Getting By

SENIOR YEAR. It’s the year that every student dreams of, the year when things start getting real and adulthood strikes. Throughout this year students start to see who they really are as an individual. Underclassmen tend to think that this year is filled with fun times and happiness however, there is so much more to senior year than those few things. Senior year is filled with both ups and downs and is overall bittersweet. It’s the end of childhood and beginning of adulthood. At the beginning of…

able to find a topic. He shared with me his life story about him getting bullied throughout school. After he told me his experience, I felt the need of expanding my knowledge…

states“In 2014, 43.6 million American adults had a mental illness, according to SAMHSA; fewer than half received mental health care.” Nearly 10 million of those Americans have a serious bipolar disorder. Those who do not receive mental health care are getting worse each day. According to Source B 55.6% adults get no treatment, 33.6% only get mental health care, 7.7% get both mental health care and treatment for substance use problems and, 3.1% only gets treatment for substance use problems only.…

Myth: Botox is only exclusive for women. Fact: Interesting, more and more men are getting Botox as gift for themselves and it is not the older men that gets it. Today, we notice a lot of men who are getting Botox injections as early as 30. These men are not the one who are conscious about their looks and grooming. These guys often get Botox because wrinkles can make them look too old, angry and unfriendly. Getting Botox can help them find a partner or simply meet more friends as it can help…

see writer and civil rights activist Shaun King. Shaun King’s lecture surrounded Civil Rights and the Black Lives Matter movement. Shaun King brought up several intellectual philosophical questions to the audience, such as “If humans are getting steadily getting better than why are than why are there 102 unarmed African Americans killed last year?”, which he compared to 1902, when 102 African Americans were lynched. King described human’s progression life peaks and valleys on a line graph. King…

The Field The insane feeling that you get when running out to your position on the field butterflies in your stomach not thinking about anything other than getting there as fast as possible. Stop and smelling the amazing fresh air hearing the birds chirping. Hearing the umps yelling “let’s play ball” everyone cheering, first pitch is thrown heart sinks to your feet as you watch it spin till it snaps the catcher's glove, “Strike one” feeling relief your heart goes back to where it is suppose…

I am a sophomore at Kimberly High School who is concerned about the amount of homework students are getting each night. High school students are getting too much homework which causes large amounts of stress and prevents us from spending time with family. Over the last couple years I have been getting way more than I believe is necessary. I understand that teachers give homework for learning purposes, but the amount we receive a night is concerning. With the amount of homework students get,…

just to unreal to put into words. The emotion I get in a math class than just in any ordinary English or social studies class can come shocking to others, but not to me. The happiness I get inside when I have solved an equation is like a little kid getting their favorite candy on Halloween. In math there is always a solution to a problem unless of course it does not exist. This made me realize how math relates to the way the world works. When you are trying to solve a problem you are given an…

Of course, that not all vaccinations are flawless, very few things really are. So why there are so many people in this world that feel that getting these shots are of no value to them? Not only do they serve the important purpose of significantly reducing their chances at getting a particular disease, but vaccinations also prevent those around them from getting a particular disease by spreading it around. For instance, studies have shown that one dose of the measles vaccine is approximately…

Millions of kids are forced to work in dumpsites only getting 50c for it and sometimes no money, how would feel, I think that 99% would not want to work when you can go to school and get an education and get a good job, I would rather have that then working in a dumpsite. Many of these kids get hurt or even get killed because of working in a dumpsite. In this essay I will be talking about why kids should go to school and why it’s good for them and why working in a dumpsite is not good for you.…