What Do Celebrities Owe Their Fans?
Many stars have long accepted fan misbehavior, intense pressure and intrusions into their personal lives as the price of fame. Should they?
Lesson of the Day: ‘114,000 Students in N.Y.C. Are Homeless. These Two Let Us...
Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “114,000 Students in N.Y.C. Are Homeless. These Two Let Us Into Their Lives.” The New York Times recently followed Darnell and Sandivel — two homeless students — for one day, from sunrise to sunset. In this lesson, you will try to imagine how…
What Students Are Saying About: Female Superheroes, Being Left Out and Their Dream Homes
After reading over 100 comments, we found out that Ms. Reed is not alone. Many students had a painful story to tell about being excluded, whether it was a memory from first grade or a slight that stung just last week. Below, their stories — of being left out, of doing the leaving out themselves,…
What Students Are Saying About: Mental Health Days, Self-Doubt and Their Fashion Idols
In honor of New York Fashion Week, we invited students to tell us who inspires their style and what they think of this season’s trends in our Picture Prompt “Fashion Idols.” Here’s what they had to say: The good, the bad and the ugly of this season’s trends The modern fashion world has been bringing…
Teenagers on Their Hopes and Fears for a Second Trump Administration
One of the very few things I am fearful of is the safety of the returning president, as they have already attempted to take his life twice. Along with that, the safety of fellow Americans and supporters of the returning president is also a concern after the unfortunate murder of Corey Comperatore and the other…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their...
Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their Own Health Care” The Indian Health Service, which provides government medical care to 2.2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, is widely judged to provide substandard care. Some tribes have tried models of…
Is It Ever OK For Parents to Lie to Their Children?
Have your parents ever lied to you?Let’s be real, all people — and parents are people after all — lie. But have they ever purposely lied to you to shield you from difficult news?If so, are you grateful that your parents acted to reassure and protect you? Or do you wish they had just been…
Teenagers on What Their Families’ Native Languages Mean to Them
“I’m not that embarrassed” one student said of his accent, “because it’s a flex to know multiple languages.”
When — if Ever — Do You Call Adults by Their First Names?
Do you use honorifics like Mr. or Ms. to address your neighbors, friends’ parents, doctors, bosses and the people who work at your school?
What’s the Best Advice Older Generations Can Give Boys of Color to Improve Their...
Do you ever get advice from people of different generations? If so, do you find the advice insightful or helpful? Do you ever find that it misses the mark? Last week former President Barack Obama spoke in Oakland, Calif., at a town hall for My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative to mentor young black men that…
