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Opinions
Education Is Important
Jill May
4.17.08
When it comes time to choose a career, the education field
may seem appealing. All of us have spent countless hours in
the classroom interacting and relying on our teachers. What
an honorable profession! When we were younger, I don’t
remember ever hearing about a teacher who had failed to do
his or her job.
However, it appears to me now that some faculty members
take a lot more pride in their work than others. I understand
that the financial circumstances wouldn’t be a great incentive,
but if that is a problem, don’t become an educator in the first
place. I believe that really good teachers teach because they
love to interact with kids and help them grow. Unfortunately
for the students, some teachers have chosen the incorrect
profession.
I can count on one hand the number of teachers who have
made a positive difference in my life, the people who have
motivated and encouraged
me to do my best. They
engaged me, supported
my creativity and helped
me think outside the box. I
believe teachers should be
leaders, influential and kind,
willing to help when students
ask for it.
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No Surrender: A Photographer's Perspective On Four Years
by Rob Nielsen - 5.14.08
One thousand, three hundred sixty-two days; the amount of time exactly that it took many of us from the day we first walked these halls as freshmen to the day when we walked across the stage, signifying the end of our high school careers.
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Sister's Absence Causes Sadness
by Ally Phillips - 2.22.08
Everyone knows the famous quote “You don’t know what you got till its gone” as used in the song “Big Yellow Taxi” by Counting Crows. When I heard this I never really knew what that was like until last August.
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Teen Drivers Get Bad Rap
by Kayla Clark - 2.12.08
There isn’t a single driver in the world who is perfect. Everyone has forgotten a turn signal, gone 50 mph in a 45 mph zone or rolled through a stop sign. Since everyone messes up, why are teen drivers so looked down upon?
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Teen Sleeping Patterns Require Later Start Time To School Day
Staff Editorial - 2.5.08
Why is it that breakfast, the supposed most important meal of the day, is often inhaled at best and skipped at worst by high school students? Why do many students suffer from the feeling that they lay their heads down at night only to stand right back up and start the day again?
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Students Seek Freedom Online
Staff Editorial - 12.20.07
We’ve all been through the bloody torture that is a research project. Notes on top of notes taken off of articles found from SIRS, Google and, sadly, Wikipedia fill our menial college-ruled notebooks. The research must be done by the end of the hour; we’re racing the clock. And then it happens.
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Student Advocates Accepting Unique Lifestyles
by Leah Braunschweiler- 11.14.07
They are everything I am not—glamorous, envied and have no problem leaving their inhibitions at the door. Drag queens are some evolved form of human beings that I, if born a man, would wholeheartedly become.
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"BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" Verdict Restricts Free Speech
Staff Editorial- 10.25.07
Sometimes the most important court cases take the longest to decide. In the case of Frederick v. Morse, it’s been over five years in the making. This case decided the fate of Juneau-Douglas High School senior Joseph Frederick and his “BONG HiTs 4 JESUS” sign.
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