In my opinion, America is too focused on proper spelling. I don’t think it’s really that important to spell everything correctly. I’ve heard that if you scramble up the letters of a word but keep the first and last letters the same, you’d still be able to read it. The brain recognizes words as a...

Earlier this summer, my family went on a short trip to the Tampa Bay area. Since it's a four or five hour trip, anything for me to do in the car was greatly appreciated. When we were about an hour away, I decided to just close my eyes and try to sleep. At one point, I was just about to doze off...

  Recently, my family and I went on a small vacation to a little spring on a river here in Florida. In this area, the most well-known place like this is Wakulla Springs. Where I went to, only the locals know about it. We heard about it from some relatives. There was a much smaller crowd than...

Sometimes during the summer the only thing to do is to sit around and be lazy. I just don't have anything to do without school taking up most of my day. To overcome this boredom, I have a bunch of things that can pass the time. One of the most fun things to do is to play board games. My favorite...

I have wanted an iPad ever since it came out. The new gadget from Apple is a cross between an iPhone and a laptop. It's a kind of computer, a tablet. But what most people don't know is that there are many handheld tablets out there besides the iPad. Many of them are cheaper, too. I asked for a...

  Our government is set up into three sections: there are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Not long ago, I went on a field trip with my school to explore the legislative branch and judicial branch. We went to the Leon County Courthouse, the Florida Capitol, and the Florida...

  The first full week of April was also the first week back to school for many students. For me, it was actually 5 days of touring Washington, D.C. I was with about 70 other people from Swift Creek Middle School on a huge field trip to our nation’s capital. The group left early Monday morning...

  Earlier this month I went on a hike with my family through the Lafayette Heritage Trails. I’m not the kind of person that enjoys hiking a lot, but I went anyway to give me something to do during my spring break. What I found on these paths were both pleasant and unpleasant at the same time....

  I wonder what celebrities would do if they were President of the U. S. Let's take Dr. Seuss for example. He would probably rewrite the Constitution but with poetic phrases and interesting creatures, such as "We the people, and our fellow meeple, in order to form a more perfect runion…" Any...

  Not long ago, my family decided to go see the Kinsey Collection, an exhibit at the Mary Brogan Museum. It's a compilation of paintings, sculptures, documents, and letters relating to African-American history. It was created by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey. The Kinseys attended Florida A &...