Archive for the ‘The Other Side’ Section
Top 10 Ways to Tell Your Teachers You Are Dropping Their Subjects Next Year
by Mailin Li & Bhushan Deshpande | March 2010
No offense, but I hate your subject.
The school administration won’t let me; it’s either your class or nine hours of sleep per day.
I’m taking a mental health year.
I’d like to expand my horizons and develop more as a person, and this doesn’t include taking Spanish.
I’d rather take Pottery than your Calculus class.
I respect you enough [...]
Confession: How Taking AP English Made Me Fat
by Esther Chiang | March 2010
I used to be normal. I used to be happy. I used to sleep at regular bedtimes, eat appropriate amounts of food, and, even with homework, I occasionally went out with friends on the weekends.
Then I took up AP English.
Now I stay up late because I’m doing homework all the time. My melatonin levels are [...]
Why do you want to attend College XYZ?
by Mailin Li | March 2010
Dear College XYZ,
Actually, I don’t want to attend your college.
In fact, I hate your school. The only reason I decided to apply and BS this essay is because 1) my mum/dad/counselor made me, 2) you sent me a fee waiver, 3) you gave me a scholarship before I even applied, and 4) I needed a [...]
Acton Police Logs
by The Beacon | March 2010
At 4:54 p.m. police took a report of a person on Willow Street who was walking around “hunting” with a bow and arrow. Police spoke to the people involved.
At 3:36 p.m. a Powdermill Road caller reported a man trying to chase wild turkeys into the back of a vehicle. Police spoke to the man.
At 10:01 [...]
SAT Prep Vocabulary
by Spectrum Staff | March 2010
Disclaimer: The staff assumes no responsibility in any way for students’ SAT scores.
abacinate (v): to blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone’s eye
batrachophagous (n): one who eats frogs
brevirostrate (adj): having a short nose
embiggerate (v): to make bigger
floccinaucinihilipilification (n): the categorizing of something that is useless or trivial
jentacular (adj): pertaining to breakfast
mytacism (n): the [...]
What the Standardized Testing and App Forms Are Really Saying
by Mailin Li | October 2009
1. Write the name your parents gave you, the name you give yourself, and the name your friends call you behind your back when they make fun of the way you wear pants.
2. Fill in all the ways in which we can contact you and spam you with college mail, SAT/SATII/ACT preparatory classes, and financial [...]
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