Music: the way it really affects your mind and its life long benefits to high school students
May 4, 2012 • Anthony Cannatella
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You have probably listened to music before right? When you were listening did you think it could improve your mood? How about help your immune system? You wouldn’t think it could do this and it sounds too good to be true, but it is. Not only can music help you by listening, but studying it... Read more »
Helpful? Problematic? Both? The advances in technology within cars.
May 4, 2012 • Austin Embree
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Have you ever wanted to be noticed, not only for who you are, but what you love? Driving a new car, that is very technologically advanced, can be very helpful to this. Knowing that you have the best car, is a whole different feeling. Intelligent automobiles. The cars of the future. So much new technology... Read more »
3rd World countries: How they change your perspective on the life you have been living
May 4, 2012 • Bella Scarpace
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If you ever want to change and or need a new perspective on life I would highly suggest a visit to one of the many provinces in Africa. Life doesn’t seem the same after a visit to Africa, your world kind of turns upside down. No longer are you living for yourself but for other people. Last summer me... Read more »
Is social networking changing society?
May 3, 2012 • Jaclyn Verdina
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The Social Networking game all began in July of 2006 in San Francisco when four men launched a microblogging website together.The four men Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone named the website “Twitter”, allowing users to “tweet” about thoughts, feelings, phrases, and activities... Read more »
Injuries are like speed bumps on a highways in Jade’s Montes career
May 3, 2012 • Anyel Thomas
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To understanding how Jade Montes became the player she is today one must acknowledge the power of injuries to teach life lessons`.. Robert Louis Stevenson Once wrote “ you cannot run away from weakness; you must fight it or parish”. Background on Patellofemoral Syndrome Patellofemoral Syndrome... Read more »
8 easy steps to a better night sleep
May 3, 2012 • Carrie Stouffer
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Did you know that students need 8 ½ to 9 hours of sleep a night? And according to medicalnewstoday.com 75% on average of those teens aren’t getting enough Did you also know that 90% of parents think that their children are getting enough? Sleep is as vital as breathing and if you’re not getting... Read more »
A skatepark, something needed to save a dying culture
May 3, 2012 • Nathan Stark
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Soccer players have their fields, basketball players have their courts, and football players have their stadiums, but where do the skateboarders come into the picture? Several cities surround Danville California; Alamo, Walnut Creek, Livermore, Concord, and San Ramon, All of which have, or are soon to... Read more »
As Pressure Increases, Competition Causes Students to Crack: is high school becoming so competitive that it produces negative effect?
May 3, 2012 • Daniel Smith
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Yes. Practice is over. These extra practices have been killer. Finally can get home and relax. Wait, never mind there’s homework from almost all my classes today. Well that’s convenient. There goes the rest of the evening. This is probably another night of staying up till twelve tonight. Man this... Read more »
The terrible frights of sleepless nights: a full night sleep is one of the most important things a teenager can get, so why do hardly any of us actually get it?
May 3, 2012 • Aaron Rosenberg
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Ten, eight, seven, three, zero. These are how many hours of sleep regular teenagers get every night. The majority of students go to bed from ten thirty to twelve thirty. During the summer we sleep a huge amount; we usually get ten hours of sleep every night, but that is not possible during the school... Read more »
Homework: Good vs. Evil. Homework is one of the most hated things by students but it also comes with many good things for them
May 3, 2012 • Taylor Roper
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Students and parents protest, but teachers keep assigning it. Homework is mostly used for students to practice what they learned in school. A psychology professor at University of Nevada, Reno stated that an extra half hour of math homework per night for grade levels seven through eleven is estimated... Read more »
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