I don’t know about you, but I haven’t heard much about the protests in Venezuela during the past few weeks. Until very recently, I hadn’t heard anything about civilians being shot, and peaceful protesters being harmed by pro government officials on any news channels. It’s safe to say that thisContinue Reading
You probably know about the current movement towards legalizing marijuana. But many teenagers also use hookahs, or water pipes that are used to smoke flavored tobacco. There are some popular misconceptions surrounding hookah use; for example, many believe that it’s healthier for you than cigarettes. Here are six facts thatContinue Reading
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Walking into my job on the first day, there was only one thing I knew with certainty: I was going to be making $7.25 an hour, and nothing was going to change that. No matter how many hours I worked and no matter what I did to go “above andContinue Reading
How much foreign language did you learn in elementary school? Unless you were committed to an after-school program, the answer is probably not much. After all, beyond the smattering of elementary schools offering a partial-immersion program, young FCPS students’ only in-class opportunity for foreign language acquisition consists of just twoContinue Reading
Rape jokes are a problem, and they’ve become far too commonly used among high school students despite the fact that there is nothing funny about violating someone. Beyond this, a complaint about these frankly disturbing jokes can be seen as overly sensitive, and not as a reasonable argument. The critiqueContinue Reading
I don’t consider myself a feminist. I think I share opinions with quite a lot of feminists, but I don’t feel comfortable associating myself with some others. Different branches of the movement have different goals, and different methods of achieving goals. I’m certainly in favor of reducing the high number ofContinue Reading
I’ve never been so glad that my eighteenth birthday fell after the gubernatorial election. In the months leading up to Nov. 5, I, along with millions of other poor Virginia residents, was bombarded with horrible ads everywhere we turned, each promising that either Ken Cuccinelli or Terry McAuliffe is aContinue Reading
One of the best things about IB classes is that they tend to favor meaningful essays and projects over the nightly “busywork” that many students are accustomed to. But one of the worst things about IB classes is that they swamp students with these essays and projects, seemingly with littleContinue Reading
When remembering preschool and kindergarten, we are quick to think of games and playtime, not rigidly structured days of rigorous school work. However, the playtime we so clearly remember is steadily disappearing from America’s kindergarten classrooms, only to be replaced with more academic content. Preschool and kindergarten classes are starting to includeContinue Reading
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