Social Security is the foundation for retirement for millions of Americans. Two provisions to Social Security, the Government Pension Offset (GPO), enacted in 1977, and the Windfall Elimination Provision,...
Censoring. Banning books. Controlling information.
These ideas seem like they should be sequestered to history books or examined during an analysis of the novel 1984, but with the recent decisions...
Students complain about how boring high school is and lament the fact that it isn’t what they see on movies and TV shows.
While reality is frequently a far cry from what is found on both the...
The current generation of students in schools was born after the events that changed the world on September 11.
We do not have first-hand knowledge of what transpired that day and we are not aware...
The school’s system for calculating class rank is broken.
There was a shift about a decade ago that moved the cut-off to finalize class rank from after the 5th six weeks to after the 3rd six...
Recently, politicians have proposed lowering the voting age to 16. Even if they do not acknowledge it, their true motives are to garner more votes for their political party.
Though there are certainly...
Recently, politicians have proposed lowering the voting age to 16. Even if they do not acknowledge it, their true motives are to garner more votes for their political party.
Viral trends are hit or miss. While some can raise awareness for important issues, like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, others are dangerous and can cause physical harm, like the cinnamon challenge.
What...
From an early age children are taught that actions have consequences.
When they misbehave, they get in trouble. When they touch something hot, it burns.
But words have consequences, too.
If you’ve ever walked through the cafeteria after the last lunch, you’ve noticed trash littering the floors that were clean right before the stampede of students came through.
This is unacceptable...
