As a student, the week of district quarterlies is a stressful one. Not only are they given the last week of the quarter, (which is a students’ busiest and most crucial time), but they are an emotionally draining experience. However, this isn’t the case for students alone. District quarterlies also put a huge burden on teachers and administration. While we’re studying and taking the test, teachers...

The sky appears blue, grass appears green, and a lemon appears yellow. This does not change the fact that color is an illusion. Color as we know it does not exist in the outside world beyond us as gravity and atoms do. Instead, color is formed inside our heads. Our brains convert a certain range of the electromagnetic spectrum into color. We can measure the wavelength of radiation but we cannot observe...

If the wounds in their hearts, and the bruises on their souls, and the burdens they all carry, if they were all to show up as battle scars on their flesh, you wouldn’t be able to recognize their mutilated faces. You’d run and scream, “Monster!” For those who aren’t familiar with emotional abuse, it is, well, abuse; extremely painful, harmful, and scarring abuse, but it doesn’t involve...

I close my eyes, letting the darkness swallow me whole. It leaves me with angst that no one can console. The shadows lurking around leave me trembling in fear, Suddenly, the sheer darkness and arrant silence becomes too much to bear. A flicker of white light gives me hope Yet, I can’t break free from darkness’ unyielding rope. Everything seems to be astoundingly unreal But, deep down...

The haunting melody Of the blood-curdling screams of these children Who are running for their lives echo in my ears. Those bloodshot eyes, That watch their friends Drift faraway from the light of life. Resurface in my dreams and surround me. Forever. Their questioning gazes ask you: Who has made our abode so murderous? Can anyone answer me? Where should we go? Where can we find our safe...