For A Child’s Success
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2018
Filed under Opinions
In this day in age, parents can be heard ranting about how awful their children's teachers are and how unreliable public schools can be. Although not all modern situations are ideal and can be difficult, parents should be present in their child's education by preparing him or her for a classroom envi...
The STAAR Essay
Daphne T, Staff Reporter
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinions
The STAAR writing prompt is passed out on the day of the test, saying something like "Write a persuasive essay describing your stance on whether one person can change the world." The students stare and stare at the prompt, but they can't formulate something even remotely resembling an opinion. They don...
The Origins of Societal Burdens
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Eight year old, Daisey Mae, was filmed preparing for and participating in a pageant in a 2012 episode of the reality TV show, Toddlers and Tiaras. Toddlers and Tiaras is a show that follows contestants and their parents as they prepare for pageants: practicing routines and receiving skin or hair trea...
Part of That World
Savannah Hornsby, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2018
Filed under Opinions
“America is so great! Why would you ever want to live somewhere else?” This is the most annoying phrase anyone who wants to live across seas can be told. Why would anyone want to live outside the U.S.? Well for starters there are some places such as Canada and the UK that have free healthc...
Duck, Duck What?
KiaraS, co-editor-in-chief
February 27, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
Everybody remembers the beloved childhood game where children sit in a circle and chase each other when called upon. Almost all people refer to this game as “Duck, Duck Goose,” but all of those people would be wrong. Now bear with me as I blow your mind- the true and correct name is “Duck, Duc...
How to be an Activist
SujeanS, Managing Editor
February 22, 2018
Filed under Advice
With all the protesting going on in Florida about gun laws, from walkouts to rallies, activism is a very prevalent topic in America right now. However, one thing that no one ever talks about is how to become an activist. Here are five things every activist needs to take into account: KNOWLEDGE: The fir...
Love Your Life
NicoleN, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Having a job where I feel rewarded and truly enjoy working, even if it has low pay, is more important to me than having a college degree and good pay if I’m going to hate every day I work. I have an opinion about how careers affect my happiness, and I don’t understand why whenever I tell so...
Why Happiness and Single are not Oxymorons
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
February 14, 2018
Filed under Advice, Opinions, Showcase
Valentines Day. Shameless couples around the building walk together, talk together and eat together. They appear to be joyously content sharing their life with someone else under bright rays of sunlight. And then there’s the single people, watching from the shadows. According to the Pew Research Institute thou...
Snapchat, Not Chat
BrandonC, Staff Reporter
February 13, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Let's be real. We all hate the new Snapchat update. It has a lot of adjectives: ugly, inefficient, disgraceful, a waste of time and space on my phone, unnecessary, a true example of a horrible app update and last but not least, it is a failure. First of all, I did not consent to updating Snapchat....
10% – an opinion
ColinH, Business Manager
February 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions
As many of you are aware, the State of Texas has a law where the top 10% of students in their high school class get automatic admission to any state school, and in the case of the University of Texas at Austin, it’s raised to 7%. This law puts students at highly competitive schools (such as Cy Woods)...
Mental Breakdown
BrandonC, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2018
Filed under Advice, Opinions, Showcase
Visualize a child, a man, a woman, a mom, a dad, a worker, a normal person, a celebrity, anyone. Imagine that they are clinically diagnosed with depression, but no one is willing to make sure they are okay. No one is willing to listen to their struggles, and no one will believe them when they say, “...
Living With a Skin Condition
AlyssaT, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2017
Filed under Opinions
I have a condition called Atopic Dermatitis, or as most know it, eczema. I have dealt with this since it started acting up at age three, and now I'm 16. Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin which means that my skin gets inflamed very easily and starts itching, burning and in a lot of frequent cases,...
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