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Is Middle Child Syndrome Real?

Middle child syndrome is where the middle child or also known as the "forgotton child", has a different personality due to the order of their birth and their siblings birth. For an example, oldest children are known for being for authoritive, stong w

Do Small towns need to be more culturally exposed?

In my experience living in a big city and a rural town, the cultural differences are staggering to say. The cultural differences in rural areas may be greater than a city's but both equally have some learning to do from eachother. When I think of the

Is it better to be more efficient in sports or academics?

Throughout the school year, many students constantly feel overwhelmed and stressed when trying to balance a sport and still trying to do well academically.  It is a debate about whether it is better to be more committed to sports or more committed to

Are GMOs good or bad

What are GMOs? They are genetically modifed food. I have seen a lot of people over the internet tallking about if GMOs are good or not. The first GMO food was developed in 1994 by Calgene, it was engineered to have a longer shelf life.

It has been es

Should there be an age restriction to buy an animal?

Ever wanted to buy a pet at petsmart, but they told you couldn’t due to not being 18. All pet smarts and Petcos aren’t aloud to sell to minors. The stores have said due to the time and requirement of care for some of these animals they won’t sell to

Should AriZona Tea Keep Its Price of 99 Cents?

AriZona Tea is a well-known beverage company that sells all over the world. It’s mainly known for its good-quality beverages that only cost 99 cents. Originally made in order to compete with Snapple, it has now become one of the most favored drinks o

Should Spring/Easter Break be Longer?

Its hard to decide if it should be shorter or longer. I would go with Shorter. Only for the reasoning that you wont be in school longer than you have to be, not behind on school work, and still have the weekend and one day off. Studies show that when

Are electric cars really better for the Environment?

Lately lots of people have been talking about getting electric cars, especially with the gas prices as high as they are. Many people beleive that electric cars are a lot better for the environment, but that might not be the case. To start off, the ba

Biden's environmental plan

Biden's goal is to make the U.S’s net goal of greenhouse gasses zero by 2050. Now this does seem reasonable but its not as simple as flipping a switch, there's no gas to use to bring in windmills or solar panels to decrease greenhouse gasses. Somethi

Trump has to pay 10.000$ per day

Is bigfoot real?

Bigfoot is a mythical creature who is like a big hairy ape. He can be seen all across the USA, but mainly in the mountainous areas. There are a lot of people that have claimed to see him. Bigfoot is also known as yeti, sasquatch, and yowie. He is a v

THE ACT

As we have just done taking ISAPS a couple of weeks ago there is a lot of thoughts on whether we should have standardized testing or not an example would be the ISAPS and the ACT. The standardized test came around in the 1920s. The reason schools tak

Should Private Schools be Government Funded?

Should private schools be government funded? This is a rising debate, especially in Iowa. Recently, Governor Reynolds proposed a plan to help students pay for private school tuition. In this bill, she also proposed that all public school must have on

The Russian's are making trenches in Chernobyl

On wednesday the Ukrainian military posted a video on twitter with the caption "Video proof. Russian command did order its soldiers to dig fortifications near the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in the radioactive Red Forest in March, 2022". The video

How Much Power Should the President Hold?

How much power should the president posess? In the constitution it explicitly says that the president of the United States should have: the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, con

Should every child get there vaccination

Should every child get all their vaccinations? 

Nowadays not every child gets their vaccinations due to religious standards and more. Some parents think that since there is no more of one certain disease in the USA, that they don't need the shot to pr

Is School to Stressful for Students?

Many students would agree with me that school can be very stressful. The teachers are constantly pushing us to do homework and school work. A lot of students have other activities after school like work, sports or chores and they do not have time to

Airlines want to drop COVID-19 travel restrictions?

Airlines want to drop covid-19 precautions on planes, and many people are concerned if it is the right time. Many are also wondering if it the right thing to do, due to covid being unpredictable as seen in the past. Some days it can get better and th

What Exactly Is Violence?

Should we be driving electric cars now that gas prices are going up?

As most people know, gas prices are rising very fast due to the invasion by Russia on Ukraine. Because of this, many people are having to pay much more money for gas, which they don’t really want to do, but they end up having to because they don’t th