Browsing: Opinion
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2 Opinion: PreCalculus Should Be Weighted - Katie Woods
After a year’s worth of bitter commentary from my upperclassmen friends or the little geniuses that took the class sophomore year, I am finally in PreCalculus myself. And the rumors are true: PreCalc is absurdly difficult. PreCalc is a fast-moving course with a rigorous curriculum and a heavy workload. I consistently . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: PSAT Painfully Early - Ashton Macfarlane
Despite new studies proving that adolescents need to sleep longer and later, and a much-appreciated district schedule overhaul intended to give these teenagers the sleep they need, the PSAT will be held this year at M-A at 7:45. Yes, 7:45 a.m. The Saturday test date means that students will have just suffered . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: PETA Launching a Porn Site is Absurd - Breana Hume
As anomalous activist organizations seem to be growing popular in mainstream society, there appears to be one group that consistently stands out from them all: the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Notorious for their eccentric attention seeking actions in order to recruit bystanders towards animal rights and the . . . (Continue Reading)
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2 Opinion: TVs in Restaurants - Ashton Macfarlane
When you go to a restaurant, you expect to enjoy a good meal, lively conversation, and an escape from the outside world. It is difficult to conceive of an object more capable of destroying all three of these expectations than a television. Unfortunately, many eatery owners adorn their establishments with sleek . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: The Only Thing We Have to Fear - Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
Though terrorists attacked our country a decade ago, the image of the Twin Towers collapsing in flames has left a scar on our national psyche. We remember 9/11, as we should, for the 3,000 men and women who lost their lives that day; but all too often, this remembrance instills . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: Student Schedule Distribution - Ross Dairiki
While class schedules are currently distributed to students the morning of the first day of school, I think it is important for new schedules to be distributed to students about two weeks before school starts. This would avoid complications in many students’ schedules and allow freshmen, who are not familiar . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: The Education of Educators - Tyler Finn
“Teaching is the profession that teaches all other professions,” it is often said. This raises the question: Who teaches teachers to be teachers? Prospective teachers start with classroom courses and then gain hands-on experience through shadowing a working teacher and assisting in or teaching a class. However, a study released on . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: The Mid-Summer Checklist - Melissa Gaherty
In order for you students to have a successful and fulfilled summer, I have taken liberty in writing up a checklist. This will show you what you still need to do for the second half of your summer so it will not be wasted…
1. Burn your old school work that . . . (Continue Reading)
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3 Opinion: Wide-Ruled Paper Sucks - Will Hickman
Of all the great injustices faced by students—gum on desks, highlighted textbooks, and broken pencil sharpeners—wide-ruled paper is, perhaps, the most egregious. Wide-ruled paper, when compared to its more sophisticated cousin college-ruled paper, contains six fewer lines. Six fewer. Six lines that forever are robbed of their potential. Six lines that . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: PETA Should Not Rename Tenderloin - Breana Hume
Legendary for their contentious style of advocating animal rights, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have proposed to change the name of San Francisco’s famous Tenderloin District to the “Tempeh District,” a switch they deem imperative to eliminate any tolerance of animal cruelty by giving homage to . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 I Feel Chlorine-y. - Sam Amberchan
It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Wednesday and your alarm clock goes off. Groaning, you roll over and shut it off and crawl off to the bathroom. You contemplate on whether to follow through on your commitment or not even as you slip into your suit and sweats. As you place your key into . . . (Continue Reading)
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8 Opinion: AP Government and Economics - Kate Reardon
Since the dawn of time, Government and Economics have been a mandatory part of M-A curriculum, requirements that every senior must fulfill in order to graduate. Or at least, almost every senior. There are those ambitious few who take on some extra work junior year and teach themselves enough Government . . . (Continue Reading)
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5 Opinion: Why Mandarin Should Be Offered at M-A - Tyler Finn
M-A’s foreign language department has gotten by offering the basic French, Spanish, and Latin. However, it’s missing a valuable opportunity by not offering one of the most influential languages in the world: Mandarin. Mandarin should be offered at M-A over French, Spanish, or Latin for a multitude of reasons. Mandarin is . . . (Continue Reading)
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14 Opinion: My Quarter Life Crisis - Melissa Gaherty
I guess you could say that this internal civil war started when I stepped on campus at the beginning of this year as a junior. Many people say that junior year is the toughest year and I agree. Now, the APs are not impossible and the material is do-able. The . . . (Continue Reading)
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3 Opinion: Increased Marijuana Use is Not Prop 19′s Fault – It’s the Government’s - Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
Marijuana consumption in American teens is on the rise, but it is unclear who – if anyone – is to blame. The National Institute on Drug Abuse conducted an anonymous survey of 46,000 students aged 13 to 18 and found that the percent of 12th grade students who use pot daily . . . (Continue Reading)
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