Should the Minimum Wage be Raised?
McKayla Thompson, Junior Writer
April 19, 2019
Filed under Opinion
A single mother is living paycheck-to-paycheck because her minimum wage paying job is only paying $7.25 per hour. Should people really have to live this way, or should the minimum wage be raised? Personally, I believe the minimum wage shouldn’t be raised due to the effects it will cause on society. A...
Why ISTEP Is Not Needed
Bella Panmei, Sophomore Writer
March 21, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
Some people are great test takers and others are not as fortunate. Tests help guarantee the placing of a student in class and what they are capable of, but almost nobody is a fan of taking any sort of test and studying for it is even worse.Taking tests for classes are normal and students have time t...
An Open Letter to My Little Sister
Katelyn Schreckenghaust, Junior Writer
March 19, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Madison, I remember the day you were born and how excited I was to finally have a little sister. I love our two older brothers so much, but I always wanted a sister and was ecstatic when I found out our mom was having a girl. I decided to write you this letter to let you know how much yo...
The Group of Friends That Last A Lifetime
Ashli Key, Senior Editor
March 14, 2019
Filed under Opinion
“Cousins are people that are ready-made friends. You have laughs with them and remember good times from a young age. You have fights with them, but you always know you love each other.”- Courtney Cox All through my years of growing up, I have had friends that have come and gone; however, ...
God’s Grandeur
Brannyn Spencer, Senior Editor
March 8, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Not many people sit around and think about what makes the work unique. Our world is the way it is due to God’s grandeur. This subject is spoken about all the time due to younger kids asking so many questions about how the world lives as one. In “God’s Grandeur” by Gerald Manley Hopkins, he st...
An Open Letter to My Brother
Josie Woolever, Senior Editor
March 8, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
David, I wrote the our sisters one of these when I first started writing for the Kings’ Courier, so I found it appropriate to write you one while my days writing for the Kings’ Courier are coming to an end. I know we often don’t get along, but what siblings get along all the time? All that ...
Censorship in America
Carl Jay, Junior Writer
March 8, 2019
Filed under Opinion
The right to free speech springs forth from the founding fathers of the United States. When creating the constitution, the founding fathers chose to focus on freedom of speech. Hence, they added the first amendment to the constitution. Now, fast forward 200 years and focus on today’s culture of freedom...
An Open Letter to All Girls
McKayla Thompson, Junior Writer
March 4, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
Dear girls, You are more than a set of curves, you are more than a hair color, and you are more than the outfits you wear. You are more than the size of your stomach and more than the size of your thigh gap. If no one has yet to tell you, let me be the first. Girls, you are beautiful. Being ...
You are not alone..
Brooklynn Fye, Senior Writer
February 13, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
This is for the people who think they are alone, for the ones who think nobody understands, and for the ones that seem to be unheard in a crowd full of people. No, this is not a pity party or a story looking for attention. This is simply me using my abilities for the better. I understand that...
Southern Values Within the Novel The Sound and the Fury
Megan Dishon, Senior Editor
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
This is an explication about the book The Sound and the Fury written for AP Literature for our Novel Unit in class. In the novel The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner portrayed a family that had self-worth, money, and a good reputation over multiple generations. Although the Compson generations h...
Seeing God’s Grandeur through the Darkness
Ashli Key, Senior Editor
January 24, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
As people go about living their everyday lives, some forget ‘God’s Grandeur’ as poet Gerald Manley Hopkins points out. Everyone sees life through only his own eyes, not through the beauty of others. We seem to take advantage of the gift that God has given us: someone who cares. If people look past...
Annual Spitznogle Christmas
Josie Woolever, Senior Editor
January 10, 2019
Filed under Courier Top Opinion Article, Opinion
For the most part, every family has their own kind of family reunion every year or every couple years. For my dad’s Woolever/Spitznogle side of the family, this is an every year occurrence and it is always the ‘Spitznogle Christmas.’ I can’t remember a year when there wasn’t a Spitznogle Chr...