Excessive extra credit creates unfair advantage
Maeve Malaney-Lau, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Letters to the Editor
By Maeve Malaney-Lau Comment Every week, Grady students log on to Infinite Campus to check their grades. Some students see a mixture of As and Bs, some may see a sprinkling of failing grades, and, others have grades of above 100. You may ask, how is it possible to get above a 100 percent in a cla...
Tracking students eases teachers’ burden while hurting students
Maura O'Sullivan, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Personal Comment-On Campus
By Maura O'Sullivan Comment Over the years, the Grady cluster has advocated for separation of gifted, on-level, and remedial courses, a practice which increases racial, socioeconomic, and academic achievement gaps. While it levels out classes, so-called “tracks” hurt students in the long run,...
Time to end Grady students’ self-segregation
Jaeden Davis, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Personal Comment-On Campus
By Jaeden Davis Comment Students create self-segregation among themselves. This has been a growing topic at Grady and seems to be getting worse. During Grady’s three lunch periods, Caucasian students mostly sit outside in the courtyard at the tables. While on the inside, toward the back of the ...
Weekly advisement wastes time on irrelevant skills
Lauren Silcock, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Personal Comment-On Campus
By Lauren Silcock Comment Every Wednesday, after their first period class, Grady students settle into their assigned classrooms for an hour of "Advisement." This class is intended to assist students in their everyday school lives, as well as providing them with skills required for the future. H...
Teaching LGBT+ history would benefit all
Joanna Baker, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Personal Comment-On Campus
By Joanna Baker Comment Historically, America’s gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBT+) community has been chronically misrepresented and underrepresented. Throughout the 20th century, their very existence was reduced to nothing more than religious slogans and advertisements. Outspoken anti-gay opponen...
Schools should bring back home economics classes
Lanier Pickren, Writer
October 29, 2017
Filed under Comment, Intro Journalism Showcase, Personal Comment-On Campus
By Lanier Pickren Comment When we think of the term Home Economics, most likely an image of young women cooking over stove tops in an artificial kitchen comes to mind. However, Home Ec. is more than just a cooking class. Home Economics was a popular course offered in the 1900s. Students in the ...
