Making my Dream my Reality
Benvinguda. Bienvenidos. Welcome. I stood in the airport surrounded by a wide array of people speaking an even wider variety of languages. I heard my first language...
An Everyday Hero
Shivering, I peered up into the audience from my position in the center of the ice rink. The spotlight gleamed and shimmered in my eyes—so bright it made...
Irresponsible Parenting
At the age of 21, Jessica Gamble, a single Springfield Township mother from Ohio, was accused of allegedly encouraging her two-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana. Gamble, finding it amusing...
Unstoppable Dancing
I fell in love with the art of dancing last year. The beautiful movement two individuals can create as they gracefully waltz across the floor, the invigorating rhythm...
Cherishing Every Breath
In the average human life, one takes approximately 28,880 breaths a day, 10,541,200 breaths a year, and about 672,768,000 breaths in a lifetime. As I took...
Blast from the Past
Apparently the average teenager spends 55 minutes on Facebook every day; I spent five minutes on my Facebook last month. Eighty-six percent of American high school students...
Stepping Out of the Shadow
My sister’s approval has always been an essential part of my life. No other opinion could rival hers. When I reached my adolescent, impressionable years...
Family Games
The walk-in closet in the study can be overwhelming. Against one wall is a pile of old art kits remaining from my elementary school days, beginner piano books I never quite...
RateMyTeachers.com
Ratemyteacher.com: a website that lets high school students rate and comment on any high school teacher, in any school, in any state, in any subject. Although high school students have little...
Students share responsibility
Consider the ratios of a classroom: one teacher to 32 students. That is 32 chattering mouths and 64 ears heedless to the teacher’s instruction. How then, can we expect to learn curriculum, write essays, complete assignments, and...