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Is Higher Education Worth the Price?

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                                                            In today’s society high education can be worth it but it’s not necessarily worth the cost. Having a president who doesn’t care about his people, wars happening, inflation up, so many people getting detained by ICE, corruption, etc. This all factors out to why even go for a higher education when the world we live in is already expensive. Although it is many people’s goal to thrive in higher education and go into debt, to others it’s not. Some may receive help but not entirely everyone which is devastating because people want to achieve this goal. I personally am striving to get a higher education because I see the potential in me. I want to become an elementary education teacher and be an impact for many students and show them that they are capable of ...

Is Pop Culture Good for You? By: Katheryn Mayta

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                                   I believe Pop Culture is neutral for me. It is a yes and no answer depending if it's social media or modern TV. I say modern TV has a big impact and it helps your brain develop more and want to know what is happening. Social media can be fake, sometimes it's not healthy because everything is being given to you, when that's not good. Your brain should be able to think, to work and try to figure out why and how and where. TV is usually about watching and figuring out the plot and you can share with friends and family as to social media, you face critics, hate comments, messages. This is another major factor that causes anxiety and mental health problems to teens and adults.  According to Steven Johnson’s "Watching TV Makes You Smarter" TV helps the brain illustrate how to interact and improve social intelligence. Seeing how the characters communi...