I could still hear the distant boom of fireworks long after my parents had gone to bed. Despite the tensions surrounding the pandemic, my family’s New Year’s celebration was still filled with copious...

When you opened up a classic Dr. Suess book as a kid, you probably were transported to a fun, wacky world where cats in hats turn up on rainy days and characters dine on green eggs and ham. However, Americans...

Voting for a third party candidate is throwing away your vote, but that’s only because the political climate in America has made it that way. Throughout American history, you can see party after party...

Picture this: It’s 8:45 AM and the bell just rang. You finish up your marine science class (yes, all the way by the McLewis Bayou), and you’re now expected to trek back to the far end of the upper...

You’re in Pre-Calculus. You sit down and recline against your chair, listening to Mrs. Springstead as she gives her lecture on logarithmic functions. Then, you lean forward to jot down something important...

Every February, football fans across America spend the month’s first Sunday glued to their television screens taking in the year’s biggest game. Most fans watch out of appreciation for the game, but...

Dear College Board, Just to remind you: we became acquaintances in the eighth grade, friends in ninth and tenth, foes in eleventh, and I cut off our relationship in twelfth (no more SAT!) because...

School is stressful, but it can be especially stressful during a worldwide pandemic. Although it can’t be done this year, I think there’s an easy solution to lower this pressure on students in the...

High School promotes a certain sense of perfectionism. It's an environment where success is measured through concrete metrics: an A is good, an F is not. Therefore, for those who value success, grades...

“This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself some rain, not just a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain. Then you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through...

The general consensus on the year of 2020 seems to be fairly straightforward: it hasn’t been good. In fact, so many bad things happened this year that it’s hard to remember them all. Aside from the...

The English language is a beautiful thing. Or at least it was. Comparing my education experience from the early years (when we mostly learned from books and worksheets) to what's now a much more tech-centered...