Showstoppers; the Cab Calloway production that they put on every year, has been seperated by middle and high school; as you probably know. Eventhough it's now over, I still think it was a terrible idea to do that. Showstoppers is about bringing everyone together, all grades, all students. It just wasn't the same thing year. And just because i've only been here for 6th and 7th grade, my older sister still goes here. And i've been going to Showstoppers for a very long time to see my sister perform. Mini The Moocher, (The last act) just wasn't the same thing this year.
Cab Calloway has put on many really good plays, and all the performances including band and everything, are usually always good. And the thing everyone looked forward to was; Showstoppers. Everyone came together as one school, and shared everyone's talents together. Now they seperated that, and you couldn't see the whole production in school. So some people didn't get to see both productions, and I know some people really wanted to see both. Some including me. I only got to see the middle school performace, which i'm still kind of mad about.
There was much confusion, and not many people liked the idea.
(Not finished.)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Uniforms.
School uniforms; are they really a good idea? I personally don't think they are. Some people think that it's way easier having them, and it makes the mornings go by smoother. Some people think that having them are pointless. There is a lot of debate with them, and I personally think that schools shouldn't make students wear them.
Having school uniforms don't allow the students to free their mind, and wear what they want. Which I think is unfair. If everyone wears the same thing, everyday, they won't have freedom of expression. Which I think is a very nice thing to have, if you know what I mean. Who would want to not have that? And even without uniforms, there still have a dress code. For all the people that want to become dancers, actors, and movie stars; with a uniform, they have no form of creativity. Uniforms automatically take that away, AND they can no longer express themselves freely, and the way they want.
Another thing, if the school makes students wear a uniform and a natural disaster happened, like a earthquake, or any other thing, how would that child's parents find them? The parents can recognize them by the clothing they wear, and how they dress. Without that, it's going to be really hard to find them when everyone is wearing the same exact thing. It would be a complete nightmare. Even though the parent would obviously know how the child looks; it still would help if they knew what the child was wearing that day. Or how they dress on a regular basis. Or if in school, the child gets bullied by an older person. And they don't know their name. Since everyone has to wear the school uniform, there is no way of identifying the person. Other than hair color, eye color, etc. It would be really, a lot easier if the child could say what the other was wearing too. It would make things move faster, and help the child.
I don't think school uniforms are a good thing to have at all. You cannot express yourself, and if something dangerous happened; it's going to be hard to find all the right people. And some parents think that it would make their children move faster in the morning, if they had to wear the same thing instead of taking a long time to pick out what they want to wear for the day. But the thing is, there is a few ways to get around it. You can tell your child to pick out their clothes the night before. Or some children can pick out what they want to wear in a little matter of time. People also thinks it takes away from the child focusing in school, because they are too worried about what another person is wearing. But really, it isn't what the child is wearing that is distracting them. It is a good chance it's the child just not paying attention. I think that is very stupid, because usually; nobody is really that obsessed with how they look to not focus in school. At least, that's what I think. I don't like the idea of school uniforms at all.
Having school uniforms don't allow the students to free their mind, and wear what they want. Which I think is unfair. If everyone wears the same thing, everyday, they won't have freedom of expression. Which I think is a very nice thing to have, if you know what I mean. Who would want to not have that? And even without uniforms, there still have a dress code. For all the people that want to become dancers, actors, and movie stars; with a uniform, they have no form of creativity. Uniforms automatically take that away, AND they can no longer express themselves freely, and the way they want.
Another thing, if the school makes students wear a uniform and a natural disaster happened, like a earthquake, or any other thing, how would that child's parents find them? The parents can recognize them by the clothing they wear, and how they dress. Without that, it's going to be really hard to find them when everyone is wearing the same exact thing. It would be a complete nightmare. Even though the parent would obviously know how the child looks; it still would help if they knew what the child was wearing that day. Or how they dress on a regular basis. Or if in school, the child gets bullied by an older person. And they don't know their name. Since everyone has to wear the school uniform, there is no way of identifying the person. Other than hair color, eye color, etc. It would be really, a lot easier if the child could say what the other was wearing too. It would make things move faster, and help the child.
