The Green and Black

“The Social Dilemma” Critique

September 29, 2020

Peyton Feldman Mrs Seltzer Period 4 29 September 2020 Around January of this year Netflix released a movie breaking down the analysis of social media along with a storyline of Social Media’s impact of an obsessed teen....

Kids are not Taking Advantage of the Opportunities that are Being Given to Them

Antonio Mentor, Writer

March 10, 2020

The youth that step foot on this Earth now, are our future, and about at least 50% of this population such as parents, friends and most of all, teachers, are doing everything in them to help us succeed in life....

Interview with NFL Offensive Lineman Bradley Bozeman

Payton Beasley, Writer and Editor

February 24, 2020

To start off, I thought it would be a great idea to text some of my favorite NFL players to see if they wanted to do a interview. I texted a set of questions to some NFL players maybe seeking a response. Well, I got that response...

Rapper Pop Smoke dies at age 20

Payton Beasley, Writer and Editor

February 20, 2020

Rapper Pop Smoke, also known as Bashar Jackson, has died at age 20 after a robbery that took place in the AirBnB he was renting for the week. The initial reports say that "three to six" men in all black wearing masks walked into...

The NBA All-Star Weekend. (Ft. All-Star Game, 3 Point Contest, Dunk Contest, Skills Contest and Rising Stars Game)

Payton Beasley, Writer and Editor

February 19, 2020

The NBA All-Star game events was this past weekend and it sure did not disappoint. Many fans said that the All-Star game was one of the best they have ever seen. It all came down to the final free throw for Team Lebron to win...

Rainbows and Roses

Reed Washington

February 13, 2020

With Valentine’s fast approaching and us lonely saps wondering why we celebrate a holiday that’s only purpose is to force people into the social convention of treating the person you are in a relationship with like you ca...

The Importance of Highschool in your Life

Kirsten Schneider, Writer, Editor

February 4, 2020

Every teenager wakes up on a weekday and all think the same thing: “ugh, I hate school. I don’t want to go.” I can say I've had those thoughts, millions of times. Some teenagers don’t want to go to school because of too muc...

Why Some People Get Good Grades: And Why Others Don’t (12-15 min read)

Anant Bhattacharya

February 2, 2020

When people think of grades at Gulf, they're reminded of that infamous My Student portal that systematically, records, stores, and categorized students’ grades, academic scores, and disciplinary records. This system, as many people tend to ...

Juice WRLD, young superstar rap mainstay, is dead at 21

Payton Beasley, Author and Editor

December 11, 2019

Juice WRLD, the author behind many hits such as Robbery and Lucid Dreams, the latter of which peaked #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, has died Sunday morning at the age of 21 at a Chicago airport. Juice WRLD, otherwise known as...

Questions That Should Be Asked

Madison Orcholski, Writer

November 21, 2019

School does teach us a good number of things about history, and how to read and write, and how to do both simple and complicated math, as well as many different forms of sciences. But what school fails to teach us, is a great d...

Instagram Tries to Boost Teens Mental Health by Using Hidden Likes

Peyton Feldman, Writer

November 19, 2019

Popularity and success is measured on social media by the amount of likes you get. Instagram has decided that likes make the social media platform toxic. Over the past 6 months Instagram has tested hidden likes in different countries;...

Should Gulf High Put Soap In The Bathrooms?

Payton Beasley, Writer and Editor

November 8, 2019

You probably read the title and said to yourself: What in the world? Why don't they have soap? And that is pretty much what our students believe as well. We need soap to clean our hands and other things. Here is three gr...