Each year, my mother plants daylilies in our yard. Throughout the summer, they bloom in the early morning, and wither at night, only to bloom again the next morning. This cycle repeats itself until they...
It was late August, and I was taking my third walk of the day. Up and down the street, around the back of Murphey Candler Lake and through the Kittredge Magnet School field and cul de sac, it was a route...
As a generation, I feel that we lack common knowledge on how to “adult”, or just simply how to live. I also feel that the public school system we have today is largely to blame.
Instead of focusing...
For the past four years, I have contemplated dying my hair a fashion color, but I would always talk myself out of it. I was convinced that the bleach damage wouldn’t be worth it, or I was starting high...
Giannis Antetokounmpo deserved the NBA MVP award this year, and the race wasn’t all that close. Over the past few weeks, the NBA regular season awards were given out, featuring such honors as Defensive...
Everyone knows Harry Potter. It is the best selling book series in history. The books themselves have sold over 500 million copies and made 7.7 billion dollars, the eight total films making about the same...
When word came out about Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix show centered around a first-generation Indian-American teenager and her life experiences, I knew I had to watch it. It’s not every day that I get...
As I pulled up to Chamblee High this Monday, it was hard to describe my feelings.
1) I was happy to see the building again.
2) I was happy because there were more people in the plaza than I had...
One of the things that I love most about baseball is its history. Streaks, curses, and records stretch back to the 19th Century, when each team had two pitchers and players drank before, and even during,...
Taylor Swift was just 16 when her first studio album was released. Self-titled and featuring an exaggerated country drawl, references to faith, and a song with the iconic lyric “I hate that stupid old...
In the current state of the global economy, the last thing anyone needs is internal forces putting their financial standing at risk. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to the DeKalb County School...
I’m pretty sure most high school students are familiar with the idea of a “horse girl.” The term sparks imagery of long-haired elementary classmates with a strange affinity for the animals that adorned...
