While most artists come to a live performance equipped with backup singers and a full band, Ed Sheeran graced the stage at Allstate Arena on Sept. 16 with a loop pedal, a guitar and a microphone. I’ve...

School is a game. Similar to chess, school involves making a series of correct moves to succeed. I succeeded in high school because I learned to play the game. I knew when to play the sympathy card;...

There isn’t a class at ETHS where students learn or grow more than in Senior Studies. I was lucky enough to take Senior Studies this year, and the class has opened my mind in ways no other course...

We shouldn’t take ETHS’ unique nature for granted. Thanks to movies like Mean Girls and American Pie, media representations of American high schools leave eighth graders wary of the future. However,...

The College Board is a fraudulent, thieving organization. The College Board charges $89 for students to take a test in order to receive college and AP credit. The problem is that in its mission statement,...

Gap years can provide students with a temporary sanctuary from formal education and should be a more popular alternative to jumping into undergraduate education. Students are increasingly choosing to...

If you’ve ever copied homework just to “get the points,” you’ve put your grade before your education. This is the way many students work, and it needs to change. Everyday, students search for...

Education is more than a school’s name. Many believe that these days, the only schools that churn out successful graduates are those with big, recognizable names. However, the recognizability of a big...

We are shackled to technology. Whether it is to our phones, computers, Siri, Wikipedia, or even Google, we rely too heavily on modern technology these days. While our parents used to go to a library and...