The Class of 2021 Could Change College Admissions Forever
This week, we are publishing the work of all the winners and runners-up in the high school and middle school categories of our Seventh Annual Student Editorial Contest. You can find them all in this column. “The Class of 2021 Could Change College Admissions Forever”By Erin Tan, age 16, Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics,…
If You Could Change the Laws of Nature, What Would You Change?
Would you want to be able to time travel? To be in two places at once? To predict whether someone would laugh at your joke? Share your wildest ideas.
Could You ‘Quit’ Shopping?
What was the last purchase you made? Why did you buy it? Where did you find it — in a store, on social media or somewhere else? Did you actually use your purchase, or is it sitting untouched in your closet somewhere?Overall, do you consider yourself a savvy spender? Or do you ever feel like…
Do You Wish You Could Break Free From Your Phone?
Have you ever tried? What strategies have been most successful in limiting your phone’s power over you?
What Topics Do You Wish You Could Learn About in School?
What about the arts and athletics? Can you learn to play the guitar or tap dance, make films or rock climb at your school?What would you like to learn in school if you could learn anything? What additional courses do you wish your school offered? Why?Schools at all levels regularly tinker with their curriculums to…
Could You Live an Entire Day Without Plastic?
A journalist tried to go plastic-free for 24 hours. How do you think his experiment went?
If You Could Take On One Problem Facing Our World, What Would It Be?
How might you work with other young people to tackle your issue?
If You Could Create Your Own School, What Would It Be Like?
Inspired by a school in the Bronx with a basketball-themed curriculum, we invite you to imagine your own ideas for what school could be.
Could You Spend Three Hours Looking at Just One Work of Art?
That’s an assignment a Harvard professor gives her students. Would you try it? If so, what artwork would you choose?
Do You Like Your First Name? Would You Change It if You Could?
What’s your favorite first name? Is it the name you have? Would you like it to be? Have you ever used a name that is different from the one your family gave you? Or experimented with the spelling or pronunciation of your name? In “Why Not Let Children Choose Their Own Names?” Danielle Braff writes:…
