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Many people don’t know the real answer to this. Youmay believe you’re all caught up on our world’s issues, but a deeperdive may make you think otherwise. Unfortunately, our news outletsdon’t cover everything, sometimes glossing over the most devastatingsituations, just to talk about a celebrity’s newest red carpet look. Manynations are suffering, getting not even the slightest acknowledgementfrom major news channels. One prime example being the current geno -cidein the Democratic Republic of Congo.  \u003Cbr>Prior to 1997, The Democratic Republic of Congo (also known as Con -go, or even shorter, DRC) was known asthe country of Zaire. Zaire washeavily effected by the Rwandan genocide in 1994, during which manyrefugees from Rwanda fled there. “The influx of refugees destabilizedeastern DRC, bringing an impoverished population, radicalized ideology,and a recent history of extreme violence,” The United States HolocaustMemorial Museum states on their website.  \u003Cbr>Continued on page 16   | Opinion  \u003Cbr>Sorry, Incorrect...Students React toIXLBy Christian Bot & Travis Sypniewski, Grade 8  \u003Cbr>Back and forth, your eyes dart from your score to the submitbutton, like a pendulum. You check your answer once more, butyou remain in doubt. 2 points. Only 2 more points, you think toyourself. You shakingly click submit. The screen flashestheinfa -mous message: “Sorry, incorrect …”  \u003Cbr>Let's be honest, this has most likely happened to all of us at leastonce and it’s just stressful. One notorious website in particularseems to be the main perpetrator of this anxiety: IXL.  \u003Cbr>IXL isa subscription-based learning website that is used by manyschool districts. It covers many subjects ranging from Math toSpanish. IXL was created in 1998 by Paul Mishkinin San MateoCalifornia. IXL usesa point system called, “Smart Score,”whichsounds condescending. This implies that having a low Smart Scoremeans you aren’tsmart. IXL’s website states, “SmartScore in -creases for correct answers will be small (1-2 points) and penaltiesfor incorrect answers will be larger (3-8 points) .”  \u003Cbr>IXL catches the school district's eyes because of how easy itis touse on the teacher's side. What makes it so easy to useisits mul -titude of features; it hasa built-in grading systemaswell as pre -made diagnostic skills, quizzes, and checkpoints.  \u003Cbr>“I like IXL because it provides standards based practice tosup -plement specific algebraic lessons and concepts. 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