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…
Should Students Have the Same Teachers Year After Year?
Have you ever wished that you could have the same teacher over again? Or do you look forward to getting a different teacher each year?What if you found out that research shows that having the same teacher year after year might actually be good for you?In North Carolina, economists examined data on several million elementary…
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…
Do Schools Need to Do More to Hold Students Accountable?
Do you think your school does enough to hold all students accountable academically and behaviorally?For example, what happens if you miss several days of school? Are you required to make them up somehow? Are your grades affected? Do you risk being held back if you are absent too many times?What about if you don’t turn…
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…
Should Students Let ChatGPT Help Them Write Their College Essays?
Teachers: We also have a lesson plan that accompanies this Student Opinion forum.Are you working on a college application essay? Have you sought help from an adult? How about from an A.I. chatbot like ChatGPT or Bard? Were either useful? If so, how?The New York Times recently published two articles about the questions these new…
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…
