This makes me so angry. I used to work in Gaithersburg. Gaithersburg has gang problems. ICE has just sent a message to the youth of Gaithersburg that there is no positive future for them here (even if you work hard and get into college, we will still deport you). And that’s the message that the gangs feed on. They…

It is funny that you chose 8th grade in your example because my 8th graders are writing an essay about the Industrial Revolution. This arguement, that women can be paid less because the man is the main provider and the women are just earning “extra money,” is something they are writing about..... Writing about how…

This happened 10 years ago to my friends. Their mom had broken up with her boyfriend and refused to get back together with him. When my friends got home from school he was waiting for them and shot them as they were getting out of their car. He killed himself too. Their mom was never the same. As much as it hurt to…