It’s my junior year of high school. Officially, the college search begins now. And coincidentally, in the past month or so, a staggering number of my classmates have picked up activities they never showed the slightest interest in before.
As a sophomore in high school, I’ve spent a huge amount of my life doing homework. It’s been annoying, sure, but I’ve never thought of it as a major problem. Only recently has it reached this point where I can’t live my life and do all my homework at the same time.
It’s that time of year again: We’ve entered the holiday season. You thought the holidays just meant Christmastime? Nope. They started as soon as the first leaf fell off a tree.
By now, I’ve been at school for a few weeks, but I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact that summer is eight months away.
The minute I saw the sign, I knew I had to go. On Aug. 17 I was at the Seattle Center, throwing water balloons at strangers in an attempt to break the record for the largest ever water balloon fight.
As kids across the world get out of school, debate has risen over whether America can still afford to send thousands of people on break for two and a half months every year.
There are two things almost every high school student government has in common: no one has any idea what it does, and electing new people to office is basically based on popularity.
Three years ago, I spent no time thinking about how much fun other people were having. But around seventh grade, social media changed everything. My friends all got Facebook, suddenly leaving me out of the loop.
Three years ago, I spent no time thinking about how much fun other people were having. But around seventh grade, social media changed everything. My friends all got Facebook, suddenly leaving me out of the loop.
