Andrew Bunag is a junior at Basis Peoria. He loves to play video games and learn.
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A Pleasureless Nightmare

Starting this school year, all of our school’s students have been moved to the online platform Microsoft Teams for learning. Compared to last year’s online format where most teachers didn’t hold mandatory attendance, this year drastically changed by forcing everyone to attend all of their virtual, 50-minute classes. Personally, I am not a huge fan […]

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Superbowl (b)Ads.

Why would a non football lover like me decide to tune in on a Sunday to watch the Super bowl? Simple. Advertisements. Every year, unique and refreshing ads are shown during the commercial breaks of the super bowl. Last week’s commercials… were utter trash with a few exceptions. All of them follow the same kind […]

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Exploring the Function and Effectiveness of Homework

Homework was a concept created by Italian pedagogue Roberton Nevilis in 1095 as a punishment for his students. Here at Basis, teachers seem to be quite fond of giving homework. Many teachers say that students should be working on that specific class’ homework for at least 20 minutes a day. However, that on top of other classes’ lengthy assignments is simply too much to ask for.