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Author Archives: Justin Elliot
May
19
2011
College search and stress finally come to an end
As May 1st, also known as the international pick your college day, recently flew past on the calendar, with sweet satisfaction I was officially able to declare my college search closed I will soon trade in my CHS orange and blue for my new cardinal red and shimmering gold as I make my way to [...]
Apr
24
2011
This Just In: First vote marks a day to remember
Smile! Snap. Flash. Almost every slightly significant moment in my short 18-year-old life that I remember has also been accompanied by my parents insisting that they take a picture so the moment can be remembered forever. Sure, the picture may damper the mood temporarily while my parents attempt to work the complex machine that digital [...]
Personal finance – the newest requirement to graduate from high school in the great state of Missouri – is a survey course on general consumer economics. It also is the 46 minutes that occupies the time formerly known as my lunch period. From learning how to get a job to building a stock portfolio, the [...]
Fourteen Clayton seniors sat quietly in a room. The late bell had rung in my Advanced Placement course and we were still awaiting the arrival of our teacher. He is occasionally a few minutes late to class, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. But as a few minutes turned to five, and then [...]
When my clock hits midnight and I still have a stack of homework with a height that could challenge Mount Kilimanjaro’s, I find myself leaning back in my chair, closing my eyes, and chanting: “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” The above line is easily identifiable to any American teen. [...]
Cash or credit? When buying consumer goods now days, it almost seems like “method of payment” is the only real decision left up to the consumer. With low prices and convenience at the top of consumer’s priorities – sales, coupons, and “everyday low prices” are increasingly dictating consumer’s purchases. While the use of sweatshops, poor [...]
Sep
29
2010
Late night craving leads to inspiration
I stare at the whitewashed computer screen as the cursor helplessly flashes at me on the blank page. The digital clock next to me screams 11:11. Hoping superstition would save me in this time of need, I close my eyes and make a wish that the essay I have yet to begin would magically appear [...]
Aug
21
2010
An evolutionary state of mind
“We come from monkeys, don’t you see the resemblance?!” I can shamefully recall using this line on countless occasions during heated arguments about evolution. I usually used it right at the point in the debate when I was supposed to explain Darwin’s theory, but since I didn’t understand the concept myself I threw the “monkey” [...]
Pretending to be someone else in order to steal a dinner reservation is normally considered a social taboo but never a dangerous choice. However, “Date Night,” directed by Shawn Levy, opening this past Friday follows the boring marriage of a typical suburban couple from New Jersey that simply picks the wrong reservation to steal. Phil [...]
The first piece of guidance I got about divorce was from a good family friend: “There is nothing special about divorce. The only difference is that you have two tooth brushes, two bedrooms and your parents aren’t married anymore.” With this ideal in mind, the beginning of my parents’ divorce three years ago came fairly [...]
