Opinion: College prices are too high

Micaela LaPeer, Staff Writer
March 8, 2013
Filed under Opinion

Education isn’t priceless at all which only adds on another unnecessary stress to teens: will I be able to afford college? If the answer is no, it seems like you’re condemned to McDonald’s for the rest of your life. With a dead-end job, there’s no motivation or possibility to grow in the company. Of... Read more »

Phases the new kid faces

Alexis Aguilar, Staff Writer
November 6, 2012
Filed under Opinion

My shoes clack under the tile floors as I find myself in unfamiliar territory, cougar pride and red nation advertised all over the walls instead of my accustomed Penguin Pride, my regular silver and purple. I ball my fists nervously. I can already see the cliques and friend circles. Phases are the most... Read more »

Propoganda in children’s cartoons?

Terry Lozano, Contributing Writer
November 6, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Do any of you remember how you first found out what a cigarette was? How about the first time you saw someone drinking a beer? You could’ve been exposed to these things through relatives or family members or even the media. One contributor to such knowledge for small children, believe it or not, is... Read more »

College: A manageable fire

Alexis Aguilar, Staff Writer
November 6, 2012
Filed under Opinion

"Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire, its all over the evening news, all about the fire in your life on the evening news," written and sung much more elegantly by Paul Simon and most likely pertaining to relationships or love.  Although high school students can relate in a... Read more »

Time flies when you’re already late

Alexis Aguren, co-editor-in-chief
May 4, 2012
Filed under Opinion

             This is a piece for the non-bus riding, solo riders, car poolers, speeding down 249-ers, frequently called tardy to first period kids, we know how you feel.             Three tardies for the semester and you’re toast. Four and you can kiss a week of lunches goodbye... Read more »

Time and place for every app

Karli Burghoff, Staff Writer
March 30, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Take a look on what is happening in the world today. Local news seems outdated compared to the News Feed. Time with family in the evening is deemed ridiculous when you could be slicing fruit on a small screen. Walking your dog seems out of the question when there are birds to be flung. Apps and technology... Read more »

End-of-Course Exams: Horror for some, salvation for others

Mayeli Cuenca, Staff Writer
December 12, 2011
Filed under Opinion

The State of Texas has adopted a new testing regimen called End of Course exams, doing away with the state’s former standardized test TAKS, expected to increase the performance and expectations of students. The EOC will focus strictly on the content of each class; each class will have its own test.... Read more »

Vocational classes a smarter way to go

Alec Madere, Online Editor
December 12, 2011
Filed under Opinion

Not everyone in Tomball High school will go to college. The school seems to be solely focused on preparing students for college, when there is little to no emphasis on preparing the students who do not want to go to universities for real world jobs. Out of Tomball’s last senior class 13.59% of students... Read more »

Nerds: Open for Self-Interpretation

Leanne Haas, Staff Writer
December 12, 2011
Filed under Opinion

    7:30. Eat breakfast. Finish geometry project early. Work on homework due Monday. Spend the rest of the day with friends. This is the schedule of most academically inclined students with a social life and yes, it is achievable.   Most teens of this generation find it hard to have... Read more »

Smaller staff, budget cuts have class sizes swelling

Staff Editorial
September 12, 2011
Filed under Opinion

It is the first day of school and the class begins to feel a bit uneasy as the thirty fifth person walks in with more on the way. Some classes have grown to the thirties and even forties and in many cases students have been left standing without even a desk to sit at. And the problem doesn’t appear... Read more »