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Cameras in the school parking lot are bene! cial for the school and students. Situ-ations in the parking lot oc-cur every year, every month, every week. Some accidents are solved and others not. When there is a report, the administration can use the parking lot cameras to look at footage from the time it was reported. In the parking lot there are working cameras for the administration to view when needed. " e cameras don’t show every little detail, but if the administration can make out a few faces in the footage, then they can investigate by asking the noticeable people what they remember going

on around them during that time of day, for example. " e cameras help provide proof of any vandalism or ac-cidents for the students and

it provides information and data for the administration to move forward on the investi-gation. Some wonder if we have

cameras, and we do. " en they continue to argue wheth-er or not they work, and they do. " e cameras are like any electronic device; they never work 100 percent of the time. Students break rules and don’t get caught. " e same in the parking lot, they violate vehicles and don’t get caught. If any student experiences a problem in the parking lot, or you see something happen, report it so the administra-tion can help solve the issue so it won’t happen again. Right now the adminis-tration is discussing on how to purchase more cameras. Once more cameras are in-stalled the better the parking lot environment will be.

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I hate the word bul-lying. It fails to posses the right kind of bite for what it actually is, and I don’t think people understand that what they say hurts. Just like how those kiddy posters of dogs telling you not to bully make no impact, and that’s why I am going to be very straightforward. I have not personally experienced bullying myself, but I have witnessed it before and had people con! de in me. What they said depresses me. It is depressing to know that what we say can put people in a dark place and cause people to hurt themselves or even go to worse extremes. We are all guilty of making people feel worthless and out of place. " at is the point I’m trying to make. What we say can really a# ect others. " ey might feel self-conscious about looks, family, grades, and all sorts of other things, but the point is that even if we are joking around, our words can come as blows to the people around us. Recently I read an essay in my AP language class. It described why people don’t stop and help, the bystander e# ect. In summary it says that in a large group of people, when something wrong is happening, we have the mentality that someone else is going to step in and do something. I personally am guilty of this. " ere are times when I failed to step in and say something when I knew someone was being bullied, and I felt guilty. I have come to realize that if people are thinking the same as me, that someone else is going to come to their rescue, then nothing happens. A$ er reading the essay, I had come to realize how big of an issue bul-lying actually is. " at’s why now I actually do something about it. I call the bully out and they shrink back down to size, and I urge you to do the same. If we all work together to stop bullies, if we all remind each other that what they say can cause harm, we will promote a healthier atmosphere in our school and our world. Not stopping a bully is a hit and run because those being bullied end up wounded in more ways than one.

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W h a t ’ s y o u r!"# $ !""%" &Did they do anything to you? Are they your mortal enemy because they took your crayons in kindergarten, or maybe stole your crush in high school? Oh no? ! en what’s the reason? My biggest pet peeve is this, when people are rude. ! ere’s no reason behind it. ! ey just are for the sake of it. I know what it feels like to be made fun of and it’s not a nice feeling. Humans feel; just because they’re a di" erent race, color, gender or even class doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of emotion. Nobody is perfect. We’re all guilty of doing it once or twice, but the people who do it everyday at all times are the ones who bug me the most. ! "#$%&'()*"+,-&.

Stuck in the same spot and not moving is what bothers me, speci# cally when people walk really slow in the halls and just take their sweet time to get somewhere. ! ere is no need to be walking slowly. ! e school is already crowded enough, and with people walking slow it just adds more crowdedness to the halls. It just isn’t fair, especially if people are in a hurry to get to class. When students walk slow, it just makes others do the same and then there is no movement. I’m stuck in the same spot and it makes me angry.!/&00()*"+,.*$,

My biggest pet peeve is arrogance. Arrogant and overly-con# dent people make me really mad because they think they know everything, or they have to prove everyone wrong. Most of the time they’re wrong anyways. I try to ignore their arrogance but someone has to let them know to keep quiet. Sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth shut. Personally, I don’t see how you can make friends. You can’t know or have knowledge of everything. Like Confucius said, “To have true knowl-edge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”!1*2&'3$$"4(5($(

My biggest pet peeve is when people smack their food. I hate it so much. You are not an animal; there’s no need to smack food. I do not need proof that there is a piece of food in your mouth; I can tell by the way you are smacking that there is a piece of food in there. It is so irritating and disrespectful, especially when you are at a table and everyone is enjoying their meal. I, however, cannot enjoy my meal because you are smacking the whole time. I understand that some people smack to get food out of the crevices of their teeth but other than that you should never, and I repeat, never smack in front of me. Some people do it to bug me but that makes me want to go grab something and smack food in their faces too.!6,&7'(*"892(.

