The confused tourist in an unfamiliar culture, a stubborn train on a dilapidated track, a fierce soldier heading into no man’s land. Depending on the subject, learning can feel like any of the above....

As springtime approaches, college decisions are at the forefront of many seniors’ minds. While most of them will head off to their chosen college in the fall, some will choose to take a gap year instead. A...

Imagine packing your bags and leaving everything you know to go to an entirely different place. You wake up only to have to go to school in a foreign country. This experience was the case for Carlmont...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on The McHenry Messenger. It was originally published on February 14, 2024.

In Chinese culture, Lunar New Year is an all-out celebration to secure an auspicious start and end of the year. It’s truly an unforgettable experience — whether it be the loud bang of firecrackers,...

Somewhere within McLean High School, a seasoned educator is finding themselves at a crossroads. Wrestling with the weight of prospective decisions and a growing sense of disillusionment, they contemplate...

Marco Island is one of the most popular and beloved tourist destinations in Florida, where vacationers see their problems melt away like the setting sun over the shining waters of the Gulf of Mexico. For...

*DISCLAIMER: The following quotes from Maria Lopez Morey were written in Spanish through email and translated, from Spanish to English, via Google Translate and native-speaking staffers on The Muse.   ...

He’s a modern-day Renaissance man in every way. While Andrew Hamilton continues the classical tradition of teaching Latin, he also knows “a little bit about literally everything.” From dance...

The music swells to a climax every four years. In the ongoing opus of our country’s history, each election marks a grand crescendo as different melodies vie for dominance. Each note casts its vote,...

Thousands of years ago, a beast known as “年," which translates to the word "year" in Chinese, would emerge from the sea or mountain every New Year’s Eve, according to ancient Chinese folklore. ...

“Do you have a pad?” one classmate not-so-quietly announced just moments into B Block History. Before I could respond, three other students had already pulled out a colorful array of various pads (and...

The ACPS community is upset about COLA, and they don’t mean the carbonated beverage. After Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt’s proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year touted a priority of...

What started as a teetering kitchen stool in the corner of his drafty garage has transformed into a full-blown barbering chair, filled with hundreds of clients awaiting to be cut by Davon, a Stafford High...

"What the f— are you looking at?" Vicha Ratanapakdee, an elderly immigrant from Thailand, heard these words before a teenager from San Francisco slammed into him. Ratanapakdee passed away two days...

While eating breakfast, Coppell High School senior Hana Sawaf's face is illuminated by her Macbook screen as she eyes her common application for the University of Texas at Austin, just before pressing...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on The Forest Scout. It was originally published on February 9, 2024.

Sophomore Jayden Collins wakes up at 5 a.m. to start his day, which consists of cross-country practice, school, bagging groceries at Publix and completing late-night homework. Despite the heavy workload,...

After nearly five months of preparation and hard work from junior Bailey Kestel, a coffee cart partnered with Savvy Bean has opened in the Waterloo Career Center. In September, Kestel shared the idea...

When then-rising senior Susie Kim was headed to Seoul this past summer on board an Air Premia flight, Kim did a mental run-through as to what she’d need to do once the plane landed at the airport. ...

In the quiet corridors of a hospital, among rooms bathed with fluorescent light and air filled with the aroma of antiseptic, lies a controversy that has survived since the origins of medicine.  Debates...

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, standardized testing scores fell across the board. That probably makes sense; students were kept out of the classroom for months and could only learn through...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on Harker Aquila. It was originally published on February 7, 2024.

Imagine you finally leave school at 1:30 p.m. and have to set out for the hour-and-a-half drive to Vincennes. You arrive at 3:30 p.m. and begin teaching your first dance student group. After teaching two...

Ever since the creation of the iPhone in 2007, teenagers and adults alike have relied on their mobile devices to take photos. Compact, versatile and easily portable, iPhones have dominated the recreational...

“What are you planning to do for college?” is the ominous question every teenager has been asked at least once during high school. Most believe that college is their best chance at achieving their...

Hand out the window, Doja Cat blasting through the car, junior Julia Low sings along to her favorite song on her way to her next debate tournament, ready to give her all. Low was first introduced to debate...

In a crowded cafeteria, hundreds of people gather at different tables across the room. The sounds of laughter and conversations echo between the four walls as groups of people switch back and forth from...

The boots, the horses, the cowboy hats. Hundreds of thousands gather in the Denver Coliseum every year for the biggest celebration of agriculture in the West: the National Western Stock Show. Since...

When Ben Rhazi was 2 years old, doctors discovered that he was profoundly deaf. As a result of being born with a progressive hearing loss gene, his inner ear lost all of its hearing function revealing...

Open TikTok and you'll be greeted by an endless lineup of skincare tutorials. However, a new trend has emerged amidst the tips and glowing product reviews: female pre-teens confidently hunt through aisles...

On a traditional Boy Scouts camping trip, members trek through an evergreen forest, sunlight heating their paths, and set up their campsite for the night. Rope burns sting their hands as knots are tied,...

The muggy, midsummer marching band rehearsals are not what all band kids live for. However, beginning band as an alto saxophone player is different. One of the section leaders is serenading the band with...

An unruly, knotty behemoth of a coding problem stands before Thomas Liu (12). He’s taking the United States of America Computing Olympiad, and time is ticking away. Wondering how to wrangle the gargantuan...

A Unique Childhood Noah Cartan was predicted not to live past three months. At the end of November 2023, he celebrated his 28th birthday. Noah was born suddenly four weeks before his due date, leading...

Huge cardboard boxes filled with keyboards containing missing letters, broken MacBooks, and frayed wires that peek out of the sides sit in the basement of Building 2. Projectors that are stacked upon each...

Sophomore Ronith Vinod Chikkaballapur finds himself pulling out his cell phone more often to translate what his parents, who are speaking in Kannada, are saying in English. After moving away from Karnataka,...

​​For eight weeks straight, junior Carter Hughes said he stuck to a strict diet, which consisted of eating five times his body weight in kilograms of carbs and one gram of protein for each pound. ...

Baruch College Campus High School nestles itself in what is deemed one of the most liberal cities in the country, New York. As such, the majority of the student body holds politically-left ideas. A...

As you enter her office, the first thing you will see is a bright smile that is ready to welcome you. When you begin to talk you will notice that she is genuine due to the inviting tone she speaks with,...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on Cougar Chronicle. It was originally published on January 31, 2024.

Math instructor Lauren Logan always felt safe in her condo complex. After all, there was a gate code to enter and another gate code for where her car was parked — those gates were armed with sharp...

If you are an American, you have First Amendment rights. These include freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, the right to petition the government for redress, and the right to be...