By Caitlin Kelly c.kelly@trojantimes.org SparkNotes, which is best known for its heavy database of summaries and analyses, is often supported when used in moderation. However, since it is so easily accessible, students often become dependent on it and that reliance is detrimental to one’s ability to think creatively. Most students have been in a situation [...]
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Living like it’s Christmas all year round
By Caitlin Kelly c.kelly@trojantimes.org Pretty much every person in the U.S. is familiar with Dec. 25 and its traditions, whether or not they choose to celebrate the holiday. The days, or months rather, leading up to it involve seasonal music playing throughout department stores, holiday movies airing constantly on television and people getting into that [...]
Emphasis on grades causes students to miss learning opportunities
By Shan Yonamine s.yonamine@trojantimes With constant emphasis on graduation and college being thrust at high school students, it’s easy for them to become obsessed with letter grades, percentages and test scores. An environment such as this causes stress and unhealthy amounts of self-induced pressure. In this big numbers race, students lose sight of the [...]
Steve Jobs: more than meets the ‘i’
By Renzo Gonzalez r.gonzalez@trojantimes.org The Internet can be terribly insensitive in its ignorance. Wednesday, Oct. 5, marked the end of an era with the passing of Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and entrepreneur extraordinaire, who succumbed to a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Of course, the Web was soon engulfed in a chaotic flurry of [...]
Successful fundraisers require student participation
By Caitlin Kelly c.kelly@trojantimes.org With the new school year already in full swing, fundraisers planned for the different classes have also begun. Asking people to buy things may seem simple enough, but there’s more behind-the-scenes work than most people realize. When students don’t even put in the effort to fundraise, the work of the class [...]
Character Counts is foundation for lifelong success
By Caitlin Kelly c.kelly@trojantimes.org “Character Counts” is a phrase that students at MHS have constantly heard. However, it’s more than just two simple words being repeated over and over again; this phrase is the foundation of not only great students, but great people. Keeping those two words in mind is just as important as [...]
