Lulu's Blog

Technology. It is medically lifesaving, innovation encouraging, and just plain entertaining. But what we consider one of our greatest inventions could be doing more damage than we know. Scrolling through an article with your thumb seems very useful when you are catching up on news, but it is proven to tire your eyes and be very distracting. This is a fact we already know. What many may have failed to acknowledge, is the strain it is putting on our "basic" abilities. As a result of our ability to "skim" through articles with our technology, we can be causing a lack of attention and complete understanding in our reading. Many people will come across an article and decide that it is too long and move on all together. We, ourselves, may be hindering our own understanding with our lack of attention span and blatant laziness. Additionally, when reading from a device it can be easy to lose your place and become distracted. When it is necessary to reference a book, studen...

Junior year of  high school: intensified academics, hours of standardized testing, college essays, and high social demands. Undoubtably, it is an extremely stressful time for teenagers with already a lot of their shoulders. Adding onto that, to receive test scores that most elite colleges require, one must attend hours of EXPENSIVE test prep costing at an average of $1000 commercially. Recently, there has been extensive research regarding the effects of this test prep and why it needs to be so costly. Many are arguing that the cost for this  necessary prep should not only be reduced but should be free.   There are a few online prep options like Khan Academy, but the majority of test prep programs can be unaffordable. Many are arguing that if this issue regarding the price of test prep cannot be solved that these standardized tests should be removed altogether. It becomes an issue that colleges and testing are unfairly biased towards wealth...