Disclaimer: This is about a sensitive and serious topic. I don’t mean to offend anyone. My goal is to have a mature discussion and to present a youth’s perspective on this issue. Why am I doing this? In light of Robin William’s death, conversation about mental illness and suicide has resurfaced. However, it seems that…
Could you imagine having to pick either living life to full fill your passion and to live for the love of your life or to die in order to be reunited with your family? In such a situation what would one pick? Life or death? Love and passion or to be reunited with your kin? At the age…
Got a backpack? Want nice toned arms? Let’s get pumping! PREPARATION 1. Obtain a backpack (preferably an old, torn, battered one) 2. Fill it with appropriate weights Textbooks, dictionaries, rocks, cabbages all work as fillers. Use anything available to you. The recommended weight for starters is around three textbooks (15pounds) 3. Wrap the top handle…
Starting at a new school can be exciting to down right frightening. Whether you’re going from junior high to high school, or transitioning in the middle of the school year, the jitters and worries of finding new friends is very prominent. You may be lucky to have friends going to the same senior high as…