When people think of Key West, they usually think of the nightlife, beaches, and tourist destinations. However, there’s more to Key West and the rest of the keys than just the common tourist attractions. There are three major high schools in the Florida Keys: Key West, Coral Shores, and Marathon, Key West High School (KWHS) is the biggest, with about 1,300 students. When the students … Continue reading Key West from a Teen’s Perspective
Cleanliness, a word with many, many meanings. From describing someone’s hygiene -which this article will mostly cover- to how clean your car is, cleanliness is something that everyone should strive to achieve. Cleanliness is, as defined by Oxford Languages, “the state or quality of being clean or being kept clean”. This article will be a broad overview of this definition, from keeping yourself clean to … Continue reading On Cleanliness
Many high school students often find themselves working their first jobs during their Junior and Senior years of high school. From working as an Intern at a local arts center to serving tables and tourists at a restaurant, most lower-skill jobs aimed at high school students are often filled up rapidly as soon as they open. Many American students also get their first car on … Continue reading On Employment And My Struggles
Last night, the two vice presidential candidates for the 2024 election, Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, representing the GOP and Democratic tickets respectively, faced off in a debate hosted by CBS News in their Manhattan film studio. The debate is likely the last debate for this election season before voting begins in early November, and will also likely be … Continue reading Vance and Walz, 2012 Called
The American public education system is known around the world for its early start times, with most schools in the state of Florida starting at 7:30 in the morning and ending at 2:30 in the afternoon. Many groups across the country have been calling for schools to start later in the day, mostly around 8 or 9 in the morning, in exchange for schools ending … Continue reading On Sleep And Timeliness
High school is 4 years long and is supposed to be some of the best years of your life. Not the best years, but they will definitely be at the top of my list. Although there have been some not-great parts, the experiences I’ve had and opportunities that I have had are once in a lifetime. Since starting high school in August of 2021, I … Continue reading Senior Year So Far
How does one man take one of the most valuable social media platforms in the world and cause it to become one of the least profitable and most in-debt platforms in the history of the Internet? If you are looking for the answer, you can look no further than the disaster that was Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now known as X), and his series … Continue reading Tantrums and Failure: Elon Musk and X
While Earth is very large and only 42% of it has been discovered, the universe and outer space is more fascinating and easier to explore. On Earth, we, as humans, tend to focus so much on the small things like what our outfits look like or a chipped nail. Although, when you look at the universe, we are one person on one continent, on one … Continue reading Why Space Exploration is Fascinating
Your Junior year of High School in the United States is the most difficult time of your younger years of life. From the start of the year, where you have many new and difficult courses given to you, along with multiple college opportunities and potential internships, followed by the end of the year, when many of your older friends graduate, and when you finally near … Continue reading On “Preparing” For College
By: Thomas Horvath “Today our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant, and to face the challenge of change.” This quote is from The World House written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was not only a brilliant thinker but also a survivor who perfectly represents the traits needed to be a survivor. … Continue reading The Necessary Traits of Being a Survivor
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