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Jan
19
2011
The daily battle with procrastination
It’s an addiction from which many teenagers suffer. And, rather than growing out of it, the problem tends to snowball as time goes on. Compounded with senioritis, the problem becomes nearly uncontrollable. What is the problem, you ask? Procrastination. Distractions seem to bombard me each night as I attempt to complete my homework assignments. It [...]
Called Oh Lolli Lolli, it is the newest addition to a small strip of attractions sprouting up along Demun Avenue.
Aug
21
2010
An evolutionary state of mind
“We come from monkeys, don’t you see the resemblance?!” I can shamefully recall using this line on countless occasions during heated arguments about evolution. I usually used it right at the point in the debate when I was supposed to explain Darwin’s theory, but since I didn’t understand the concept myself I threw the “monkey” [...]
May
19
2010
Media sets poor example for adolescent girls
Far too often, I meet girls who act, or attempt to act, much older than they are. I’m certainly not saying they are too mature or wise because some teenagers simply are more mature than their peers. Rather, it’s the appearance and behavior of some girls that bothers me. Some wear heavy makeup on an [...]
Mar
12
2010
Joining hockey team teaches lessons
Halfway through the school year, I found myself sitting in a locker room, 6 a.m. Monday morning, with a messy heap of gear I was supposed to puzzle together onto my body. What had started with a thoughtless decision had become reality, one I was altogether far too ill-prepared for. Deciding to play hockey was [...]
Waking up at 7:30am on a Saturday, during a four-day weekend, is excruciatingly painful. As someone who could probably sleep through WWIII if it started and ended between 5am and 9am, I am not known as a morning person. So when I rolled out of bed Feb. 13 at 7:30 a.m., it could only mean [...]
Every student has had the experience: the alarm goes off loudly at 7 a.m., it’s still dark outside, your bed is especially warm, and you can’t help but think, ‘is school really worth it?’ A parent can usually be counted on to enter the room at this time repeating that ever-encouraging mantra, ‘school is important [...]
Jan
28
2010
Dishonesty proves the ‘me first’ syndrome
A classful of plagiarized papers, two stolen dresses. These are, undoubtedly, not the only occurrences of dishonesty at CHS to ever have happened recently. However, I find it disturbing that such things have happened at all. How can one cheat a lab report without realizing that it only gets everyone in trouble? Or stealing clothing; [...]
Jan
27
2010
Math proves to be applicable
“A musician wakes from a terrible nightmare.” So begins the remarkable commentary entitled “A Mathematician’s Lament”. The piece opens with said musician’s dreamworld, in which music has become a mandatory school course. Educators are seen force-feeding unfortunate children with hollow lessons packed with musical notation and theory, where the direction of stems is vital for [...]
Sarah Blackwell When I left the Clayton school district in seventh grade, I didn’t think much of it. I suppose I wanted new scenery, and that sure is what I got. I started school at Westminster Christian Academy (WCA) at the beginning of seventh grade. Upon waking up every morning for school, the first thing [...]
