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Stereotypes Gone Too Far
The KFC "chicken" commercial targets balcks in a demeaning manner.
By Okoye Berry
As I sit at my computer, loading up a video from YouTube that has had blogs going crazy, I am only expecting a good laugh. Things like this always have their comedic value to them under whatever racist message is being displayed. Yet after I finished the video, I sit appalled as to how this ever made its way onto televisions across Australia.
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4.0 Idiot, 2.0 Genius
In high school, continuity and intelligence are often confused.
By Maia Lee
I deserved to fail my sophomore year history class. Not only did I rarely take notes during lectures or even read the chapters that were assigned, I barely passed a test with a grade higher than a “C.” I still pulled off an “A” in the class. I didn’t pass the class because of my extensive knowledge of European history or my diligent study habits. I passed because I knew how to bs.
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Off With Their Heads!
I’m a strong believer in the death penalty.
By Lisa Buckner
I believe in second chances when a 10-year-old boy beats up his classmate. Fight hate with love, and the 10-year-old boy most likely will grow up to be a nice young man. I don’t, however, believe in fighting hate with love when it comes to a murderer.
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Rethinking Homework
Why less is more.
By Michael Proulx
Homework is assigned thoughtlessly or out of habit; a mistake not solely of individual teachers, but also of the high school default in America.
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Happy Belated Eid al-Adha!
Shamelessly politically correct agenda has everyone worked up again.
By Hannah Rusk
Earlier this year, I read an article proclaiming that because Obama was elected, racism and intolerance are officially dead. One only has to look at the recent backlash against Best Buy to see that intolerance is alive and totally crazy.
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The __ Year Old Virgin
To have sex or not to have sex, that is the question…
By ShaQuella Perine
Many beliefs are passed down and inherited from family values and morals. Sometimes they are affected or created by religious standings.
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Growing Pains
For now, adulthood can wait.
By Maia Lee
Looking back on the past eight years since elementary school, I feel that I didn’t cherish being a kid as much as I should have.
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The Dead Fish Represents Britain
And other “symbols” in literature and life.
By Celia Gurney
Learning to analyze literature is the point of Language Arts classes at Garfield, and analyzing literature usually requires interpreting symbols.
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Man Juice
A man should only be judged on how manly he is
By Miguel Castro
What makes a man? What doesn’t make a man for that matter?I bring the subject up because i get called a “sissy” or a “girl” everyday, almost always by my friends. They could just be playing with me but I can’t help but wonder what I do to get called such things.
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Respect Your Elders
Whether they’re a couple or a couple dozen years older.
By Anna Milioutina
oming from a high school student, this statement is more than a bit unexpected, to say the least. Yet, the phrase applies to students as well, considering how intertwined the lives of under- and upperclassmen are.
Wikitize MeThe Open Source Revolution can't possibly be a bad thingBy Georgia Rayh, you know Wikipedia. Don’t try and deny it. And you love it. If you need to write an essay on something you don’t understand, or learn the plot of the latest movie fast, or are struck with the sudden and all-too-common desire to know what the cultural capitol of Australia is, where’s the first place you look? Wikipedia. It’s a fantastic resource to be sure: easily the biggest collection of knowledge of our time. It’s phenomenal. And there’s a simple reason for that. |