Have you ever heard the sound of a gunshot? The screams and cries of people around you, everyone wondering the same thing: What if that’s me soon? For millions of people, that is their reality: every morning, waking up and wondering, What if it happens again? When I was seven, that was me. There were […]
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Harassment. According to Wikipedia, the verb is derived from the Old French harasser which means to “exhaust, tire out, wear out; to harry, torment, vex.” It may also link from the Old French hirer (“to set a dog on”), and from Frankish hara, meaning, “here, hither,” a command for a dog to attack. Now, you […]
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The lack of affordable afterschool care is a problem, but why is it a problem? Because afterschool care provides benefits that children who cannot attend these programs miss out on. Many after-school programs were closed due to COVID-19, and in the present, there’s still a severe lack of affordable after-school programs. The lack of afterschool […]
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Did you know that in a 2021 CDC survey, 42 states reported that 75-100% of public middle and high schools started before 8:30 a.m.? Schools start way too early, which creates challenges for students. Students can’t get enough sleep due to their extra homework or, sometimes, for older students, part-time jobs. When students can’t get […]
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Did you know that almost 50 million Americans have expressed symptoms of depression and other mental illnesses in the past year? This is why schools should hire more counselors and have daily check-ins with all students, even when students don’t show signs of anxiety or other mental illnesses. When I first learned more about depression, […]
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Video games. Some may love them; some may hate them. Kids all around the world love these things, but some of them can’t play the games they want. 63% play casual games, 39% play action, 39% play shooter, and 37% play racing games. But even though video games are bad in some ways, everyone should […]
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Do you have a teenager? Do you monitor the number of pills in your medicine bottle? Do you notice you’re losing track of the medicine in your bottle? Suppose you said yes to all of these questions. In that case, it would be time for you to have a conversation with your teenager about the […]
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Have you ever wondered how much global warming can do? The lakes and rivers in the west are drying up quickly. If there is ever a water shortage in my area, I would want some form of government or organization that could install preventative measures. I wouldn’t want to have a solution in place too […]
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Did you know that from July 2021 to March 2022, 5049 schools from 32 states restricted access to selected books for almost 4 million students? The majority of these have topics such as the LGBTQ+ community, racism, activism, and religion. An example of this is the most banned book from 2021-2022, Gender Queer, a memoir […]
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Did you know that in 2022, there were 647 mass shootings in the United States? In July of 2022, 10,000 people had already died due to gun violence. That was barely halfway through the year! Gun violence is everywhere, even near me. A few weeks back, there was a shooting near my local Walmart. Gun […]
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According to a poll conducted by NPR, “Almost 40 percent of parents say their high schooler is experiencing a lot of stress from school.” I remember all we did in preschool was eat, sleep, play, and learn numbers and letters here and there. Those were about the happiest days of my life, but as we […]
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Did you know that 4.9 million people are put into prison each year, and that one out of four of those people is arrested again that same year? I believe that rehabilitation is more ethical than incarceration because it helps inmates to better themselves so that they will not have the negative mindset to commit […]
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