Two rival gangs are already the basis for a great story. Add in a twist of Romeo and Juliet, and you’ve got West Side Story: an Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim musical preformed by South County Secondary School this weekend.  This play is about two fighting gangs: the classic-American Jets and the Puerto Rican-American Sharks. While at a dance to discuss the terms of a future brawl, Tony, a Jet, and Maria, the leader of the Shark’s little sister, see each other and fall in love at first sight. This kick-starts the Romeo and Juliet theme and unfolds into the rest of …

If you ask an adult how their high school experience was, you are most likely going to get one of two answers: The first, “high school? Oh, you mean my four-year sentence in Hell, sorry my mistake,” is bitter. The second “high school? Oh, you mean the four years of perpetual bliss, my bad,” is bittersweet. These predictable responses demonstrate why the social structure of high school hasn’t changed much through the years. Everyone remembers high school and everyone has an opinion about it. It’s why a 16 year old in 2011 can still enjoy a John Hughes movie made in the 80’s (that and Jake Ryan…

There is probably an extremely stately and formal association for you guys (I mean guys in a strictly gender neutral way.) I mean, there seems to be a group for everything these days.  There’s even a group for people who still think the world is flat, I kid you not: http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/, see?  I’m being completely serious; there is an organization for everything.  So I’m going to jump on the bandwagon and officially put a name to an already existing group of people, the TWS, or teachers who stink. Now how do you know if you fall into the TWS category?  Here’s a checklist of …

As far as providing activities for teens to do, Lorton does not have a lot to offer. The closest movie theater or mall is well over walking distance away, so those of us who can’t drive (like me) have to make the best of the options right here in Lorton. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Lorton, Virginia isn’t exactly known for its tourism. You don’t hear anyone saying “Hey lets go to Lorton Virginia for vacation!”  A typical day after school most teens just get a group of people together in neighborhoods, houses, or shopping centers and try to come up with anything (and when I say …