AP Courses should align their material to match the test John Tayeri May 16, 2018 Opinion Every year, high school students from around the country register for Advanced Placement (AP) tests, almost always as the culmination of a year’s work in an AP course. AP classes are designed to cover material ...
Paly should welcome more students from nearby cities Ben van Zyll May 16, 2018 Opinion As one of the most fortunate high schools in the country, with extensive resources including vast funding and rigorous academics, Paly has a lot to offer. It should be open to sharing the qualities that make it...
Paly’s competitive climate encourages a culture of dishonesty Shannon Zhao May 16, 2018 Opinion In a community where the pressures of competition are keenly felt, some students become desperate to boost their class standing and willing to sacrifice their morals for academic success. Public school distric...
Breathalyzing at school events violates students’ privacy Anna Meyer May 1, 2018 Opinion At each Paly dance, students wait in extensive lines to be breathalyzed and searched to ensure that no contraband is brought in before entering. Despite Paly’s emphasis in regard to students’ rights, the right...
Creativity trumps intelligence, should be more supported Noah Baum May 1, 2018 Opinion When Richard Feynman was in high school, he abandoned traditional trigonometry notation for his own. He believed his symbols, which resembled a radical symbol that enclosed the variable, made more sense than th...
PAUSD ought to normalize AP course selection Ethan Nissim April 30, 2018 Opinion The commonly-accepted stereotype that Palo Alto students are incredibly stressed is usually accompanied by a mention of the strenuous course loads students in the Bay Area take on. The Palo Alto Unified School ...
Teachers need housing situated closer to school Raj Lele April 30, 2018 Opinion Almost every student at Palo Alto High School has had this happen to them: their teachers announce to the class they must turn in their work before 3:30 so the teacher can beat traffic on their drive home. Whi...
Required reading books should be modernized and diversified Alyssa Leong April 23, 2018 Opinion “Of Mice and Men.” “Lord of the Flies.” “The Great Gatsby.” What do all these books have in common with each other? They are all required reading in the typical high school English curriculum. They are also ...
Compromise is necessary in order to stop gun violence Johnny Loftus April 23, 2018 Opinion In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 students and staff dead and a lockdown last month at Paly, the topic of gun control has swept up a broader population ...
Paly ought to re-evaluate its definition of honors courses Neil Kapoor March 14, 2018 Opinion 1 Paly offers a plethora of courses and pathways, ranging from music to computer science to journalism. However, in light of some of these elective courses being offered as honors courses in the 2018-19 school ye...
