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Articles from December 2006

Huybrechts: School discourages experimentation

December 13, 2006

While I agree with the essence of the author’s argument, I disagree with one idea he/she posits: that it’s somehow okay (perhaps even expected) for students—our students—to experiment with drugs during their high school years.

Give us a day to breathe

December 13, 2006

Harvard-Westlake students have a workload that would make the authors of the Geneva Conventions cringe. We pull all-nighters, work throughout the weekend and regularly drink enough caffeine to kill a small goat.

Foster political discourse

December 13, 2006

Those who are informed should feel free to express their opinions, and the uninformed should feel welcome to expand their knowledge base.

English teachers try to assist weaker writers

December 13, 2006

As a nine-year veteran Harvard-Westlake English Instructor who teaches both AP and non-AP senior courses, I feel I am in a unique position to comment on the misleading impression Sieff’s article has created of our program.

Let us be little again

December 13, 2006

I felt like a fourth grader because, for the first time since elementary school, I went on a field trip and managed to completely forget about the five dozen insignificant things I’d been worrying about all week. 

Big Sister is watching me, and I love her

December 13, 2006

O, the luxuries of a police state! O, the greatness of a land where temporary safety comes before essential  liberty! O, the folly of those who oppose either!

Give us a day to breathe

December 13, 2006

Harvard-Westlake students have a workload that would make the authors of the Geneva Conventions cringe. We pull all-nighters, work throughout the weekend and regularly drink enough caffeine to kill a small goat.

Make it ho-ho-homework

December 13, 2006

This past week, I have been listening to holiday music in the car on the way to school. All those jingling bells and “ho, ho, hos” make me happy, for some reason. That is, until I actually get to school.

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