I don't think school uniforms are a good thing to have at all. You cannot express yourself, and if something dangerous happened; it's going to be hard to find all the right people. And some parents think that it would make their children move faster in the morning, if they had to wear the same thing instead of taking a long time to pick out what they want to wear for the day. But the thing is, there is a few ways to get around it. You can tell your child to pick out their clothes the night before. Or some children can pick out what they want to wear in a little matter of time. People also thinks it takes away from the child focusing in school, because they are too worried about what another person is wearing. But really, it isn't what the child is wearing that is distracting them. It is a good chance it's the child just not paying attention. I think that is very stupid, because usually; nobody is really that obsessed with how they look to not focus in school. At least, that's what I think. I don't like the idea of school uniforms at all.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Parental Guidence Required Program?
Starting a few months ago, every Friday and Saturday at 5:00pm all cops at the Christiana Mall are going to ask all teenagers who look to be 18 years old, or younger to show their ID. If you are without your ID, and aren’t being chaperoned by a parent, you have to leave the mall. Christiana Mall has joined 54 other malls nationwide putting the policy into effect. This is called the Parental Guidance Required Program; and teenagers are outraged by it. Including me. I think this new rule is completely absurd and useless. I know I’m not the only one who feels this though.
Many teenagers are starting petitions online against the new rule, and protesting. Not all teenagers go to the mall to hang out and cause trouble. Some of them actually do just want to go to shop. I feel that it’s one of those situations where all the bad teens pretty much ruined it for the kids that do just want to shop without their parents hovering over them. Some of the teenagers wouldn’t have minded, but the fact they must stay with their parents at all times during the mall made them upset. I know most teenage boys for the fact, wouldn’t want to go shopping with their mom. Tyler O'Neill, 14, said he likes to go to the mall and walk away from his mother. He said: "She goes to the Starbucks and Bath and Body Works, I went to EB Games and Hot Topic. Now I'd have to go with her."
Parents don’t even like this rule. Alex Major, 16, says: "My mom works all day, She comes home and sleeps. When I come home from school I'm loud - I want to stomp up and down the steps, play my games, so she always sent me to the mall. She wasn't happy about it at all." Some parents complain that: “I’m even worried when I leave the mall to get to my car with teenagers hanging around!” Well; news flash: now-a-days its not completely safe anywhere. Someone could easily get killed, or violated by just simply walking through the park on a summer day alone. Sadly, that’s just how the world is today. So that shouldn’t have even been a complaint. And A teenager, or a group of teenagers, aren’t even that threatening really. I mean, if you were walking to your car around 7:00pm when it starts to get dark; id worry more of if a single man or woman would do something to me. Not a group of teenagers, or one or two.
I understand they want to make it a more family environment, but they could do that many other ways then this. Because really: if there are a few teenagers hanging around they aren’t going to mess around with a family walking by. They’re too busy doing what they’re doing to even pay attention. But even if a family wanted to go shopping at lets say, 6:00pm on a Monday there could still be teenagers there with their friends regardless.
My opinion on this: it is completely useless, senseless, and belligerent. I’m going through this too. I can no-longer go to the mall on a Friday night with my friends, or a Saturday afternoon due to the new rule. And personally, I feel that Friday should be a day you should have fun or relax because it’s the last day of school before the weekend. And that may include going to the mall. Or, if it’s a Saturday afternoon and you want to go to the mall with a few of your friends to buy clothes for school or something, you can no longer do that without an adult. Which is pretty silly if you ask me. Because like I said before, not all teenagers go to the mall to cause trouble.
Many teenagers are starting petitions online against the new rule, and protesting. Not all teenagers go to the mall to hang out and cause trouble. Some of them actually do just want to go to shop. I feel that it’s one of those situations where all the bad teens pretty much ruined it for the kids that do just want to shop without their parents hovering over them. Some of the teenagers wouldn’t have minded, but the fact they must stay with their parents at all times during the mall made them upset. I know most teenage boys for the fact, wouldn’t want to go shopping with their mom. Tyler O'Neill, 14, said he likes to go to the mall and walk away from his mother. He said: "She goes to the Starbucks and Bath and Body Works, I went to EB Games and Hot Topic. Now I'd have to go with her."
Parents don’t even like this rule. Alex Major, 16, says: "My mom works all day, She comes home and sleeps. When I come home from school I'm loud - I want to stomp up and down the steps, play my games, so she always sent me to the mall. She wasn't happy about it at all." Some parents complain that: “I’m even worried when I leave the mall to get to my car with teenagers hanging around!” Well; news flash: now-a-days its not completely safe anywhere. Someone could easily get killed, or violated by just simply walking through the park on a summer day alone. Sadly, that’s just how the world is today. So that shouldn’t have even been a complaint. And A teenager, or a group of teenagers, aren’t even that threatening really. I mean, if you were walking to your car around 7:00pm when it starts to get dark; id worry more of if a single man or woman would do something to me. Not a group of teenagers, or one or two.
