric Bailey seriously, “OH MY GOD Becky, look at her butt, it is so big!”. As a high school student, in the hallways many conversations exist but of the many times I’ve walkedContinue reading
Minnesota schools offer more than just an education: Ghosts
“Old School” by alamosbasement Doors slamming, chairs rocking, footsteps falling none of these things are out of the ordinary until you add in the fact that they were all done with seemingly no people. OneContinue reading
Should Rules be Stricter For Athletes Who Get Caught Using Steroids?
Alex Rodriquez had been getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. The article from Biography tells us about Rodriquez’s suspensions due to the use of steroids. The Major League Baseball player hasContinue reading
What you need to know about arts in your school
Photo by Adrianna Calvo In 2003, Rogers High School in Minnesota completed a major construction project. The renovation included many new classrooms and a new two story building. A running track was added on theContinue reading
School, Sleep, Sacrifices, and Stress
Stress is inevitable. We all have those days, weeks, or sometimes even months or years when stress manages to take control of us. I like an analogy from Quora that talks about stress. A professor wasContinue reading
The Secret to Being Successful In College
Sophia Stoll dropped out of college twice, and never finished. She was a student recently out of high school at the time and decided she wanted to go to college, like most kids. By theContinue reading
Is A.L.I.C.E the Right Call to Keep Students Safe?
Featured Image By Fickr Do you trust your teachers? If you do then I would imagine that if they told you to do something important you would probably do it, right? Lets say they tellContinue reading
High School Musical: creating unrealistic expectations since 2006
High School Musical. We all heard of it. And if you haven’t, well from the title High School Musical, you can pretty much guess what it’s about. High School Musical is a beloved ‘classic’ for manyContinue reading
A Bittersweet Cookie Recipe: Growing Up Asian in Elk River
Featured Image- Vitor Fiacadori Have you ever been asked “How do dogs taste?”, “Why aren’t you back in your home country?”, and “What river did you cross to get here?” Probably not. I, however, haveContinue reading
5 Totally Made up Teen Movie Myths
Post by Cassandra S. Image found on Pixabay. In teen movies we so often see many stereotypical characters that are always categorized in stereotypical cliques with stereotypical angst adolescent drama overtaking their lives. These moviesContinue reading
Sports Should Count as Gym Credits
Post by Annie D. Featured image by Stefan_Schranz Hard work, sweat, and pain. All of those things are put into sports, at any level. As a student athlete in high school myself I know a socialContinue reading