So this is it, this is my last post on this blog, our45. In some ways, this just seems so unreal, because I realize that in a week I will be out of school, beginning my summer, excited and anxious to start my senior year, just like the rest of the Class of 2017. I … More Final post
As the school year comes to a close, I announce with a mixture of regret and happiness that I will not be continuing my blog past this year. I have posted many blogs over the last nine months, and to anybody reading this, I appreciate your presence and your time. I have grown attached to … More Goodbye post
Technology has advanced. And advanced. And advanced. The world we know today is completely different from just a short 30 years ago. Different from even just 16 years ago. Technology has made our world better and worse. Better in the fact that now we have advanced so much it has helped in schools, medicine and … More Tech in the modern day
In today’s society, there is a huge emphasis placed on how high school students perform in the classroom, such as what their GPA (Grade Point Average) and ACT test scores are. Students have increasingly felt pressured from teachers and family members to perform at exceedingly high expectations that are nearly unattainable. Speaking from experience, as … More Stressed out
Among America’s elite sports universities, the competition for top-flight athletes has become so intense that all kinds of improprieties on campus have been overlooked. That is a danger not only to the victims of those improprieties but to the very institution of college athletics. At Penn State University, one of the iconic names in all … More Put it in perspective
With the upcoming election drawing closer and closer, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton continues to run on a horribly misinformed platform highlighted with complete stupidity and built on lie after lie after lie. It’s not secret that she will clearly do anything to gain a vote, as evidenced by the release of a hilariously compiled video … More Wage gap illusion
Illegal immigrants… illegal aliens … undocumented workers… persons living in the United States without legal permission…Whatever you choose to call them, there are roughly 11 to 12 million of them living in our country, and President Obama says he plans to do something about that very soon. But if the democrat’s fix, as rumored, is … More For the taxpayer, amnesty is a no
Animal abuse is a serious matter that often happens and needs to be put to an end. 21 year old Leo Nopolus was caught on tape abusing his roommate’s cat sometime between October 8th and October 9th in Iowa City, Nopolus admitted to police he continually tortured the cat for at least three hours, he … More Animal abuse: the unsung evil
The federal government provides huge sums of money to states when hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters strike. Federal lawmakers passed out piles of cash to the states hit hardest by the housing collapse, and they hand out big grants to police departments based on terrorism risks. But when it comes to one … More The cost of illegal immigration
As students in high schools all across the world begin to think about their educational future, the pressure to perform can sometimes be overwhelming. Are students of this day and age put under too much academic pressure? Yes, and as a result of this pressure, students begin to think of themselves as nothing more than … More Pressure rising
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