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The Pitch Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD
Issue Date: Thursday, October 02, 2008 Issue: October 2, 2008 Last Update: Monday, October 06, 2008
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Editorial

According to their website, the Promethean Activboards which have infested the school are a “revolutionary learning environment that focuses on embracing and celebrating each individual’s unique needs
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Six weeks ago, if you were told any woman besides Hillary Clinton would have had a shot at the White House in the coming election, you would have been laughed at. But as you undoubtedly know, John Mc
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Over the course of a mere ten weeks, I got to learn bizarre, cult-like hand signals for communication, take part in a blood sport known only as “lap tag,” eat excessive amounts of organic, even vegan
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“Incredible” is the only way to describe WJ’s reaction to the new Promethean boards. The 40 boards given to our school by MCPS have gained the attention of all students and teachers, and for good reas
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As summer begins to slip off over the horizon, seniors across the nation are buckling down to do their college apps, each one of them sighing as their summer disappears into a stack of transcripts and
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Believe it or not, school spirit just might kill you. The seemingly innocent seasonal assembly can be as dangerous as a live shark winched to a helicopter, flying low and close through the streets of
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Over the last few years the MCPS grading policy has undergone numerous changes. A few years ago, WJ experienced these changes when we were chosen to pilot the new grading policy. The following year,
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All Asians are intelligent. Every black person is good at basketball. Every Mexican is an illegal immigrant. Our generation accepts these statements as facts but in reality are “somewhat corr
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The modernization plan eating away at WJ holds numerous promises to students once finished by the year 2010. New tennis courts, a new stadium, even wireless Internet will be made available. These guar
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