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AP exams are here and everyone is freaking out. After a whole year of studying a topic, you now find yourself cramming like crazy as...

Way back in July 2011, my very first Sparkler post, Confessions of a Teacher’s Kid, was published. And in the two years since that...

AP exams, in all their anxiety-ridden glory, are officially here. If you’re already sweaty and stressed out and prone to twitching, I have a story...

If you’re lucky enough to have braces, you’re also lucky enough to have some gap-toothed fools mocking you for it. The joke’s on them, though—in...

You can't make everyone love you. But some people—i.e., those clutching your life’s balance in their red pen-toting hands—are more important to woo than others....

Before the summer flowers can officially bloom, before the pools can open, and before you can finally bust out that neon orange tank top, you...

If you’ve told your parents once, you’ve told them a million times—and yet your dad still awkwardly "holla!"s at you, and your mom signs every...

Cracked floors. Flat basketballs. Mysterious disappearances. Starting to feel like your school could do with a little sprucing up? It’s not like you’re asking for...