Sausalito celebrated its 63rd annual art festival this labor day weekend. To be more accurate, other people celebrated an art festival that happens to be located in Sausalito. Sausalito residents certainly...
With the presidential election of 2016 fast approaching, discussion among Tam students and Americans all over the country has been overtaken by the outspoken, media-dominating impromptu GOP candidate Donald...
My hand shoots up in class. I know the answer. I have been paying attention and understand the topic. Instead of doodling on the corner of my paper, I have been listening to my teacher talk about the difference...
Participation is, at worst, a system begging teachers to grade-bump their favorites, and, at best, grading students on their social skills, rather than what content they actually learned. Furthermore,...
This is it – the last Hollumn. The last time you will ever have to read (and get annoyed at) my opinions, and the last time I will ever write for the Tam News. As a senior on the brink of graduation,...
In the June issue of the Tam News, Sarah Asch and James Finn explored the friction surrounding teachers’ varying opinions on collaboration and how and when to use project-based learning. With Tam in...
Dear third Period teachers,
I am never more grumpy during the week then at 12:10 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I apologize to all four of you (you know who you are) for releasing my midday frustrations...
As the drought becomes a bigger issue everyday, Californians seem to be thinking more and more about water conservation and what’s causing such dramatic water dissipation. Saving water is an issue for...
Whenever I peruse the reference section of the bookstore, there is a huge surplus of books in the vein of “(insert activity here) for dummies.” There’s everything from how to knit to how to become...
I spent my entire first period AP Comp class thinking about the delicious hot chocolate with whipped cream that I was going to get at break. Once the bell rang, I darted to the Hungry Hawk and waited...
It all started at 11:30 on a Saturday night. “Hey,” I texted my friend. “Wouldn’t it be funny if I wore the same outfit to school for a whole week, just to see what would happen? Actually, I kind...