Have you ever come home late from a sport on a weeknight and felt tired and unfocused the next morning? I've heard many people say they love playing sports but it's making it hard to learn in school. You may think it has to stay that way; however, that is not true. Just stop having games on weeknights.

You may think that the sun is an excellent source of energy; clean, free, and powerful. However there are challenges with solar energy. The panels that transfer the sun's rays into electricity are expensive. These panels are also not very efficient they waste a lot of the sun's power. Energy is used in the production of the solar panels, and the processes that make them are not that clean. Though solar panels seem like a great source of power, there are many complications with them.

Teenagers across the country are constantly listening to music: at dances, on the bus, after school, and sometimes they even wake up to it.

"The Clockwork Three" by Matthew J. Kirby is a very well-written book that shows life in the cities in New England during the late 1800s by using pertinent characters in a fictional plot.

Being a kid in today's world brings challenges that our parents never had to face. Although we have the benefit of growing up with computer and technology skills, I believe we will face many challenges in the future because of it.

Baseball was added to the Olympics in 1992 and softball in 1996 because of their increase in popularity.

Why is that every time we hear about a dog attack, we automatically assume it was a pit bull?

My family and I recently paid a visit to Mr. Fuji Sushi, which is a Japanese restaurant that is located inside Stuyvesant Plaza on Western Avenue in Albany.

As I opened my locker, there was a flurry of sound as eight water bottles fell out. In my bag, there were another three.

There has been a lot of violence between females at Schenectady High School over the past few weeks. It seems like young females believe that physical violence is the only answer to a problem. It’s not.
In all reality, fighting is a very unattractive, embarrassing and trashy act. When I went around school and asked a few of my peers what they think are the main reasons for these fights, the two biggest responses I got were: Facebook and boys.

Isn’t it ironic how there’s music coming from the library, the one place where you’re constantly told to be quiet?

According to a study conducted by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration, “on the basis of estimated annual travel, the fatality rate for drivers 85 and over is nine times as high as the rate for drivers 25 through 69 years old.” This is an alarming statistic, and is a serious cause for concern.

In life there are certain lessons that everyone has to learn. One of the things that can help teach those lessons is music, but one must start young so that all of that knowledge can be acquired. Schools need to invest more money into music programs.

Although it’s a recurring theme, humans are wasteful. And not only are they wasteful, humans are selfish.

There is no doubt that we are living in rough financial times. When big businesses were bailed out, the average American was left to fend for himself. Struggling to maintain home, work and health these days seems almost impossible for most people. Nightly dinner conversations (if families even have time or resources to sit down for a decent meal) are about cutting costs and stretching dollars. Parents are re-figuring their budgets just to make sure there’s enough money to get back and forth to work and keep everything going. As government tries to agree upon budgets, local community people sit and pray that their taxes won’t be raised because, honestly, they can barely afford to pay this year’s (and some haven’t even paid last year’s yet.)