Students should consider community college
Maya Benjamin, Staff Writer
June 3, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Harvard, Brown, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell, and Dartmouth. The seven Ivy League colleges in the United States. This past year, students across the country devoted hours to writing essays and filling out lengthy applications. Yet most will not get accepted into...
NFL players have every right to protest during the anthem
Maya Benjamin, Staff Writer
May 29, 2018
Filed under Opinion
“I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world,” Jackie Robinson said. In 1972, Robinson published his autobiography “I Never Had it Made," where Robinson revealed that he could never stand and sing the National Anthem as Robinson was...
Colleges are more than what they seem online
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Many high school juniors and seniors are researching and choosing colleges to map out their futures. This process is very in-depth and requires a lot of time and energy in order to achieve the "perfect" fit of a college. But actually visiting colleges is crucial when they are front-runners, as colleges...
School vouchers ignore the existing issues of public education
Nina Heller, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
In the U.S., every child has the right to a public education. Tuition isn’t paid in order to attend public schools, but schools are funded by taxpayers. What else is funded by taxpayers? Diverting public funding away from public schools in order to send lower-income students to private sch...
Siblings are not overrated
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
April 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion
"Ugh, my brother is so annoying! I wish that I was an only child!" No, you don't. "You're an only child? Must be so nice!" No, not really. The common perception of being an only child is that it's "better" compared to having siblings. Many people think that siblings only cause stress and...
The intent of prom is lost amid excessive norms
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Prom: the highlight of every typical high schooler's experience as a teenager — a night to remember forever, right? Well, our wallets will remember prom, that's for sure. Prom these days has become a huge fiasco, with all the bells and whistles. Not only does this burn a hole in wallets everywhere,...
Being nice to people won’t stop school shootings
Nina Heller, Staff Writer
April 5, 2018
What do a smile, a wave, a "hello," and an offer to be someone's partner in a group project all have in common? None of them have ever stopped a school shooting from occurring. After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, as students rose up and walked out of class on March 14, there...
Protesting leads to change when positive
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Protesting. Demonstrating, marching, rallying. The "act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval," according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The goal of protesting is to change our country by pushing for respect, equality, acceptance, protection, and so much more. It is crucial in this da...
Riding in the passenger’s seat elicits self-reflection
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion
I can't drive with my mom anymore. And I don't mean that I can't stand her critiques like driving too fast even though I'm five under the speed limit, I mean I can't be in the passenger seat when she drives. How many times has she narrowly averted trading paint with the car next to us, or slowly drifted...
Who is really at fault for mass shootings
Maya Benjamin, Staff Writer
February 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Valentine’s day. A day filled with hearts, joy, and lots of candy. At least that is how the day should have gone for the residents of Parkland, Florida, a small town near Palm Beach County. Instead, Parkland’s local public school, Stoneman Douglas High School became the site of the ninth dead...
Florida catastrophe calls for action
February 18, 2018
Florida is not the first, and it will not be the last. Not unless something changes. On Dec. 14, 2012, a 20-year-old man shot and killed 26 people, children included, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman killed 58 people in a mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip...
Staying home sick is not worth the stress
Kathryn Stratz, Staff Writer
February 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On Monday morning, I woke up with a sore throat, cough, and fever. My first thought was "I can't miss school!" I know. A girl with a fever contemplating going to school. But for high schoolers today, there are ridiculous consequences for missing all six classes. Yes, of course, I spent the day...
Brian Olivares, Staff Writer
The internet is not as private as some may think. There are ways in which the Carlmont staff can see everything that a student accesses on their Sequoia Union High School...
Nihal Karim, Staff Writer
For Rebecca Shentu, Manon Llorach, and Sarah Tocatlian, moving to a new country was just the beginning of a new journey. The transition from middle school to high school...
Sam Hanlon, Staff Writer
Ninety-seven percent of sexual offenders walk free. Only 15 to 35 percent of sexual assaults are reported. Sexual assault can happen to men, women, or children. According...
Tyler Dartnell, Staff Writer
High school parties often consist of underage drinking, drugs, and other dangerous activities that are potential problems for partygoers. Life skills, a required high...
Rachel Matatyaou, Staff Writer
Seventy-six percent of students in Julie Paoli’s AP (Advanced Placement) biology course are girls. And that’s not normal. The percentage of women’s...