What’s This Image Saying? Teens Weigh In.
Every week in our Picture Prompts, we post at least one image from The New York Times, without a caption, and invite students to try and decode it. What do they think the image is communicating? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can they relate to it personally? What…
What Students Are Saying About Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’
The period of school shutdowns got students out of their school routines.When I think back to virtual learning, my brain automatically goes to how stress free it was. I was in sixth grade when Covid first hit and going through a period of my life where I was extremely anxious at school. I believe that…
Teenagers on Saying ‘Like’
Maybe with some self-reflection and practice, I can kick this habit and speak more confidently and clearly. — Adaobi, Valley Stream NorthTo me filler words are just like any other word. They have meaning when you deliberately place meaning in them but when you use them to fill natural silence in your conversation they become…
What Students Are Saying About Bullying Today
And difficult to detect and punish.Cyberbullying can be completely out of the public view, making it that much more dangerous. Unless the bully or the person getting bullied shares the messages, no one would be privy to what’s happening behind the screen. When you text, it only goes to a select group of people, excluding…
What Students Are Saying About Lowering the Voting Age
I would argue that no, the voting age shouldn’t be extended to sixteen, due to the necessary teenage development that takes place between the ages sixteen and eighteen. Being a teenager of age seventeen, a teenager who would gain the right to vote should the age threshold be lowered, I have witnessed firsthand the actions…
Do You Have a Hard Time Saying ‘No’?
Teachers: Be sure to preview the article to ensure it is appropriate for use with your students.Your friends want to hang out but you had planned to work on a project for school. Someone wants to borrow your favorite shirt but you’re afraid you won’t get it back. You were saving the last doughnut as…
What Students Are Saying About Parents’ Responsibility for the Harmful Actions of Their Children
However, many other students argued that, under certain circumstances, parents should be held responsible for terrible crimes their children commit.Through numerous studies, it has been established that the most important factor in the development of a child is the parents and family members. It affects the success, values, mental health, and nearly every other aspect…
What Students Are Saying About Racist Jokes at School
In my opinion, I think schools should strongly punish racist jokes because many students use it and think it’s not a bad thing. I have seen many students use racist jokes such as the N word or Ching Chang Chong. I’ve also noticed that they think it is a normal thing. However, if it continues,…
What Students Are Saying About Sleepovers
I feel that when it comes to my family, my parents give me lots of freedom in regards to my social life. Although with this freedom, there are a few rules that come with it: if I’m not sleeping over somewhere then I must be back on the property by 12:30AM, and I have to…
What Students Are Saying About Learning to Write in the Age of A.I.
I, being a senior, have just finished my college applications. Throughout the process, I visited several essay help websites, and each one stressed this fact: essay readers want to hear a student’s voice. ChatGPT can write well-structured essays in two minutes, but these essays have no voice. They are formulaic and insipid — they won’t…
