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Opinion: A Reflection On My Time At Avon, In The Key Of E Major
by Edward Crowe It’s been a wonderful four years here at Avon High School. As I leave for the future, I wanted to reflect on the time that I had here in a way that might get you to bop your head. Freshman Year – Mean by Taylor Swift Mean is a song from Taylor… Read more
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Opinion: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Why? — My Beef with Copy-and-Paste Tattoos
by Addy Bean It starts the same way every time—somewhere between the first whiff of independence and the second protein shake of the day, a teenage boy marches into a tattoo parlor with the confidence of a philosopher and the design sense of a dorm room poster. Minutes later, he emerges permanently branded with what… Read more
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Opinion: My Entire Future is Based off a Lie.
by Salem Araya I lied to Mr. Caulton. I could not have cared less about The Echo my freshman year. The only reason I joined newspaper staff was to cover up the fact that I was NOT doing what I was supposed to do during silent reading time in my English 9 Honors class. Instead… Read more
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Opinion: How High School Was Just Like Falling Down a Rabbit Hole
by Simone Bender I still remember my first day of high school- bright-eyed, eager, and set for the next four years of my life. I followed the sidewalk in from the bus parking lot, a brand-new set of gel pens in my backpack, ready to take on the world. I hesitated as I got to… Read more
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I Cared About My Grade for a Week
by Jackson Zeunik In a generation of laziness, I can be known to take it to the extreme. Late homework, missing assignments, and learning just how many days it takes a teacher to grade so I can avoid doing work is something that is all too common to a carefree connoisseur such as myself. Alas,… Read more
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I Lived Like It Was The 90s for a Day
by Jacob Vereb Today, the world is filled with technology that the humans of the past could only dream of. Almost everyone you see is walking around with a mini computer in their pocket, televisions have gotten wider and flatter, and These technological innovations from the past 20 years can often times be taken for… Read more