Category: Education

Arizona high school bans cheerleaders’ breast cancer shirts for ‘questionable’ slogan

Arizona high school bans cheerleaders’ breast cancer shirts for ‘questionable’ slogan

An Arizona high school cheerleading squad’s efforts to raise money for breast cancer research has been a bumpy ride. When Gilbert High School cheerleaders revealed the pink T-shirts they were planning to wear at the next two football games as they cheer and raise money from spectators, the administration issued a ban on the shirts [...]

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Maryland Students Interview Homecoming Court Nominees

Maryland Students Interview Homecoming Court Nominees

Sure, you know everyone who’s nominated for homecoming at your high school — but do you ever wonder what homecoming is like at other schools? Students at Northern High School in Maryland interviewed a selection of their peers who are running for homecoming court. Who do you think will be crowned king and queen? Join [...]

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West philly teens build ground-breaking “badass hybrid” car

West philly teens build ground-breaking “badass hybrid” car

Who says teenagers can’t change the world? In their free time after school, 15 teens from a low-income high school in Philadelphia built a car. And not just any car: their 160 mpg Factory Five GTM biodiesel hybrid kit car has outperformed other fuel-efficient cars built by professional engineers and graduate students from Ivy League [...]

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An enchanting evening with Taylor swift

An enchanting evening with Taylor swift

Everyone knows that moment, the moment in a wedding when the preacher says, “Speak now or forever hold your peace.” The thing is? Hardly anyone ever does. Country-pop artist Taylor Swift is trying to eliminate the fear and hesitation of saying what you really feel. For the past few months Taylor has been traveling from [...]

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Labels

Labels

You know what I hate? Labels. Not like the Post-It kind of labels that you use on accordion folders, but the kind of labels that people stick on each other. Call them whatever you like: labels, stereotypes, classifications, and social expectations. I hate them all. There’s actually two topics within that one that bother me, [...]

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Vermont Students Rock Out In “Four Chords” Music

Vermont Students Rock Out In “Four Chords” Music

Is Burlington High School the next Mckinley High? You won’t believe this student-made music video, a cover of Australian comedy group Axis of Awesome’s “Four Chords.” It’s a musical medly that transitions seamlessly from one iconic song to the next — from Journey to Eminem to Lady Gaga to The Beatles to Red Hot Chili [...]

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Band Releases First Music Video Made Using Instagram

Band Releases First Music Video Made Using Instagram

UK indie-rockers, the Vaccines, recently released a new music  for their single “Wetsuit” — made almost entirely from photos fans submitted through Instagram, an iPhone app that lets you share photos. “We always talk about breaking down the barriers between the band and the fans,” said Justin Young, lead singer. “We like sharing music with [...]

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FICTION BY TEENS: ‘click is not a good sound’

FICTION BY TEENS: ‘click is not a good sound’

It’s a deserted island. ANOTHER deserted island. Just once I wish I could get stuck somewhere nice, warm, tropical, maybe some bikini babes. No such luck; in my line of work it’s always places like treacherous mountain trails or specks of sand in the middle of nowhere which really makes sense. You don’t hide objects [...]

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Nicolette Taylor, 13 Year-Old Girl, Gets Nose Job To Avoid School Bullying

Nicolette Taylor, 13 Year-Old Girl, Gets Nose Job To Avoid School Bullying

After enduring online harassment and name-calling multiple times a week because of the shape of her nose, Nicolette Taylor, a 13 year-old from Long Island decided to take drastic action: plastic surgery, Nightline reported. Although Taylor accepted teasing as a normal and unavoidable part of growing up, to her, social networking sites like Facebook made [...]

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Why i went to occupy L.A. instead of synagogue

Why i went to occupy L.A. instead of synagogue

A little more than a month ago, I became a Bat Mitzvah. In Judaism, that means I am now an adult and have pledged to keep the traditions of my faith. And yet it was for those very reasons that I decided to spend Yom Kippur – the holiest day of the Jewish year – [...]

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