A wise man once said, "For everything lost something is gained, and for everything gained something is lost." That famous statement, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, illustrates a very important fact of life. Throughout my life I have experienced several life changing events that I have gained or lost s...

While going up, sports were a big influence in my life. There was not a day that went by that I would have to go outside and throw either the football or baseball around with my dad whenever he got home from work. In my early years all sports were to me was going across the street and gathering a gr...

Bless Me Ultima High School is primarily made up of "groups". In fact, any school for that matter consists of many different groups, which are put together by the kids. CVHS is not the most diverse school in the area, but it still contains people who congregate...

Uniforms In Public School Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an...