Opinions
Here writers can share their opinions on any local, CA community, or global eventsChoosing Animals
In an era of Buzzfeed personality tests and "Would You Rather?" quizzes, it seems that everything we do or choose inevitably reveals an aspect of...
Food Allergies: How They Handle Them at CA and in the World
For the majority of my life, I have lived with allergies to eggs and tree nuts. My allergies began when I was around three years old, after grabbing...
Why Instagram Should Allow Users to Disable Reels
Amid a rise of national scrutiny of the addictive and harmful qualities of social media, Instagram reels deserves a go under the microscope. Reels...
The Jet Lag Experience
Every year I lose perhaps one hundred hours of high-functioning time due to a certain mental phenomenon. For most it is a rare quirk of travel. But...
Are Weekend Activities Too Close Together?
Concord Academy is a place that prides itself on its academically rigorous environment, and though this philosophy of hard work deeply permeates...
Political Art and Modern Triteness
“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” –George Orwell, “Why I Write” Why do we sing when we...
College Discussions at CA
The college culture at Concord Academy is quite the hot topic. What some call amazing and supportive, others call excessive and limiting. In...
MLK Day at CA: Fitting C&E Programming Into a Single National Holiday
Annually, on the third Monday of January, countless schools, businesses, banks, and government offices alike here in the US close for Martin...
The NPCs among Us: Exploring the Blurring Lines between Artificial and Real
Recently, in the past year or so, a trend has formed which involves the act of comparing people to NPCs. “NPC,” or “non-player character,” is a...
Is Valentine’s Day Just a Capitalistic Scam?
I think it comes as news to no one that holidays are massive commercial opportunities for businesses. Christmas, perhaps, is the most infamous...
Valentine’s Day: A Flawed (But Necessary) Holiday
Two years ago, The Daily Targum of Rutgers University published an article titled “Don't be fooled: Valentine’s Day is just another capitalistic...
I Am Not, I Am Being: Part 1
We are facing a quiet crisis of identity. The crisis penetrates through the shell of contemporary society, breaking, cracking, and scratching at our...
You May Call It ChatGPT
ChatGPT. OpenAI’s newest language model and currently the most advanced publicly available chatbot in the world. ChatGPT’s ability to create content...
Concord Academy is Missing EV Charging Stations
Concord Academy has always held fast to its tenet of building a more sustainable future. As members of the community, we see this sentiment...
What Defines Success?
REQUEST: when (or after) reading this article, please play “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie Even at the best schools, most learning is done...
What is the Montessori Method of Education?
Perhaps you have seen the phrase ‘sad beige baby’ floating around in recent months. Perhaps you have no idea what I am talking about and are...
Year of the Rabbit: Hopping into the Lunar New Year
When one thinks of Lunar New Year, images of red lanterns plastered all throughout Chinatown, envelopes stuffed like content bellies with green...
Winter Sports Tryouts
Many people at Concord Academy feel that there is not enough time between sports seasons. As a member of girl’s soccer, my season ended on...