What’s worse: Consensual sex or flagrant racism? What about sex or cold-blooded murder? Simple answer, right? Apparently not. The distinction between sex and various illegal acts should be a straightforward...

My English class experience: 301 classes. 400 hours. 35 books. 42 essays. However, it stretches far beyond this, for English isn’t a subject comprised of numbers, equations, facts or formulas. Rather,...

When Learning Specialist Greg Cole asked our Modern Philosophy and Literature class why we get out of bed in the morning, and went around the table asking each student their answer, I was a little bit...

High School has become, in the course of freshman to senior year, a marathon where the finish line is university, and in this race every step forward is an assessment completed, a box checked. We neither...

Character – any student will agree, and any administrator should confirm – is not only an accumulation of integrity, responsibility, decision-making, and other rigid qualities; it encompasses so many...

Every High School student at ASL has experienced the strenuous 80 minute class period. It is not only painfully long, but can also be counter-productive. At times, staying focused in class is more challenging...

When I arrived at ASL as a freshman, I had trouble making friends. This was not a result of my lack of social skills (or at least I would like to think so), but more a result of having to adapt to the...

First semester senior year was a lot like what I had been expecting: The nights were long, the work was difficult, and the college application process was grueling. I went into the year knowing that I...

Charles de Montesquieu was a French Enlightenment thinker who coined one of the most tremendous theories on the human condition: Humans are innately and obstinately evil. “Men,” he said, “should...

Since Student Council’s (StuCo) introduction to ASL, its motives and mission have been repeatedly reevaluated by both the Council, our advisor, and the student body itself. Recently, it has been brought...

When teacher feedback was first introduced two years ago, the idea of being able to provide valuable feedback to teachers was exciting. But two years on, the program continues to suffer due to poor execution. Teacher...