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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Have you ever stayed on social media for too long and kept scrolling? Students in the United States face the same problem. Many are being negatively impacted by social media, and we, as students, should try to limit our use of it. Many studies show that social media is connected to negative emotions. A study […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jeff Bridges, a famous actor and activist, remarks, “35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we’d be at war.” People die every year from hunger, fatigue, and malnutrition. […]
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Last year, I adopted a wolf named Loci. He lived in a faraway land called the Wolf Sanctuary of Pennsylvania. Loci passed away on April 26, 2024, after many years of living a happy life at the Sanctuary. I met Loci during a visit to the Sanctuary and meeting him instilled in me a desire […]
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Have you noticed that the number of children being abused has risen in the United States? Child abuse and neglect are major challenges because they negatively impact children and their childhood. Therefore, communities need to support families by gathering to make a plan to help children, helping guardians through struggles, and talking to guardians who […]
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