“Make sure you vote for your homecoming king and queen before the deadline,” Coppell High School Student Council sponsor Benjamin Stroud says during afternoon announcements. Yet, despite his impassioned...
Inside every classroom in Coppell High School, a blue and yellow fixture of 36 pockets clings to the wall. Each pocket requests a student’s phone for the duration of that class period. This year, the...
After 10 months of late night study sessions, juggling never-ending to-do lists and wrestling with demanding academic pressures, the sunny days of summer should seemingly serve as a relaxing break for...
Opening Instagram, dozens of strong, chiseled individuals flex through the screen, representing the desires of many adolescents who have those images on the forefront of their minds.
In high school...
Scrolling through an extensive social media page, another clickbait ‘news article’ pops up on your feed, blocking any content that could be genuinely useful. You sigh and close off, yet another media...
The frigid weather encircles the scattered group of Coppell students as they pick up trash around the school. The cold reaches lightless eyes.
We have all heard the phrase “volunteering makes you...
As you sit on your bed scrolling through Instagram, you see your friend posted something on their story. You click on the circle at the top of your screen, ready to see what they shared, a cute picture...
In the past, racial-based affirmative action in college admissions was used to provide diversity in admissions to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Affirmative action was banned across the country...
“Did you hear? He’s going to XXX school. Everyone goes there.”
“Yeah, she got into XXXX school, but she got admitted for an easy major.”
As the end of the school year and the May 1 acceptance...
The AP U.S. History course framework mentions the word “African(s)” 21 times, the phrase “African American” four times and the word “Black” once on a 291-page document.
AP World History:...
You're such a weird kid.
Bro, you're such a tryhard.
Girl, you're so basic.
Labels. Some of them are positive, however a lot of them are negative.
As teenagers, we love to use them, both...
When you think of the word “competition,” your mind may take a trip down memory lane back to childhood: winning first place in a basketball tournament, a class spelling bee, musical chairs; even Monopoly.
You...
