A growing trend in charter schools is to promote independent and group-based learning that caters to the student’s needs, rather than following a standardized curriculum. This trend has had mixed results, but for the most part it has been found that this mode of learning is not only a particular favorite to students, but it […]
Now that I’ve seen and heard the truth about the suffering of our people and what they went through during the Civil Rights Movement, this is what I’ll do to keep the struggle going. I will make good grades and stay in school. I don’t have to fight the same fight as my ancestors, but […]
Because of Dr. King, I will use his dream to continue my education. I’m blessed to know that somebody tried to make a better life for themselves and their African American future. Not only has Dr. King’s dream come true, but also others who strived during the Civil Rights Movement to make a better life. […]
Editors’ note: Caitlin wrote this, as well as Ain’t I a Working Woman: An Opinion on Inequality in the Workplace, for a class that she is taking through PSEO at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. My editorial today will focus on Classism. I am reading a book for a college course I […]
Editors’ note: Caitlin wrote this, as well as Oppression and Inequality Classism and College, for a class that she is taking through PSEO at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. Sojourner Truth was a symbol of women’s suffrage. She spoke out in the late 19th century about the inequality of women. One of […]
Hello fellow punks out there. This is a little article about my top five albums of all time. Number one on my list is the Dead Kennedys’ infamous debut album, “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,” released in 1978 on the Cherry Red label, now reissued by Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label […]
Two years ago, I first started middle school. I, like almost everyone else, was pretty nervous. Things went well at first, but after a couple of months everything changed. By spring, I totally dreaded school. I can’t pinpoint when things changed, but I can say why. The teachers and staff were either indifferent to bullying or told me to just ignore it.
Then I spent a year in Oslo, Norway […]