Opinion

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Don’t default to ethnic profiling

| Dec. 27, 2012

Ethnic profiling is naïve and unwarranted.

Looking forward to lots of change

| Dec. 27, 2012

As the year winds down, the staff of tjTODAY took a look at the highs and lows of the past year.

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Are we really ready to talk to the Chinese?

| Dec. 2, 2012

A group of seniors and the staff of tjTODAY videoconferenced with students from China’s Beijing No. 4 High School on Oct. 25 to openly discuss political and cultural aspects of the two nations. Many questions posed by the Chinese students concerned the portrayal of China in the U.S. election campaign and the future of Sino-U.S. relations.

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Make good choices at your vending kiosk

| Nov. 28, 2012

When walking down the hallway, you can see students struggling with a choice. They nervously finger the loose quarters and dimes in their pockets. It all comes down to this. ...

Exchange programs forge personal connections

| Nov. 9, 2012

This past Monday, I walked into Music Theory to find a French student sitting at our table. Though I had briefly met a few students in previous years, this was ...

Student performance should be authentic in evaluations

| Oct. 26, 2012

The recent teacher strike in Chicago left approximately 350,000 students without teachers and halted school for over a week. The 29,000 unionized teachers in Chicago protested a wide range of issues, ...

Be happy you stuck with AP Physics

| Oct. 25, 2012

If attending Jefferson taught me the existence of an A-minus, then taking AP Physics during junior year taught me that grades can fall far lower than that. Even though I wasn’t ...

Chick-fil-A reflects badly on school

| Oct. 24, 2012

The controversy is not about chicken patties slapped on wheat buns with a sprinkling of lettuce and dressing. No, we’re not talking salmonella. Chick-fil-A, which has been producing these popular ...