Yes Ohad Aviran-Finkelstein Recent headlines paint a grim picture of unsafe conditions in the Bay Area. Crime in San Francisco has risen over 12 percent in the past year, while Oakland’s violent crime rate was over three times higher than the national average.
The humanities teach us about each other — about how to understand one another and how to understand the world. And yet, they are undoubtedly losing status in education.
Whether arriving to school by foot, bike, bus, or car, many Berkeley High School students have either been victims of traffic collisions or have witnessed near misses.
Since the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, Berkeley High School has seen a steep uptake in disruption and violence on campus. Thirteen fire alarms have gone off, mostly caused by students intentionally pulling them either to get out of class or just to cause mayhem.
Imagine you’ve just tripped and fallen on top of someone, and you wince at the slight stinging pain from your scraped knee. Meanwhile, the person beneath you has rolled their ankle and fears that they may have broken a bone, as they are unable to walk.
Students caught sleeping, making an ugly eating face, or parking badly may find themselves awarded 15 minutes of fame at Berkeley High School. This notoriety is thanks to the student-run Instagram accounts that are unofficially affiliated with BHS, such as @bhs.slump or @berkeleyhighfits.
Students limiting who they’re in contact with, mask recommendations changing, and COVID-19 cases increasing — this feels all too familiar. The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has sent the world into a new state of panic, making Bay Area communities reconsider how they have handled in-person education in the era of COVID-19.
If you’ve lived in Berkeley for more than a few years, you’ve probably taken some sort of public transportation at one point or another: a bus to get to a concert; Bay Area Rapid Transit on a field trip; or you may even use Alameda County Transit to get to school every day.
Pro By Mauricio Sierra Over the past few decades, the clothing industry has made itself an invaluable aspect of today’s economy. In particular, the fast fashion sector has boomed alongside a growing population.
For many female athletes, the story is all too familiar. Entering high school, an athlete often quickly gains skill, fueled by hormones and a steep increase in training difficulty.
If you’ve been around on the internet for the past few months, you’ve probably heard the phrase “cancel culture” — the left embraces it as a way for the unempowered to create social change against the powerful, while many on the right say it’s an excuse for sensitivity by the left.
In recent years, terms such as “systemic classism” and “institutionalized racism” have battled their way to the forefront of public conscience.
In an age where a simple click of a button brings vast amounts of information to your fingertips, rampant cheating has become almost inevitable. The real test of our education system, however, will be how schools and students join together to maintain honesty in school environments, with the added challenge of technology. You could say
If you asked a random high school student what their least favorite subject was, many would say math. Math is seen as “fairly useless in many careers,” and some say they just “don’t get numbers.” While it’s okay to not enjoy math, it’s a fundamental part of the world around us, and we need students
It didn’t start at Berkeley High School. I was first labeled a “difficult student” at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. I was an odd case for administrators, a student with good grades who was on the International Baccalaureate Diploma track yet missing classes left and right.
Last school year, administrators sent out a survey to all Berkeley High School students, requesting their input on a schedule change for the 2021-22 school year.
The Berkeley High School community should be appalled by the administration’s decision to not sanction a fall Spirit Week. The attempt at curtailing the usual chaos that the infamous Rally Day brings is really going to prevent students from getting help for fear of retribution.
At Berkeley High School, most students rarely hear about drug and alcohol-related information after the Social Living class they take in freshman year.
