Interpersonal Dynamics

Rethinking Our Use of “Gay”

It all started with a three letter word.

When I was eight years old, I found out that my aunt was gay. It wasn’t some colossal discovery, and it didn’t change the way I felt about her. At the time I didn’t even know that it…

Absentee in Distress

Need a sick day? You’re probably better off attending school. One day at home will cost you two weeks dedicated to making up missed work.

Anyone taking advanced classes will tell you staying home from school will put you so far behind to the point where its almost…

Baby Blind Birds

“When are we gonna use this stuff?”

We’ve all heard that stereotypical question. Just about everyone challenges the usefulness of the material that’s constantly poured down our throats in a perceived effort to drown our adolescent minds. Usually the question is dismissed…

Think Before You Speak

I was taught from an early age to think before I spoke. To prevent rash and regrettable decisions and consider if what I was saying was relevant and innocuous. But as I get older, I notice that this idea of thinking before you speak is forgotten and people just say whatever they want…

The Problem With School Internet

Control, power, oppression. These are adjectives that can be used to describe school internet. Blocks can be found on almost any website, whether it be certain ads or videos that are needed to fully understand something. Websites that are blocked are blocked for the purposes of protecting us…

The Wise Words of Aretha Franklin

“Treat others the way you want to be treated.” The golden rule. The nine words that you roll your eyes at when your mother scolds you with them. The most cliche rule in the book. The first statement you hear on your first day of kindergarten. The most vital rule in…

Lower Class

The theatre process is hard to understand. An audience member can look at an actor and talk about how phenomenal they are or look at a production and say that it was the best that they have ever seen. But someone in that production may feel very differently. To an outsider, a show can look wonderfully executed…

When Do We Have Time For Anything?

High school is just a big ball of stress that keeps filling up with air, but never pops. A lot of my peers and friends are enrolled in many advanced and college level classes, but also are involved in many after school activities including clubs, honor societies…

The Fight for a Number

School is an idyllic idea.

A wonderful environment filled with learning and understanding and the place where you become a valuable member of society. A school is the center for improvement, where you go in as a rock and come out a polished gem. School is where…