Sports may not be for everyone, but for some, they can be a source of great enjoyment. Playing sports can help one's physical development as well as their education. Sports are an excellent opportunity...

Most students have accepted the tiresome act of completing homework as a fact of life, doing hours of busywork every night. However, just because it is the normal routine does not mean it is helpful to...

As of the end of last year, Instagram has begun hiding likes on posts in the U.S. although this movement has already taken place in several other countries such as Canada and Brazil. According to Adam...

It’s first period on a Tuesday after a long weekend; the bell rings and your teacher power’s up a PowerPoint and says “pull out your notebooks.” The class groans as they comply, preparing themselves...

Picture this: you are walking down a street and you receive a text message, so you open your phone to respond. Even after texting back, you continue to look at your phone while you cross the busy street....

Every day, hundreds of students bring their own computers to school as part of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program that was introduced about a year ago.  Yet most teachers have struggled to adapt...

Each year, as the college deadlines approach, applicants are forced to fill in many students’ most dreaded number: scores received on standardized tests. Whether it’s the SAT, ACT or even state...

In a typical day at Algonquin, it’s not uncommon to hear at least one person talk about the amount of sleep, or lack of, they got the night before. Whether it’s two, three, four hours or none at all,...

Throughout my four years at Algonquin, I have heard constant grumblings from students saying that guidance has never helped them in the college process. That guidance has left them to their own devices...

It’s Friday night and I’m bored (as usual), so I turn on some Netflix. As I begin scrolling, I notice that most movies and TV shows seem the same. They all have the same over stereotyped characters...