My first period class has been having a debate about whether or not the Pledge of Allegiance should be banned from schools. Of course, this is not a for real decision, just a discussion our teacher created for us to annotate on.

I was wondering what you guys thought about this. Which side of the argument would you root for? 

At my high school, we celebrated Global Solidarity Week. For each day of the week, we focused on a different issue in our world. The issue that most caught my eye was human trafficking. Yes, human trafficking is happening everywhere in our world, but it is a major problem in America.

There are two main political parties in America, the Democrats, and the Republicans. These two parties keep each other in power by referring to each other in a similar way as Coke and Pepsi do. Each one refers to the other as if it's the only other choice. This two party system is going to destroy America.