I understand they want to make it a more family environment, but they could do that many other ways then this. Because really: if there are a few teenagers hanging around they aren’t going to mess around with a family walking by. They’re too busy doing what they’re doing to even pay attention. But even if a family wanted to go shopping at lets say, 6:00pm on a Monday there could still be teenagers there with their friends regardless.
My opinion on this: it is completely useless, senseless, and belligerent. I’m going through this too. I can no-longer go to the mall on a Friday night with my friends, or a Saturday afternoon due to the new rule. And personally, I feel that Friday should be a day you should have fun or relax because it’s the last day of school before the weekend. And that may include going to the mall. Or, if it’s a Saturday afternoon and you want to go to the mall with a few of your friends to buy clothes for school or something, you can no longer do that without an adult. Which is pretty silly if you ask me. Because like I said before, not all teenagers go to the mall to cause trouble.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Assigned seats at lunch?
Rough Draft:
As everyone knows there is now assigned seating at lunch, also including the morning's when we must go to the cafiteria until we are dissmissed to our homerooms. It hasn't gotton as bad as to where we would have to sit according to our actual names, in alphabetical order. We just have to sit at alphabetical tables. Just for an example: lets say, table 1: it would be all the last names that start with the letter A or B. Those people would have to sit at that certain table and not switch to go to a different table. I feel that this new rule is absolutley ridiculous, and many other students agree with me.
The teachers and staff think that this is a good thing because they think that if the students sit with who they want to, that it will create much more noise; and if they have to sit where they are assigned, they may not always be with the people who they easily get along with. But the truth is, if some people dont sit with their friends and get assigned a table whom everyone does not like eachother nor gets along; god knows thats not going to end up well. That by itself will make much, much more noise. So their plan would be ruined in that case. Yes, you can choose to sit where-ever you want at that table which means you don't have to sit with the person/persons you do not like. But, if the whole table is people that you dont get along with, what are you going to do? This may cause a fight, or bickering and could probably get pretty loud if they were mad enough at eachother.
Students are NOT happy with this new seating arrangement. I, being one of them. I truely think that seating people like this is pointless, and ridiculous. There should be a time atleast once during the day where students should be able to actually sit where they want to, with their friends. Yes, you can visit all your friends in the court yard. But what if you want to sit with a friend that is in none of your classes at lunch, and hang out with different people in the court yard? Plus, we don't get much time in the court yard anyhow. I really feel that there is no point in it, and that they should let students sit where they want to. I understand them wanting most students to stay seated, and stay at the table they picked. If the student picked where they wanted to sit in the beginning there wouldn't probably be much of that happening. I think the teachers and staff need to take that into consideration as well.
"ATTENTION: All 7th & 8th grade students at cab should wear black clothing, with any color bandana, and war paint! To rebel the new seating!" - and that is the text message that is going around. The 8th grade has already tried it once, and now they want the 7th grade in on it. That is just how upset the students are about this. Not that I blame them. It is a very unfair rule. What they are doing isn't exactly working too well, but hey; atleast they are trying something to get the teachers attention to the matter. I, myself, didn't do that. But most did. I thought it was pretty silly, and pointless to do because the teachers and staff don't care. I'm pretty sure they want to keep it this way for awhile. It is going to be hard to convince them otherwise. So basically, I feel that the new seating in the cafiteria is unfair and not right. I really dislike it, and hopefully the rule will soon be changed.
As everyone knows there is now assigned seating at lunch, also including the morning's when we must go to the cafiteria until we are dissmissed to our homerooms. It hasn't gotton as bad as to where we would have to sit according to our actual names, in alphabetical order. We just have to sit at alphabetical tables. Just for an example: lets say, table 1: it would be all the last names that start with the letter A or B. Those people would have to sit at that certain table and not switch to go to a different table. I feel that this new rule is absolutley ridiculous, and many other students agree with me.
