I want to leave high school, I really do. College seems appealing compared to how draining it is to show up every day for seven and a half hours and give 100 percent of my effort completing worksheet after...

A few days ago Bruce Levenson, owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, put his team up for sale. He felt that an email he had sent to his staff more than two years ago was racially charged, and was a possible...

We’ve all been there. Those dreaded 2-5 minutes of “catching up” with that one person you met in that one class and only talked to them because you didn’t really know anyone else. The awkward exchange...

Many adult day jobs are from 9-5 each day. Each morning I get to school around 8:45 (if it’s a good day anyways), and I don't get home until 4:20 at the very earliest. The days I have a club meeting...

One of the hardest goodbyes we have had to say as a staff was to our beloved editor-in-chief, Liz Schasel. She was not only a great editor, but along with Ginger Hervey, she was the creator of theredledger.net....

Growing up and living on a farm is a completely different from suburban life. I’ve grown up in the “middle of nowhere,” beside “where’s that ville,” and a little south of “that place doesn't...

“People don’t take trips, trips take people,” - John Steinbeck. The average high school student will often tell you about how they regret wasting time during their summer. In fact a poll in 2012...

Learning the Pledge of Allegiance when I was a kid was a big thing; I actually had a test in fourth grade over it. Recently, as I said the words slowly, I wondered:  When did the pledge actually originate...

Administration has recently placed a ban upon playing cards in class. Although this is logical at other times in the school year, during finals week, such a ban isn’t feasible. Due to the schedule,...