It’s the weekend before you come back from break, and all you can think about is finals. You wish you took the finals before break so you could come into break done with tests and no homework and come...
Everyone knows the student who comes to school sick.
You are sitting in class as a myriad of coughing and sneezing echoes from the back of the room. At first you try to ignore it, but after an hour...
The Science Department: strategic masterminds
At some point in your time at Liberty you may have wondered who would win in a fight between the science students and the tech-ed students. No? Well we...
Last week, if I heard “Core 24,” I would immediately think “no more waivers or TAs; no more guided study.” But now, I know that Core 24 doesn’t mean any of those things for Liberty. So what is...
In 2010, Washington State set a lofty goal: to evaluate teachers and administrators in a way that would improve student learning and the classroom atmosphere.
Fast forward four years, and this Washington...
It’s 6AM. Last night you got to bed at midnight after a full day of school, afternoon activities and more homework than you can bear. You just want to go back to sleep. But, because Liberty starts at...
As Liberty students, we get so caught up in homework, college apps and final projects that it seems to take over our lives. Many of us are focused and determined to get the best grades possible and get...
Some teachers declare that students’ grades should be determined purely from their scores on assignments and tests, with no extra credit points. But this reasoning is flawed. It’s unreasonable for...
Who would you be without social media? As an avid blogger with an addiction to the feel of the clicks of the keyboard keys beneath my fingers, it’s hard to think where I would be without sites such as...
‘Twas the night before Elections, and all through the town, not a voter was stirring, making Washington frown. The ballots were left all alone without care, with no hope of making a difference this year....
Week One: Walking into the new classrooms shocks me and takes my breath away. We have new, tall, clean, magnificent, desks with footrests and backpack hooks. We no longer have to endure the pain of last...
The arrival of November brings the dreaded cold and flu season. Now, it’s nearly impossible to sit down for forty minutes and write a cohesive and deeply analytical essay with what sounds like an obnoxiously...
