Have you been to a Whole Foods recently? Rather than paying with cash or card, consumers can now opt to pay by scanning their palm, which is linked to their Amazon account. Dystopian? Sure. Harmful? No comment. Is this not an excellent example of why digital literacy is maybe one of the most important skills a young person needs to learn today? Definitely. [...]
The morning alarm shrieks. You hunt for your phone, squinting at the time—6:30 a.m. But outside, the world is still cloaked in darkness. A chill creeps through the room. You stumble to the kitchen, haunted by the ghosts of summer mornings past. The coffee machine hisses like a creature awakened from its slumber. You shiver. You know what this means, but it’s too [...]
If you’re a parent, you’ve likely felt it: the last-minute notification that the bus route is canceled, the scramble to arrange alternate transportation, or the worry as your child’s only reliable way to get to school becomes increasingly unreliable. The national school bus driver shortage, a persistent problem since the pandemic, has improved ever so slightly, but new analysis confirms it remains a [...]
My Experience Upon graduating high school, I had a pretty strong sense of what I wanted my undergraduate career to look like. I wanted to study English, work at my undergraduate’s student newspaper, and get an internship in publishing. However, by the time I walked across my high school’s stage and accepted my diploma, I was exhausted. For the past four years, I [...]
As Mental Illness Awareness Week comes to a close, and in honor of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, here are some ways that educators are addressing their students’ mental health. Screening and Prevention Programs Many schools and educational organizations have started implementing screening and prevention programs that address students’ mental health struggles. Common screenings include questions about a student’s suicidal ideations, [...]
Five years ago, the coronavirus pandemic saw an education system rattled and rearranged as a result of mandated public shutdowns and quarantine protocols. Today, parents, educators, and policymakers are voicing concerns about students’ mental health and social skills following an extended period of technology-mediated interaction. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have risen in popularity to address these concerns. What is Social Emotional Learning? [...]
Deep beneath Katmai National Park and Preserve, the restless movement of magma and gas generates low frequency tremors—subtle seismic hums that slip beneath the range of human hearing. Above ground, Katmai’s three-million acres of roadless wilderness echo the roaring and splashing of five species of Pacific salmon, the grunts and calls of brown bears foraging and fighting for fish, the howling of coastal [...]
It’s a classic American scene: The lunch lady plops a mysterious jiggling blob onto your tray. The mystery meat seeps juice, slimily mingling with peas and coating the bottom of your milk carton. Just as you have time to gaze down in despair, she cries out: NEXT! Luckily this scene is mostly fiction, but the basic menu of meat, bread, vegetables, and dairy [...]
Introduction Cellphones have always been the hot topic amongst teenagers alike. Conversations of the latest model, all the upgrades it contains, and where to find the cutest cellphone cases run rampant throughout schools. The real problem lies within the constant usage of cellphones in classrooms, disrupting the sole student and others around them. Cellphone Bans Across Schools Cellphone bans have steadily increased across [...]
Introduction Self-help books are often underutilized in their potential to help you improve yourself. While they are by no means the main solution for growing into the person you want to be, they are a cheap and affordable alternative for moving in the right direction. The Beginning of it All around for very long, but according to history books, we got it all [...]