The teachers and staff think that this is a good thing because they think that if the students sit with who they want to, that it will create much more noise; and if they have to sit where they are assigned, they may not always be with the people who they easily get along with. But the truth is, if some people dont sit with their friends and get assigned a table whom everyone does not like eachother nor gets along; god knows thats not going to end up well. That by itself will make much, much more noise. So their plan would be ruined in that case. Yes, you can choose to sit where-ever you want at that table which means you don't have to sit with the person/persons you do not like. But, if the whole table is people that you dont get along with, what are you going to do? This may cause a fight, or bickering and could probably get pretty loud if they were mad enough at eachother.
Students are NOT happy with this new seating arrangement. I, being one of them. I truely think that seating people like this is pointless, and ridiculous. There should be a time atleast once during the day where students should be able to actually sit where they want to, with their friends. Yes, you can visit all your friends in the court yard. But what if you want to sit with a friend that is in none of your classes at lunch, and hang out with different people in the court yard? Plus, we don't get much time in the court yard anyhow. I really feel that there is no point in it, and that they should let students sit where they want to. I understand them wanting most students to stay seated, and stay at the table they picked. If the student picked where they wanted to sit in the beginning there wouldn't probably be much of that happening. I think the teachers and staff need to take that into consideration as well.
"ATTENTION: All 7th & 8th grade students at cab should wear black clothing, with any color bandana, and war paint! To rebel the new seating!" - and that is the text message that is going around. The 8th grade has already tried it once, and now they want the 7th grade in on it. That is just how upset the students are about this. Not that I blame them. It is a very unfair rule. What they are doing isn't exactly working too well, but hey; atleast they are trying something to get the teachers attention to the matter. I, myself, didn't do that. But most did. I thought it was pretty silly, and pointless to do because the teachers and staff don't care. I'm pretty sure they want to keep it this way for awhile. It is going to be hard to convince them otherwise. So basically, I feel that the new seating in the cafiteria is unfair and not right. I really dislike it, and hopefully the rule will soon be changed.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Media vs. Celebrities.
9/4/28
I feel that the media is taking it way too far. Celebrities are just like every other person, when it comes to wanting some privacy now and again. Many things have happened in the case with physical injuries just because a paparazzi wanted a shot. Take for instance; when Jessica Simpson just went out for a drive, a paparazzi actually was driving in a car right next to her and kept slowly getting closer and closer and cutting people off on the rode. It was very dangerous, and many other innocent people could have gotten hurt. Including Jessica. Another person they pester a lot is Brittney Spears. Just leave the poor girl alone! Yes, she has a child. Yes, she let her child on her lap when she was driving. Back then, that wasn’t a bad thing. I remember when I was little; my dad would always let me “drive”. He would sit me on his lap, I’d take the steering wheel thinking I had complete control of the car; and he would pedal. It was semi-dangerous for the child though, and that wasn’t the brightest choice of Brittney because she must have known that paparazzi’s were going to be around. But still, they should have lightened up on her a little bit. And Jamie Lynn Spears, her younger sister; has a child. That really isn’t a bad thing, in my opinion. Honestly, I’m proud of her for not getting an abortion. Why would someone want to kill a poor innocent child? Plus in another way, if you think about it; she just made a mistake. Who hasn’t made a mistake in their life? Nobody is perfect.
I feel that the media is taking it way too far. Celebrities are just like every other person, when it comes to wanting some privacy now and again. Many things have happened in the case with physical injuries just because a paparazzi wanted a shot. Take for instance; when Jessica Simpson just went out for a drive, a paparazzi actually was driving in a car right next to her and kept slowly getting closer and closer and cutting people off on the rode. It was very dangerous, and many other innocent people could have gotten hurt. Including Jessica. Another person they pester a lot is Brittney Spears. Just leave the poor girl alone! Yes, she has a child. Yes, she let her child on her lap when she was driving. Back then, that wasn’t a bad thing. I remember when I was little; my dad would always let me “drive”. He would sit me on his lap, I’d take the steering wheel thinking I had complete control of the car; and he would pedal. It was semi-dangerous for the child though, and that wasn’t the brightest choice of Brittney because she must have known that paparazzi’s were going to be around. But still, they should have lightened up on her a little bit. And Jamie Lynn Spears, her younger sister; has a child. That really isn’t a bad thing, in my opinion. Honestly, I’m proud of her for not getting an abortion. Why would someone want to kill a poor innocent child? Plus in another way, if you think about it; she just made a mistake. Who hasn’t made a mistake in their life? Nobody is perfect.
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