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Last month, reality gave me a nudge when Charter's school paper, The CHAT, aka my baby, put out it's last real issue.
And just last week, reality threw water on me to wake me up and realize: I'm almost an adult.

After four years of dedication, my time is up. On… Continue

Guten Tag!

After going to some countries in Europe for Spring Break with the school, I thought it would be nice to wrap up every region in one blog post. If there's one thing I learned from this ten day trip, it's that -when in Europe - you need all the background info, tips and shortcuts you can get.

For this post, we'll start off with Rothenburg, Germany.

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Although the Spring pep rally as a whole seems completely pointless to me, what's even worse is everybody's attitude.

The point of a pep rally is to cheer on the sports team to beat rival schools; it's not an excuse to howl like an animal or be immature towards other classes. You go into… Continue

It's the end of third quarter, meaning one thing: prom season.

You walk through the halls, see people's Facebook statuses and eavesdrop on conversations about the cute dress someone got or what the plans are for after. Then, there's the inevitable: "who are you going to prom with?"

It's cute, funny, but most of all, frustrating to hear all the gossip about who likes wh… Continue

Most Democrats tend to shove off a Reublican whenever they get in to a conversation and vice versa. At least, I had a tendency of doing that. In AP Gov./Pol. we're required to complete a civic involvement project during the third and fourth quarter, each consisting of three tasks. One is interviewing a local politician. I was able to snag an interview with a State Representative: Matt Hudson.
Despite him being a Republican and me a hardcore Democrat, I paid attention to every detail and w… Continue