Justice System
Grade 6

School-to-Prison Pipeline

You just had the best day of school, ready to go home and tell your parents about it, but instead, you are getting tackled by two police officers, stuffed in the back of a police car, and locked in a cell overnight. What caused this situation to happen? You broke a zero-tolerance rule even though […]

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Government
Grade 6

US Neglect of Native American Reservations

Imagine someone you loved being murdered and killed, but when the police investigate, they don’t have the time or resources, and in the end, the case is dropped, leaving you and your family concerned and confused. Well, this does happen, and according to the New York Times, almost half of murder cases and about two-thirds […]

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Government
Grade 6

Vandalism

Imagine that you are walking down the street to your favorite coffee shop, only to find that all of the windows have been smashed in, and there is glass on the floor and spray paint everywhere. The owners and the employees are sweeping up the glass and there are tears in their eyes because they […]

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Environment
Grade 6

Global Warming

Actor Mark Ruffalo once said, “Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects.” Picture this: a world where summers are hotter than usual, winters are uncertain, and the animals you love are losing their home. These are […]

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Government
Grade 6

Global Inflation

Visualize this: you go into a Starbucks and take out five dollars to buy a coffee, but that five-dollar bill is not enough to cover this normal expense. Inflation is a huge hardship, causing the cost of your daily needs to escalate very high and quickly. These rising prices are negatively impacting many families and […]

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Education
Grade 6

School Stress

When was the first time you were stressed? How old were you? Were you in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college? The definition of stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. I sometimes get stressed, and I know most people do, too. […]

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Education
Grade 6

Workforce Development: The Key to Fighting Poverty

Have you ever been forced to skip a meal, either because of financial deficiencies or other factors that hindered your ability to find a job? Unemployment is significant because people can’t always find jobs to help them survive. With solutions such as job training skills, however, the hardships of unemployment can be eradicated. Imagine you […]

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Environment
Grade 6

Pollution in Bangladesh

Imagine you are breathing in thick, polluted air, and your heart starts to hurt. Can you imagine breathing air that is 16 times worse than the World Health Organization’s recommended levels? That’s what people in Bangladesh have to breathe every day. Air pollution in Bangladesh poses a significant problem for the 171.2 million people living […]

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Education
Grade 6

Preventing Trauma From School Lockdown Drills

A 7-year-old girl had a lockdown drill because of a potential bomb threat. When she got home, everything seemed fine until she was changing out of her school uniform, and her mom noticed that she had written “Love Mom and Dad” on her arm. When asked, she said it was in case the “bad guy” […]

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Education
Grade 6

Changing How We Think About Homework

How would you feel if homework didn’t exist? Homework should be minimized because, first, homework causes problems in a student’s school-life balance, and second, it is ineffective and a waste of time for the student and the teacher grading it. According to The Human Restoration Project, “A study in Contemporary Educational Psychology of 28,051 high […]

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Education
Grade 6

The Secret Behind the Sky-High Price of College

The cost of college is challenging because of the expensive buildings they create in order to attract the public eye. What do you think is the average cost of college The average cost of attendance for a student living on campus at an in-state public four-year institution is $27,146 per year or $108,584 over 4 […]

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