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One Last Semester with Your Older Sib at Home

Sparkler SHOELACEx3 is a sophomore and her sister's a senior. They get along great, but no siblings are completely immune to occasional shouting matches, hair-pulling and stuff-stealing. (Right?) —SparkNotes editors

As the semester comes to a

Forgot to Study? Noooo Problem. (sponsored)

In the annals of Modern Academic Horror, there is nothing so brutal, so terrifying, so godforsakenly suck-tastic, as the Forgotten Quiz. And unless you are very, very lucky—or an obnoxious overachiever who completes assignments three

The Four Types of High School Assemblies

School assemblies are like fortune cookies: At first, you have no idea which of life's great mysteries they'll answer, but then they just say something stupid, like "Life is nice." And much of the time,

Dagger University: Free Time, Loneliness, and Dementors

Dear Chelsea Dagger,
I’ve been in college for a few months now, and I’m finding that I have a ton of free time, even with classes and homework. Sometimes it’s okay, but sometimes sitting around in

The Diary of Ashley Spencer: Not Home Alone, Jay-Z-Inspired Christmas Jingles, and the Ketchup Feud

During the holidays, you’re supposed to do family things together—things like chopping Christmas trees, shopping for presents, or if you’re in my family, pounding eggnog.

And while some of those things can certainly be festive, nothing