The book I chose as my free reading book is The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. The author, Eugenides, is a Pulitzer prize winner of Middlesex. The Virgin Suicides is a standalone, but has since been adopted into a critically acclaimed movie. Written to critique the perils of deep male obsession, the book was bothersome to read, yet it drew […]

I believe that uniforms should not be required at Judge. Students who attend Judge find that uniforms are an unnecessary hassle. The Judge Memorial students feel that they would benefit from an absence in uniform.  Uniforms are uncomfortable and prevent students from learning and focusing properly.  Wilcox mentions a valid argument in that “itchy and tight clothes can  make it […]

The Stanford Prison Experiment was cruel and inhumane but led to great psychological change and discovery. The study was created in order to understand the effects of norms, labels, and societal expectations in a simulated prison environment. Psychologists wanted to figure out why guards had brutal attitudes toward prisoners, being whether this was part of their personality, or if it […]