The Pitch: The case for handwritten assignments

English timed writings, DBQs, LEQs and FRQs are stressful experiences for many WJ students. I’m sure most students can agree that frantically writing in blue or black ink as our hands start cramping with five minutes left in class does not bring back any fond memories. Yes, timed writings are nerve-racking for many, yet, it’s a more valuable experience than we think.

We gain a lot as students when we are assigned handwritten work. And it’s too bad that the only chances we get to hand write essays are when we have timed writings in class. Hand written work helps us to be successful learners. According to some studies, we better encode information through writing than typing...

The case for handwritten assignments – The Pitch (wjpitch.com)

WJ lacrosse coach Gary Reburn: what the team didn’t get to say

Walking into my first girls’ varsity lacrosse practice, the seniors obviously had rules for us freshman to follow. Expecting mandatory clean up and duty as packing mules, I was stunned and a little scared when the first rule was to never go to coach Gary Reburn’s car alone.

Every girl on the lacrosse team who had interacted with Reburn, regardless of age, knew there was something off with our varsity coach. From his borderline offensive teasing, to his touchy mannerisms, we knew to keep our distance.

The parents were even suspicious of the way he ran the team. Prior to my freshman year, news broke that Reburn was a part of a dating website, Ashley Madison. This website, sporting the slogan “Life’s short, have an affair,” linked married men and women together in order to fuel secret romances...

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2020/01/22/wj-lacrosse-coach-gary-reburn-what-the-team-didnt-get-to-say/

Is political diversity welcome in MCPS?

The official student newspaper
 of Walter Johnson High School

...Discrimination based on political affiliation is the same as any other form of intolerance— horrible and unnaceptable. If we want to encourage diversity and compromise among people of different beliefs, then we have to not only start teaching that open mindedness in class, but also train teachers and other staff to exemplify it in their overall behavior as well.

“During a discussion in [middle] school, my sister raised her hand and told the teacher that her father disagreed with one of the things that people were saying,” an anonymous junior said. “The teacher said that her father was wrong and told her to stand outside of the classroom while they finished the discussion.”..

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2020/01/21/is-political-diversity-welcome-in-mcps/