Monthly Archives: April 2014

Civic Issues: Tying It All Together

A lot of my civic issues posts this semester have talked about the negative impacts of standardized testing and the pressure that putting good grades puts on students. I wrote my issue brief on why I believe abolishing the SATs … Continue reading

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My Life Bucket List: To See The Aurora Borealis

As promised at the beginning of the semester, I saved my last passion blog post for the top thing on my life bucket list. Excuse me if this post is all over the place, in case you couldn’t tell with … Continue reading

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My Life Bucket List: Go Scuba Diving

Ever since I was a little kid, I was obsessed with the water. My mom used to tell me stories about how she would take me to the pool, and I would spend 90% of the time with my head … Continue reading

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Issue Brief: Abolishing Standardized Testing

Making The Case for the Abolishment of Standardized Testing In the first week of March, Collegeboard, the organization responsible for the creation and distribution the standardized test known as the SAT, announced a fundamental rethinking and subsequent reorganization of the … Continue reading

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Keeping to My Opinion of Abolishing Standardized Testing

In keeping with the theme of standardized testing, and advocating for the abolishment of the SAT entirely, I wanted to dedicate this post to the PSSA’s and other elementary and higher education standardized test assessments outside of the SAT and … Continue reading

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My Life Bucket List: Visit Machu Picchu

I know I said that I would save the top two items on my life bucket list for the last two weeks of blogging, but this week has been a particularly hard one, and I thought it might let me … Continue reading

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