April 21, 2006 Vol. 34 Issue 13
Editorial:Reality check awaits slackers
By: Melanie Weilert, sr.
for the Editorial Board
Too many students of this generation are allowing themselves
to be satisfied with mediocrity, especially this time of year. While some
may believe that striving for success, making good grades, and developing
skills for the future only count until they are accepted into college, receive
scholarships or get offered an apprenticeship at their dream job, this is
simply not true. The students who choose to let spring fever get the best
of them are in for a huge wake up call.
Reality number one of life after high school; our parents are not around to
call us in sick anymore.
Cartoon by Haley Huffman
Spend too many hours partying this weekend? Forget to make
preparations for that presentation due on Monday? Feel like there are better
things to do? Too bad. Employers in the real world are less likely than high
school teachers to accept any excuse for laziness, let alone a good one. Making
an honest and successful living in this world requires a strong sense of responsibility
and motivation, things that should be developed in and carried on throughout
our high school careers.
Reality number two of life after high school; most college professors probably
would not mind if a student spent another year or two in their classes, as
long as they get paid.
Whether we choose to put forth the extra effort towards passing our college
trigonometry class or neglect the course of study all together, colleges and
universities are not likely to complain about students who dish out hundreds
of dollars more every year because they have to take the same class again
for the third time in a row. Without the constant nagging of parents and teachers
to keep our grades up or things like homework referrals to scare us into doing
our work, the only thing out there that is going to keep us on the right track
is our future. Relying on the consequences of neglecting our schoolwork has
sadly become the only source of motivation that many students have today.
Even though end of the year projects, essays, and most homework assignments
in general are met with the defeated sighs of, “I just do not care anymore,”
it is not that we as students refuse to care, but that it has become increasingly
difficult to. Allowing what most seniors feel as ‘the end of days syndrome’
to consume what is left of their high school careers is something that most
of us will likely regret. Apathy is probably the single most contributing
factor to this plaguing psychological outbreak of senioritis and spring fever,
and the only cure is realizing what its prolonged presence in our lives will
do to our future.
Preparation needed as spring
fever hits (pro)
By: Haley Huffman, so.
Cartoonist
Springtime is a time when everyone wants to slack off. Students
are being distracted from their schoolwork. Nobody feels like doing the work
that they need to be doing. Everyone knows it is going to happen, yet no one
is really ever ready when it comes. This cycle needs to be changed slightly.
Preparation is what everybody needs. Students need to prepare because they
know that springtime slacking happens every single year. Everyone should be
used to it by now. Just because students want to enjoy the warm weather does
not mean that they are bad students or are going to fail in life after high
school.
Various sports start up and go on during the nice weather,
which throws some students off course as they are often out of school to attend
competitions. They need to get things done before spring fever hits, that
way when it does come, as it most likely will, there is a little bit of leeway
for whatever spring has in store for them.
If students do not get things done during the beginning and middle of the
school year, then it is almost guaranteed to catch up with them toward the
end, when it gets harder to concentrate and get things done to the quality
that many teachers expect.
As weather warms up, students often do not want to be in a classroom all day.
They do not concentrate as well, and they cannot seem to get as many things
done. Time needs to be set aside for homework and other things that need to
get done.
There is no doubt it is going to be tough to sit down, concentrate, and do
homework in the spring, but it is something that has to be done. Students
cannot constantly procrastinate or else they will fall behind in their work.
It is a whole lot harder to catch up after getting behind than it is to just
take some time out to do it before getting behind.
Students should get their work done on time, that way there is still time
to go enjoy the weather and time that there is, yet still get finished with
what needs to be done.
High School
habits carry into real world (con)
By: Jordan Young, sr.
Sports Editor
All students need to learn how to make it in the real world
as early in their lives as possible. If they do not realize what can happen
to them in the real world, they may be in trouble. Many things learned while
still in high school can help prepare them.
Seniors, as well as other students, need to learn that laziness and carelessness
is not accepted in the real world. Not coming into work one day can get
an employee fired, unlike skipping one day of school, which is very lightly
punished compared to real world consequences. Carelessness in the workplace
can get an employee fired or laid off, where as in school all students usually
get is just a minor detention or a lecture.
Most students know what kind of commitment it takes to live
on their own, but there are still those few who feel they can slack off.
While students may believe that after high school, they do not have to worry
about schoolwork anymore, that is not true. Jobs such as computer programming,
and dentistry take a lot of schooling and time. Students need to learn while
still in high school how to dedicate time to their studies.
Students need to learn at an early age that lazy people do not lead rewarding
lives. Everything in life is going to take effort in one way or another.
It is just like the old saying goes “Anything worth doing, is worth
doing well.”
Athletics is a great way to show students how to lead successful lives.
Athletes learn about teamwork, commitment, tenacity, and respect which are
all qualities a successful working person should possess. Other extracurricular
activities benefit students as they can learn about dedication and working
well with others.
All in all, it is key for students to learn how to get up and make something
of their lives now before they are hit with the reality of the life after
high school. Schools do a good job of showing and explaining to students
how to lead successful lives. There are even career developing classes students
have access too. Classes such as economics and publications help students
to pursue careers they may find rewarding in the future.
Review: Warm seats: watch
Benchwarmers
By: Robbie Ball, sr.
Reporter
For students who are stumped at finding a movie to take a date
to or to go to with a group of friends, they might want to consider The Benchwarmers,
staring a trio cast of familiar faces.
The stars of the show are Rob Schneider, from The Animal, David Spade, also
known as Joe Dirt, and Jon Heder, commonly known as Napoleon Dynamite. John
Lovitz, who can be seen in many movies, is also a central character in the
movie.
This movie is laugh out loud and hilarious. It is about three guys getting
back at the people who teased them when they were younger.
Schneider plays the bully fighting Gus, Spade plays the video store nerd Richie,
and Heder plays idiotic paperboy Clark who still lives at home with his mother.
Lovitz plays the grown up nerd and also billionaire Mel, who is central to
the trio’s dream of showing that they are not just the nerds everyone
thinks they are.
With Mel’s help, Gus, Richie, and Clark play in a little league tournament
to win a baseball field just for the outcasts.
Although Gus is the only member of the team that has any talent on the field
in the beginning, the other two develop as they continue to play. The team
shows that they are good enough to win sports even though they were excluded
from such activities while growing up.
I thought this movie was going to be dumb because of the previews that I had
seen on television. I am also not a big fan of Napoleon Dynamite.
Despite this, I found that the movie was not too bad. It had tons of humor,
although some was a little weird for my liking. It also had a good plot line.
Viewers will never guess how the movie ends until it is over. If I had a choice
to watch this again, I would, because the parts that were funny, were actually
very funny. I would strongly recommended that students go warm the seats in
the theater as they watch this movie. The laughs it provides makes it worth
the price of admission.
How do you stay motivated at the end of the year?
 Devin Onnen, fr., “I am excited that summer is getting closer.” |
 Trina Ysusi, so., “Knowing that school is almost out and that summer is almost here.” |
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