Being bullied to the point of suicide, picked on day and night, week after week, month after month, during and after school, would be daunting for adults but even worse for students. Bullying has made many people not feel as if they are good enough or ask if they even have a purpose. Since the […]
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According to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 274 homicides related to gun violence happened in DC in 2023. This is a 20-year high of shooting deaths in the nation’s capital. The reason why it’s causing a problem is it is killing people. A solution is for the DC Council and Mayor’s office to implement multiple […]
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Over a two to four-month span in 2022, more than 1,900 children died, but I am not talking about a country at war. I am speaking of the staggering number of deaths suffered by children who had been abused. Child abuse can take many forms, from physical to mental to neglect or the absence of […]
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“I’m hungry, I’m cold, and I have nowhere to rest my head comfortably before school,” said any homeless kid in our nation’s capital. Unfortunately, kids in the United States aren’t going to receive a quality education. Instead, they cannot focus on school because they are thinking about their next home or meal. Because students can’t […]
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Imagine yourself as a student a week before exams. You have a test to study for, essays to complete, and a house to clean. Your hands are shaking. You start to get tired and forget things. The effect of stress on students is a pertinent issue that can affect our youth’s mental and physical health. […]
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Have you suffered from racism, or seen students facing racism? Racism occurs when someone is treated differently because of their skin color or culture. It has happened to many kids in school, including me. In 5th grade, some students would call me an animal, tell other students I ate cats and dogs even though I […]
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From 2015 to 2018, more than 35,000 American children were shot before their 18th birthday. This trauma and suffering shouldn’t be a normal part of growing up (Giffords.org Kids and Guns). Teens should not have any access to guns. It is a major problem because innocent people are being severely injured or are dying. I […]
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Have you ever wondered If bees are really that important? Could you imagine a world without bees? If you can’t, let me describe what that would be like. Without bees, 100% of almonds, 90% of apples, 90% of onions, 90% of blueberries, 90% of cucumbers, and 90% of carrots would all be gone (Natural Resources […]
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Only two hours and 11 minutes. That’s how long it takes for someone to die from suicide. And the people who attempt it and survive have to deal with the feelings they have towards themselves. This is a huge problem, and one of the biggest reasons is cyberbullying on social media. I think the app […]
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Have you ever heard the sound of a gunshot? The screams and cries of people around you, everyone wondering the same thing: What if that’s me soon? For millions of people, that is their reality: every morning, waking up and wondering, What if it happens again? When I was seven, that was me. There were […]
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Harassment. According to Wikipedia, the verb is derived from the Old French harasser which means to “exhaust, tire out, wear out; to harry, torment, vex.” It may also link from the Old French hirer (“to set a dog on”), and from Frankish hara, meaning, “here, hither,” a command for a dog to attack. Now, you […]
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The lack of affordable afterschool care is a problem, but why is it a problem? Because afterschool care provides benefits that children who cannot attend these programs miss out on. Many after-school programs were closed due to COVID-19, and in the present, there’s still a severe lack of affordable after-school programs. The lack of afterschool […]
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