West Coast Gazette: Issue 3 « Thread Started on Mar 10, 2006, 7:12pm »
Welcome to the third issue of the West Coast Gazette. I'd like to thank you for taking the time to see what we've put toghether. It actually takes awhile to organize, and put together this whole thing. Enjoy! -Headmistress
Did you Know? Norelle Parslipnik
Have you every been doing the same thing over and over and got use to it being that way.. Well, I think you have cause it happened to me.. Yet, this reporter has a story to tell. I was reading the papers like normal when I read a nifty article on spicing up your life, because this generations is full of Yrs!
Well, I tried like it said. Do something new.. Reason for.. I was getting tired of the same thing over and over. I walked the same hallways. Saw the same people.. And did the same things I always do..Well, I tried something new!
I decided to head out the castle and go for a brief stroll. Well come to find out that wasn't the smartest thing to do. Professor Damien Gutschen run past me and well, maybe I should have turned there, but I didn't.
Assuming the same things were happening again. Snakes where taking over Professor Monroe's gardens and she had helpers to help her get rid of them.. Well it wasn't that same old routine anymore. I was blasted with a silver mist which plagued my lungs and made me cough.. Looking up I saw a dragon.
And yes.. This one did have the power to blow fire.
Escaping with but my life I was saved by the brave Professor Gutschen, who had came back to save me.. How fun is that.. So can I ask.. How did the dragon attack affect you? And are we really safe?
[If you'd like to send in your accounts of the dragon attack, please click here. And we do encourage you to send in your accounts. ]
Teen-age Grief Regina NiBrian
There are billions of teens all over the planet. They are so different and yet they have one thing in common. The most common of which grief.
Grief comes in many forms: Loss of a loved one Pressure Depression Ignorance Failure Illness Grief of others Neglect Change And seemingly hopeless mistakes ...
The list goes on. . .
To elaborate on one of the broader reasons listed; one of the biggest and most common mistakes a teen can make, is to become pregnant. When a woman gets pregnant, before marriage and especially after the father left her, it feels as if the weight of the world has been dropped on her shoulders. Her life is no longer her own. Many women quit school to get a job to support the child. Many women try to do school and jobs, constantly living with the fear of failure in school, losing her job, losing the house/apartment and lose and child to HRS (Health Rehabilitative Services). There's always the underlying fear that the father, that left, will return for his child. Single teen fathers go to the same thing. The few times that the parents stayed together merely makes it a tad easier, but with many of the same fears.
School is stressing enough, but with the pressure for straight Os on your OWLs, pressure to act properly, to look right, get every spell cast just so, to date someone with social status, thus achieving it yourself, love potions and the constant fear of He-who-must-not-be-named.
With so much happening and an average life of a teen do we really need more? Grandparents die, friends get sick, you're crushed been seen kissing another girl, your gal caught in the arms of another man, your world is turned upside down ...
What would you do at point? Would you take pills, to try to relax? Smoke for your nerves? " Bendging on chocolate and other comforts is a common way for teens to deal with the first stage of grief. " Fiona Mac Fynn, Deputy Headmistress, Kincora Institute and Auror Preparatory Academy, 1472.
The four stages of grief are denial, realization, blame and reconciliation.
Cutting is among the most drastic measures teens take to cope with grief. This is a form of self punishment, where one internally blames themselves for everything that that happens, to them, or to others. They would continuously slash away at their wrist, or another part of the body that is easily hidden, and seemingly punish themselves for a wrong they most likely had nothing to do with the first place. This process is very unhealthy and may cause a dangerous infection. The nerves are damaged even more when one takes this measure and they are put into a state of almost helplessness.
Other teens try suicide. The pain seems so intense and be so my they just wanted to stop. This is said to be " the most selfish act one can commit. " The one attending this fails to taken to cat that they're sending others into a state of worse helplessness and grief then they could even imagine themselves. Even when they think no one cares, even when they are sure of it, chances are, someone completely unexpected cares the most.
I ever untouched on the few penny counts of teen grief and the four stages of it. Grief gets us all. Don't let it pull you down too far, you're not alone ...
(dis)Respect Sam Harris
How many times do you think you can disrespect someone, until they do something about it? Five times? Ten? Or perhaps, if you're unlucky... only one. Elders always say that kids are getting more disrespectful. I used to just shove these comments to the side and live my life. Yelling when someone makes me mad, talking behind their back. We all do it; we're only human.
It wasn't until a few days ago that I realized how destructive it can be to that person's self esteem. You know that girl who sits on the lawns, by herself; and you just snicker at her or say that you feel sorry. Well if you feel so sorry, go up to her, talk to her. This isn't even the beginning to disrespect.
Teachers. Parents. Adults in general take a huge blow from our disrespect. "When I was young, I would have never talked during class. Thats just how things went," Professor McKay stated once I asked her about the general disrespect she deals with during class.
With all of these things being said, just look before you leap. Watch what you say. And most important of all, use the golden rule.
Last Month's Poll What House Do You Think Will Win The House Cup? Garces (1 vote, 11.1%) Anza (2 votes, 22.2%) Cermenho (4 votes, 44.4%) Vizcaino (0 votes, 0%) Undecided (2 votes, 22.2%) More than one will win (tie) (0 votes, 0%)
Feedback Letters Feedback Letter: Are We Really Safe? Thanks for writing that bit about the incident. It actually made me think about how much our society is hiding from us, and well, just my safety at this school. -Sam Harris
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PIGMY PUFF FOUND!!!! I have recently found a green pigmy puff wandering the halls by itself. It is extra floofy and has magenta eyes. If this sound like yours, please report to my office. The poor thing seems scared....
Lost: Sliver necklace, with the gold initials MP and AP encrusted in the insides. An old picture barely readable will be inside. Please, if you find it please return it to me. It would mean alot to me if found. Love, Norelle
ATTENTION READERS! We would like to know your feedback on this issue of the paper, please post a reply and it could be put in the next Gazette. NOTICE: All reviews that are chosen for a spot in the WCG will gain 5 points to that students house. ALSO! Questions for a fellow student? (aka Ask Abby things) Just PM me and I'll distribute the question to one of the Newspaper Staff to answer... remember you will remain anonymous!
Until next time remember, Greatness is not born, but yet obtained.
Just for the record, The weather today is slightly sarcastic with a good chance of: A. Indifference or B. Disinterest in what the critics say -Panic! At The Disco
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Re: West Coast Gazette: Issue 3 « Reply #1 on Mar 10, 2006, 9:36pm »
Feedback Letter: Teen-age Grief I really enjoyed this article on account of how informing it was. The concluding scentence certanlly left an impact on me. -Sam Harris
My half sister's father is a deatheater. He killed my dad and sent mum into a coma.He may be mine 2.
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Re: West Coast Gazette: Issue 3 « Reply #2 on Mar 16, 2006, 9:34pm »
Feedbakc letter: 9dis) Respect Wow. After i reasd this, i suddenly started noticng all the times I was disrespectfull to my sister, when I should remember tat she is only lookng out for my safety..... It has really given me some perspective...
Re: West Coast Gazette: Issue 3 « Reply #3 on Mar 25, 2006, 1:12am »
Feedback letter: (dis) Respect
Astonishing, It'd take only one time of disrecpect to me and we will have to get St. Margo's, or that freaking healling center, up here to treat burns. I wonder some times why the school doesn't allow cropral punishments.. But I guess its for the best, Id probley be one of those unluckies who got the whip..
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