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Navigating Friendships: Building Bonds, Dealing with Drama

Navigating Friendships: Building Bonds, Dealing with Drama

Some people claim they don't need friends. But everyone needs friends, no matter how annoying they may seem, they make life better and are beneficial to you. It's not just me that thinks this way, the American Association of Psychologists agree stating that "Friendships protect us in part by changing

5 Test-taking Tips to Get Ready for Your Next Exam

5 Test-taking Tips to Get Ready for Your Next Exam

Exams are often stressful, and after taking the PSATS, I wanted to explain a few ways you can get ready for your next test, whether it's a standardized test or a simple quiz. Besides studying, we will go over 5 extra tips that will help you be less stressed. The

8 Awesome Ways to Spend This Summer Vacation Without Technology

8 Awesome Ways to Spend This Summer Vacation Without Technology

School's almost off and summer vacation is quickly approaching! It's time to grab friends and family and engage in fun activities! But phones and technology can take away a lot of this time, but not to worry because we've put together 5 great ways you can put the phone down

How To Get Outside More and Get Awesome Pictures

How To Get Outside More and Get Awesome Pictures

One thing you might not know is on top of programming and writing, I have one other thing I love doing and that's taking wonderful photos! The following photo is probably the highest quality photo I have, and that's because I was using a school-owned camera. At home, I use

Failure to Success: How I Turned my Grades Around

Failure to Success: How I Turned my Grades Around

Hello, my name is Gary. I'm a programmer and math enthusiast, and I want to share my journey and some tips on how I improved my grades from Ds and Fs to As. I enrolled in the most challenging school in my city, and I was surprised to see how

Here are 5 of the Best Hobbies for Teenagers to Get Into

Here are 5 of the Best Hobbies for Teenagers to Get Into

It's time to take some time off the internet as a teenager, and there are a lot of hobbies we can use to do this. Having fun isn't just about phones and computers, there was a time when these weren't even the way to have fun. Some of these activities

Uproarious Moments: The Time I Accidentally Head-Butted a Wall

Uproarious Moments: The Time I Accidentally Head-Butted a Wall

It was a random day in the summer of 2012 in Bangladesh. I and my brother were having a little bit of fun in the living room, unaware of the nightmare that would ensue shortly afterward. I enjoyed playing with the couch cushions to build a "floor is lava" situation.