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…
What Students Are Saying About New Year’s Resolutions
Please note: Student comments have been lightly edited for length._________Students shared their thoughts on New Year’s resolutions.At first, I used to believe that New Year’s resolutions were a ridiculous idea. I thought, “Why would I wait for the whole year to end to make a change in my life?” I still believe that if I…
What Students Are Saying About School Cellphone Bans
In my school, many students amble around campus, staring down at their phones, completely oblivious to the world around them. I have witnessed some of my peers bump into walls or into other students as they are entranced in their small electronic devices. The attention that students pay to their phones takes away from socializing,…
What Students Are Saying About Waking Up in the Morning
It has always been a struggle for me to wake up in the morning. Though the smell of pancakes and bacon is tempting, the bed has always won the clash. The light shining through the blinds like the sun although silent is pleading for me to start my day — again tempting — but to…
What Students Are Saying About Accountability at School
I do not think students will, or can be, compelled to succeed if everything is given to them. I know that if I was guaranteed a 4.0, as this article suggests many are, then I would not try in any class. Successes are also far less beneficial for learning. I find that I learn best…
What Students Are Saying About Timed Tests
While the author said that you would not want a surgeon who rushes through a surgery, the opposite is actually true. When a patient is under sedation for too long, the outcomes are often bad. One would not want a surgeon to have your skull open for three days while he/she figures out what to…
What Teenagers Are Saying About Their Role in Fighting Climate Change
First, younger generations have to start using one of their most neglected yet important tools, their ability to vote. We have to vote for politicians that actually address climate change instead of burying their heads in the sand. Second, we have to start changing the narrative around nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is commonly believed to…
What Students Are Saying About Barbie
The dolls ‘used to lack diversity quite a bit.’My overall view of Barbie dolls is that it used to lack diversity quite a bit, which is something that’s very important to me, however in recent years they have gotten much better in terms of diversifying their toys. I can understand why many people might have…
What Students Are Saying About the End of Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admissions
White people tend to have a lot of institutional factors benefiting them that make it easier for them to succeed, therefore, on average, one can assume that a person of color probably had to try harder to reach the same level due to institutional disadvantages. Now, of course, ideally, we wouldn’t need affirmative action. It…
What Students Are Saying About Their Proudest Accomplishments
One accomplishment of mine that I feel most proud of is my job. I am a caddie at a private country club. I started out with absolutely no knowledge about golf, and was terrified to talk to adults. I pushed myself to get out of bed at 6am almost every summer morning and go work.…
