Around this time of year it wouldn’t be surprising to hear a few back and forth conversations between two clashing holidays. Over the past decade, this world wide argument has been growing, season after season. So, one of the key questions people fight with one another is can Christmas be celebrated before Thanksgiving? Or, do we wait until after Thanksgiving
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As we all know, October has ended and Halloween is over. For some, this means that Thanksgiving is coming up soon, but for others, this means that Christmas is just around the corner. According to a poll out of 223 people, fifty-seven people start celebrating Christmas right after Halloween while 166 people wait until Thanksgiving to start celebrating. My question
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Whether we are fond of them or not, sports are all around us. They are a part of popular culture; billions of people watch them and millions play them. Team sports are especially common nowadays and are a great outlet for millenials to unwind and have fun. However, 70% of kids stop playing team sports by the age of thirteen.
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Do you wake up for school and struggle to get out of bed? Have you ever stayed up late working on an assignment and dread the pain of waking up early for school in the morning? Well, you are not alone. According to healthline.com, 73% of high school students do not get enough sleep. Waking up early for school definitely
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Did you know that there is a law against children above the age of twelve going trick-or-treating? 50% of people at Apex High School answered that they didn’t know about this law. I personally knew about this law, but I did not know the full extent of it. According to Citylab.com, if you are above the age of twelve, then
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For northerners, Wegmans is a household name. Synonymous with Disney World, Wegmans grocery stores are a staple to northern life. So, coming from a Rochester family, we were among the three thousand people who stood outside for the Raleigh grand opening on September 29, 2019. The first Wegmans opened in 1916 in Rochester, New York. Since then, the grocery store
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Take a minute and imagine our world without cell phones or technology. Crazy, right? Well, now imagine our world without school. For most students they’d think that would be pretty great. But if we truly take it into consideration, would less school, or even no school, really be all that bad? According to an article called “Problems at School” as
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As we all know, taking tests is a part of school life. Pretty much every class you take requires you take tests or quizzes. Teachers use test scores to measure how well you understand a topic that they are teaching. The main problem with taking all these tests is that the majority of them are timed tests. Normally you only
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We are about to enter one of the most stressful periods of time in one’s high school career: college application time. As fall begins, many high school seniors will start the process of submitting college applications. Choosing which colleges you want to apply to is a very important decision, and it is definitely not an easy one. There are a
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This is my last official article for Apex Legacy. I want to leave one large message with everybody. The most important lesson to understand in life is that life is a game, and it is a game of perspective. There is only one way to win the game. It is to change your perspective to your goals. This year I
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