Articles
Literary Journalism
Room for Improvement
I don’t like it, either
All for One, One for All?
I’m trying to help the team in general but everyone complains
Self Defense
“I am gonna punch the guy
"You are in School to Study Hard"
Take care of your brother
Fake Friends
So I began to play volleyball, which got me new friends
The Late Escape
She is a very funny person
18 or 8?
In my mom’s mind, I’m still a baby
"You Need to Take Advantage of the Opportunity that the United States Gave Us"
I don’t like to repeat things every two seconds
"You are Not a Baby Anymore"
Clean your room
"Don't Give Up on Things"
Be a better person
"Respect Yourself and Others"
Take care of your little brother
"Don't Get into Trouble"
Respect people older than you
"Be the Leader in your Life"
Don’t get any girls pregnant
"This is How you Behave in School"
Do your homework
"Follow your Dreams"
You are not five years old anymore
"Don't Waste Your Opportunity in America"
Wash the dishes -- they don’t wash themselves.
This is how to make some rice so you don’t burn down
School
"Being educated can take you far in life"
They always tell me to never give up
Teens rebel against useless school subjects
A course like AP Calc may sound great to college officials but how useful will it be in life? There
"Education is the light that can illuminate all your paths"
Education is the light that can illuminate all your paths
"I had to rebuild my life from scratch"
In my culture, people look at you at a different angle if you are not educated
Trying to Stem the Tide of Male-Dominated Science Careers
O’Bryant School of Math & Science
"Every minute in her classroom made me feel tortured"
The bell rang and that was a sign that class was about to start
"This class had a sense of peace"
For me, this class had a sense of peace
"I could see the eagerness of learning in each student"
I still recall getting struck by a sword- like stick for making a silly excuse for unfinished homework or for leaving books at home
"I was taught that life's a race and there's only one winner"
So I tightened the grip on my pencil, trying not to move my body
"The Teachers called us by number, not name"
The teachers called us by number, not name
BSAC Buzz
Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury, located next to Dudley Station at 2300 Washington Street
"I have gone a long way to discover who I am"
I was feeling dizzy
On Point
"He can never kill again"
We want them to be punished for their bad choices the way they killed others
"You do not care about human life"
I know that a person never changes
"The color of your skin can put on you the label of killer"
In this cold world, a man can die for someone else’s sin
"It is an illogical punishment that plays with our right to live"
A punishment that consists of executing a criminal in a legal way ignores the natural time people are supposed to die
"We need to make sure that we are living in a peaceful place with no criminals"
Terrorist, murderer, and rapist need to be taken away to bring peace to society
“The death penalty is appropriate for the worst of the worst”
Life in prison will not do anything
"Instead of looking for better ways to kill people, we should look for ways to improve our society"
The criminal justice system is made up of such imperfect human beings, so it doesn’t always fulfill its role of convicting the true criminal
"Revenge is wrong"
Instead of revenge, we should come together to stop the violence
The Ultimate Punishment
The death penalty is legal in 31 states and the federal system for aggravated crimes.
Locally,this
"We can't give people life, so why should we destroy it?"
It’s unethical because innocent people die
"Once a criminal, always a criminal"
Life is not like water
"We cannot allow criminals to take control of the world"
Second chances should not be allowed for them
“It will provide victims with the justice that they deserve"
Even a criminal who committed as grave an offense as murder should be given a chance to live
"How do we make capital punishment better?"
Our world is not a utopian place as much as we want it to be
"People who kill need to be in jail"
If people kill someone else, they need to go to jail to pay for committing murder.
Having them in ja
Sketchpad
"I Draw to Let my Emotions Out"
I draw to get a different view on things
"I Cannot go a Single Day Without Drawing"
I cannot go a single day without drawing
"Drawing is an Instrument for Me"
I could put them into words but drawing is way more fun
A&E
Interplanetary Praise for "Steven Universe"
And here we already see how different this show is: Steven is presented as pretty much anything but traditionally masculine
Sussing out the Superheroes
For Ralph Lambert, 14, it is the Incredible Hulk
Andy Biersack Obsession Disorder
Parents are reporting that their daughters aren’t themselves
Culture Club
"Rumor has it"
She says she once was the target of false gossip that she was dating a friend’s boyfriend
Religion: Think Globally
Fourteen-year-old Kayin Walker, from Mattapan, disagrees
"Panama Here I Come"
Why Panama? I’ve wanted to go to Panama ever since I saw the FOX TV series, “Prison Break,” which had episodes set in that Central American country
Five for Fighting
Wilkinson Fortilus, 16, from the Community Academy of Science and Health, understands why, for teens
Three Generations, Three different views of the World
But for our glory days, it shall be repeated
Youtube Scenarios in Which Art Imitates Life
But Moss’s jaw dropped when the process went awry: A random man called out to the young girl, saying that her mom was looking for her
Cold Leftovers
How they disentangle is a matter of debate
Trumping Trump on Immigration
KO is now 18 and came to the US from Colombia when he was two in search of a better life.
Now he see