Going With The Flow?

"Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees" by Qynn

Abstract: Farmers are the backbone of our economy, but they are breaking under the strain. They

This podcast features music by Wyatt Darnell, alumni of The River Academy. If you want more information about his music, or about anything else we've discussed here, email us at [email protected]

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"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Trans Athletes and the Attack on Femininity" by Norah

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"Classically Intelligent: Using Classical Music to Aid in Children’s Brain Development" by Belle

Abstract: Everyone listens to music constantly–whether on the way to work, while taking a shower,

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*"Purity Pitch" by Hailey *

Abstract: The pure, moral world today is in peril. Morality is a hodge-podge of desire and whims in

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"From Shadows to Salvation: Unmasking the Power of Faith in Overcoming the Chains of Pornography" by Isaiah

Abstract: Drug addiction is very harmful, especially if the drug of choice is pornography. It can have devastating effects on both individuals and society. About $3,075.64 is being spent on porn every second. It makes more than the NFL, NBA, and the MLB combined! It promotes sex trafficking and causes people to be unfaithful to their spouses. It creates unrealistic expectations, objectification and has heavy emotional and mental health effects. Drugs can “promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for ‘people are slaves to whatever has mastered them’'' (New International Version, 2 Pet. 2.19). The internet is like an infinite ocean of information, where each website is a unique island waiting to be explored in seeming anonymity! It is a vast and ever-expanding universe of knowledge, entertainment, and connections. Like the ocean, surfing the internet can be both exciting and overwhelming, with endless possibilities at the touch of a button. Tragically, the same universe of possibility and peril has opened for the proliferation of porn. Except, due to the damaging and addictive nature of this certain “ocean,” it is more like a maelstrom, constantly sucking the surfers in and enticing them, making them crave more and more—a dark vortex that pulls powerfully back, every time someone tries escaping.

This podcast features music by Wyatt Darnell, alumni of The River Academy. If you want more information about his music, or about anything else we've discussed here, email us at [email protected]

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Fractured Education: The School System’s Prejudiced Social Divide by Quinn

Abstract: Despite all of our advances in ridding ourselves of the injustices that have plagued our nation, a particular example of bigotry has been left to fester. People with special needs have historically been a consistent target for prejudice and oppression; this discrimination has bled out of the history books and into the American school system. To this day, American schools operate under ableism and discrimination, causing incredible social development problems our for students, and continuing to contribute to a bigoted culture. It is imperative to the development of all students that students with special needs are socially included within school culture. School culture unifies a school, it dictates the tones and conditions that a student body will operate under. For students to overcome a culturally instilled attitude of ableism, they must be educated on and exposed to their peers with special needs, specifically in these culture-building events. Inclusion in these events is the first step in breaking through the prejudice that students and their educational system share, exposing the humanity in the students who are treated as less-than, and bringing to light the inhumanity in the ableism that has dictated the lives of so many students with disabilities.

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This summer, we're posting the audio of our Senior Thesis Defenses one at a time, starting with Sarah, who will be arguing that the church needs to be more involved in the foster care system.

"The Fostering of Foster Care Through the Church" by Sarah

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Michael and Tyler discuss a classic piece of literature taught to our 7th graders. They talk about why they teach it, what it means to our curriculum, and gives parents an idea of what they can talk about with their students.

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This week, we sit down for an interview with recent alumni Wyatt Darnell (who also composed the music for this podcast!) to talk about sticking it out through the end of high school at a classical Christian school.

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In this episode, we interview our secondary science teacher about awakening wonder in our students, pursuing the sciences from a Christian worldview, teaching as learning, and employing rhetoric in the science classroom.

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