SAT scores should not follow you into your future job opportunities April 23, 2014 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun Some employers want to see your SAT scores, but do they matter? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 15, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children.Some parents are overly obsessed with college and need to understand that this college pressure can cause more harm than good in students. This constant college craze needs to stop, before high school becomes a rigorous experience aimed only at getting accepted into the best colleges. read more » New legislation increases incentive for CA teachers to report child abuse April 15, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu Just up north in the Redwood City School District in Northern California eight staff members failed to report the abuse of two 5-year-old special-education students. And in another incident in the Brentwood Union School District, also up north, 11 teachers failed to tell authorities about an autistic student who was being abused. read more » Language classes lack direction April 13, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan When I traveled to Spain in sixth grade, I was mesmerized by the flamenco dancers, bull riders, the cathedrals — all part of the unique Spanish culture, tied together by a single language. The following year I decided to take Spanish in middle school; I could not wait to immerse myself into this culture and actually interact with native speakers in California and abroad. But it seems that the language curriculum does not align with my goals. This is unfortunate because practically anyone can take the class with minimum effort just to get their language credits for college without learning a thing. read more » AP Government an unnecessary change April 13, 2014 — by Jonathan Young A senior looks at his class schedule and smiles. AP Lang? Check. AP Calculus BC? Check. Physics Honors? OK. He glances to see yet another AP class on his already filled schedule: AP Government. read more » What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 15, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children.Some parents are overly obsessed with college and need to understand that this college pressure can cause more harm than good in students. This constant college craze needs to stop, before high school becomes a rigorous experience aimed only at getting accepted into the best colleges. read more » New legislation increases incentive for CA teachers to report child abuse April 15, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu Just up north in the Redwood City School District in Northern California eight staff members failed to report the abuse of two 5-year-old special-education students. And in another incident in the Brentwood Union School District, also up north, 11 teachers failed to tell authorities about an autistic student who was being abused. read more » Language classes lack direction April 13, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan When I traveled to Spain in sixth grade, I was mesmerized by the flamenco dancers, bull riders, the cathedrals — all part of the unique Spanish culture, tied together by a single language. The following year I decided to take Spanish in middle school; I could not wait to immerse myself into this culture and actually interact with native speakers in California and abroad. But it seems that the language curriculum does not align with my goals. This is unfortunate because practically anyone can take the class with minimum effort just to get their language credits for college without learning a thing. read more » AP Government an unnecessary change April 13, 2014 — by Jonathan Young A senior looks at his class schedule and smiles. AP Lang? Check. AP Calculus BC? Check. Physics Honors? OK. He glances to see yet another AP class on his already filled schedule: AP Government. read more » What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
New legislation increases incentive for CA teachers to report child abuse April 15, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu Just up north in the Redwood City School District in Northern California eight staff members failed to report the abuse of two 5-year-old special-education students. And in another incident in the Brentwood Union School District, also up north, 11 teachers failed to tell authorities about an autistic student who was being abused. read more » Language classes lack direction April 13, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan When I traveled to Spain in sixth grade, I was mesmerized by the flamenco dancers, bull riders, the cathedrals — all part of the unique Spanish culture, tied together by a single language. The following year I decided to take Spanish in middle school; I could not wait to immerse myself into this culture and actually interact with native speakers in California and abroad. But it seems that the language curriculum does not align with my goals. This is unfortunate because practically anyone can take the class with minimum effort just to get their language credits for college without learning a thing. read more » AP Government an unnecessary change April 13, 2014 — by Jonathan Young A senior looks at his class schedule and smiles. AP Lang? Check. AP Calculus BC? Check. Physics Honors? OK. He glances to see yet another AP class on his already filled schedule: AP Government. read more » What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
Language classes lack direction April 13, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan When I traveled to Spain in sixth grade, I was mesmerized by the flamenco dancers, bull riders, the cathedrals — all part of the unique Spanish culture, tied together by a single language. The following year I decided to take Spanish in middle school; I could not wait to immerse myself into this culture and actually interact with native speakers in California and abroad. But it seems that the language curriculum does not align with my goals. This is unfortunate because practically anyone can take the class with minimum effort just to get their language credits for college without learning a thing. read more » AP Government an unnecessary change April 13, 2014 — by Jonathan Young A senior looks at his class schedule and smiles. AP Lang? Check. AP Calculus BC? Check. Physics Honors? OK. He glances to see yet another AP class on his already filled schedule: AP Government. read more » What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
AP Government an unnecessary change April 13, 2014 — by Jonathan Young A senior looks at his class schedule and smiles. AP Lang? Check. AP Calculus BC? Check. Physics Honors? OK. He glances to see yet another AP class on his already filled schedule: AP Government. read more » What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
What all honors classes should have April 2, 2014 — by Ashley Chen Honors: It’s a distinction awarded to a select few classes for being above and beyond the average. Much more difficult than a standard course, an honors class requires students to analyze, synthesize and prove concepts. In math, this means deriving equations on your own. In English, this means reading and writing thousands of words per week. read more » #Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
#Dumberanddumber: How social media dulls the mind April 2, 2014 — by Michelle Leung When was the last time you checked your phone? Was it two minutes ago? Or five? Or maybe even an hour? read more » Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
Why so serious? The need for more casual dances April 2, 2014 — by Shreya Tumu The upcoming dance looms over the girl's head. She really just wants to be able to go to a dance for, you know, dancing and friends. But she can’t do that because this dance is supposed to formal — and formal means dates and tickets and dresses and the whole, extremely expensive shebang. She knows no one’s going to ask her out — and, what’s the point of buying overpriced tickets if she can’t go to the dance with anyone? read more » Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
Some parents are becoming college-obsessed April 2, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shazia Gupta Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children. read more » Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast
Foreign Volunteering: The ‘exotic’ act of goodness that helps no one April 2, 2014 — by Kelly Xiao So you’ve done it. You’ve hopped the plane to Africa and arrived there hoping to a) work with orphaned children, b) build schoolhouses and dig water wells or c) help out at an African reservation. Maybe you are there out of the goodness inside you, or maybe your parents have forced you to go, saying that colleges will be impressed. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...130131132133134...140150160170180...nextlast