It’s the middle of the night and I’m barely awake. It’s after midnight and the parents are still not home yet. My eyes stay glued to the TV screen in hopes that maybe...
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Moody Monday:: Living with Technology
Cell phones, iPads, iPods, and a number of other technological devices consume our lives each day. The average eight to eight-yeard old kid spends more than seven and a half hours a day consumed...
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Didn’t Get into YOUR TOP CHOICE DREAM SCHOOL? No worries, neither did I!
The college process has the ability to take over one’s life– start an empire and just conquer everything else. Everyone talks about it. You and your parents don’t talk about what’s going on in...
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Top Trends Spring 2013
When I walked outside this morning I heard a sound that has been foreign to me for the past 5 or so months. Birds were chirping. Walking home from the bus stop this afternoon,...
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Moody Monday:: The Flaws of Standardized Testing
Starting tomorrow the sophomores will be taking the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT). Also during this time, freshmen will be taking practice CAPT tests in order to prepare them for next year. Not only...
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Moody Monday: The Expense of Prom
The dress, the tux, the flowers, the limo, the tickets, everything about prom is expensive. According to some teens, the more money someone spends on prom the better the experience. Of course prom is...
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The Sick Day
The first thing you feel when your alarm goes off in the morning is pain. And it is not the usual I-cannot-believe-my-alarm-really-goes-off-at-this-time kind of pain. It is more like a did-I-get-hit-by-a-truck-and-not-remember-it kind of pain....
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Moody Monday:: Snow Days
Staying home from school always sounds like a great idea. Some students stay home in order to take a break, relax, or catch up on work. However, when it comes to being stuck at...
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What to Do This Week: Read The Fault in Our Stars
In the words of Hazel Lancaster, the main character of The Fault in Our Stars, cancer books suck. And I have to agree with that. No matter how amazing a book is, the minute...
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Moody Monday: Choosing a college
High school, commonly known as the best time of a young adult’s life, can also be one of the most stressful times of life. With all the decisions high school students are faced there...
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