A year has passed since Lexington residents entered quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are gradually progressing towards normalcy with the help of vaccines. Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson...
For Gen Z, particularly Lexington High School students, there seems to be some hypocrisy in the way we use social media. Over half of us use social media for three or more hours a day, according to a recent...
Ableism - discrimination against people with disabilities - has devastating consequences for many individuals. Specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of ableism has have become increasingly...
The infamous homework policy of Lexington High School. The funny thing is that this homework policy is not so ambiguous, at least it does not have to be, especially regarding no homework weekends.
“No...
The average teenager spends over nine hours a day online. At first glance, I thought that this statistic certainly could not apply to me—there was no way my screen time was near that number! However,...
In current American culture, everything about popcorn—the sound, the buttery smell, the crunchy texture—is evocative of cinema. Contrary to popular belief, however, it wasn’t always this way.
Popcorn...
Over quarantine, one of the ways I entertained myself was by watching streamers play battle royale games—all the rage in recent years. It seemed a bit pointless at first, but it was nerve-wracking and...
Whiplash is the most unsettling and anxiety-producing band movie I’ve ever seen. Admittedly, it is the only band film I’ve ever watched, but the point still stands. This masterfully crafted movie seized...
“I don’t count how many trees we pass because I don’t count the things that don’t matter.
I don’t count unripe pods. I don’t count how many times I’ve been hit for being under quota....
Is “Zoom Fatigue” real? With the long hours spent staring at a screen, frequent glitches due to audio issues or screen-sharing malfunctions, and an endless array of different links and assignments,...
It’s Monday morning, and I am heading to my first class of the day. I walk all the way down to the side doors closest to the football field (to abide by COVID-19 student movement protocols), enter through...
Hey future me—you’ve probably forgotten about your high school self, So let me refresh your memory on this peculiar stage of your life.
Your high school GPA, you remember this though, right? No,...