I was walking through the library the other day when I saw a kid watching CNN Tonight on Youtube. I only noticed this because he was not wearing headphones. I was less concerned with him not having headphones...
When high schoolers’ parents were children their parents may have said “go out and play and be back by dinner time.” Most children were allowed to go outside to play and wander the neighborhood and...
Middle school is rough. We’ve all been there. It’s awkward. You just can’t wait to get to high school and get away from the confines of uniforms, miniature lockers, and the dabbing-ban. You want...
I enjoy texting and browsing social medias, just like many other kids, teenagers, and adults. And although I spend a lot of time on my phone, I have come to the realization that smartphones are truly hurting...
Within the past 10 years, “the number of American children and teenagers admitted to children’s hospitals for reporting suicidal thoughts has more than doubled,” according to The Economist. A study...
Sitting in the middle of a baseball field on a Friday night with 10 of his closest friends, one of them turns to him and hands him a rolled up piece of cigarette-looking paper and says, “It’s just...
You want to stay away from the girl if she has “crazy eyes,” according to the TV show How I Met Your Mother.
Although less commonly seen today, the hysterical woman trope still pops up occasionally...
Upper School needs a uniform. It’s time. In my four years at Kinkaid, I have experienced the morning chaos of getting ready, seen the tears of my classmates when they get in trouble for their ripped...
A few weeks ago as I was entering the Brown auditorium on my way to assembly, a teacher gestured towards me and asked for my name. She prepared to write my name down next to others on her notepad and informed...
It took President Trump two weeks after Hurricane Maria to fly to the island and throw paper towels at U.S. citizens at a hurricane relief distribution center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. People are dying,...
On Oct. 1, 2017, another deadly mass shooting killed 58 people, shaking Las Vegas and the world. This is not the first time: the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, in San Bernardino, CA and in Aurora,...
After one of the most traumatic weeks in our city’s history, Kinkaid students were offered a momentary sigh of relief at 2:58 p.m. on Sept. 3, when the revised “US Weekly Bulletin” appeared in their...
