The world has changed. In recent decades, grades have gotten more important because of the future they unlock. While only passing certain courses is required to graduate high school, to move on to the...

There will most likely be tears shed as I write this. It’s my senior year and finally it’s time to get a white, senior mum; I can hardly believe it. My seventh and final mum of my whole life. I got...

The first time I was "grounded" (put in the time out corner) was when I was five years old.  After countless hours of sitting in front of my television watching “Sailor Moon”, I had found my first...

These days social media rules the world. People are so engulfed in what's happening to who and where everyone is, we never really stop to think about why we spend so much time reading tweets such as “had...

The first theatre production is just hours from opening.  For those people thinking about seeing the show, here’s a biased list of why a person should see “You Can’t Take it With You”. 1. The...

It is 2:12 a.m. on a Tuesday night. All of my homework is completed. Most of my friends are asleep. My whole house is dark and quiet. The conditions are perfect for a sound night of sleep, however I am...

The word selfie is now Oxford official.  That’s right, “selfie” is now an entry in the Oxford Dictionary defined as: a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone...

Get rid of the class ranking system at this school. I’m not saying this because I’m bitter about my own rank or anything like that. Honestly, for our situation, it’s pointless and even harmful. First...

Is it worse to have family member have a long played out death or a quick flash and then they're gone. For the past seven months my grandfather has been slowly dying of congestive heart failure. He is...