Okay, so it’s my pet peeve when someone says, “Ew. I hate potatoes.” And I say, “For real? I love potatoes.” And then they change their answer to, “Yeah, potatoes can be good… I like them too.” And I’m like, “Really!? Are you SURE?? Because 2.5 seconds ago you HATED them…” Seriously…be your own person. Be an original masterpiece, not a copy. You do you and I’ll do me. ! at is what peeves me.!:*);3"<*('&3

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Walking into class with no knowledge of the English language frustrates those in a school where it is the main language spoken. Luckily, a second chance spoke the same language for four freshman in Christopher Chance’s geog-raphy class. Freshman Marisol Gonzalez helps Henry Perez, Perla Perez, Arleth Zamarripa and Juan Perez with translation of each day’s assign-ments. “I have these students in my geography class,” Gonzalez said. “! at’s where I help them.” Marisol knew she had to help, even though her teacher asked, since she was bilingual out of all the students in the class. “I was asked to help them, but I also wanted to help them myself because I was the only one who knew Spanish and English,” she said. S h e works with them on everything in her g e o g r a -phy class, which the students need help from her as much as possible. “Sometimes we take notes, so I translate it to Spanish for them,” She said. ! ough concentrating on her own work and assisting them everyday as well, challenges Marisol. “It’s kind of hard to stick with my work and help them but you get used to it,” she said, “you get the hang of it.” But even though speaking two languages, many words still trouble her. “I don’t always know the big words, but I still kind of know a lot,” she said. No mater the di" culties that come to her, she never # nds the easy way out. “She hasn’t gotten to the part where she’s given up. She’s got it,” Chance said. Arleth Zamarripa, one of the students Mari-

sol helps, understand the assignments better now thanks to her. “I get good grades because of Marisol,” Za-marripa said. “I understand my assignments more.” Even outside assistance manages to # t in Marisol’s daily schedules. “Sometimes I go to her house when I don’t understand some things,” Zamarripa said. Early on, Chance recognized the di" culty of the students not understanding English. “! ey spoke about as much Spanish as I spoke English. ! ey would do a lot of hand gestures,” he said. At that point he knew exactly who to talk to for help. “I asked Marisol initially to do it for the day; then she started doing it by herself,” he said.

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Entrando a la clase de geografía, sin el conocimiento del lenguaje inglés frustra a unos estudiantes donde In-glés es el lenguaje más importante en la escuela. Por suerte, una segunda oportunidad habla el mismo idi-oma para cuatro estudiantes de primer año en la clase de geografía del profesor de Christopher Chance. Estudiante de primer año Marisol ayuda a Henry Pérez, Perla Pérez, Arleth Zamarripa y Juan Pérez con la traducción de las tareas del día. “Yo tengo a estos estudiantes en mi clase de geo-grafía,” dijo González, “ahí es donde yo les ayudo.” Como Marisol era la bilingüe, sabía que debía ayu-dar, a pesar de que su maestro le preguntó. “Me pidieron que les ayudara, pero yo también quería ayudar porque yo era la única que sabía español e inglés.” dijo ella. Ella les ayuda lo más posible en su clase de geografía en lo que los estudiantes necesiten ayuda. “A veces tomamos notas, así que traduzco eso al es-pañol para ellos.” dijo ella. Aunque a veces teniendo que concentrarse en su propio trabajo y ayudar a ellos todos los días, reta a Marisol. “Es un poco difícil de seguir con mi trabajo y ayudar a ellos, pero te acostumbras.” dijo ella. Pero a pesar de hablar dos idiomas, muchas palabras todavía no las entienden. “No siempre conozco las palabras grandes, pero to-davía se mucho.” Aunque lleguen di! cultades a ella, nunca busca el camino mas fácil. “Ella no ha llegado a la parte donde se ha dado por vencida,” dijo Chance.

Estudiante Arleth Zamarripa, uno de los estudiantes que Marisol ayuda, entiende sus tareas mejor gracias a ella. “Saco buenas notas porque me ayuda Marisol,” dijo ella, “entiendo mis tareas más.” Afuera de la escuela Marisol tiene tiempo para ayu-dar si lo necesitan. “A veces voy a su casa cuando no entiendo algunas tareas,” dijo Zamarripa. Al principio, el profesor Chance reconocio la di! cul-tad de los estudiantes que no entenidian el inglés. “Hablan mucho español tanto como yo hablo inglés.” dijo Chance. En ese momento, él sabia exactamente con quién hablar para pedir ayuda. “Le pregunté a Marisol inicialmente que lo hiciera por el día, entonces ella empezó a hacerlo por sí mis-ma.” dijo el, “los quito de sus asientos asignados y los agrupó juntos.” Los cuatro estudiantes se adaptaron a Marisol en de-jarla ayudarlos los en la clase sin ningún problema. “Llegué al punto en el que ni me miraban,” dijo el, “se trataba de escucharmea mi y mirar a ella.” Estar juntos en esa clase todo los días los han traído juntos como amigos. “Ellos están muy cerca en ese grupo,” dijo el, “solo por ver, se siguen unos a otros en los pasillos.” Chance sabe que ayudar a estos estudiantes es una gran necesidad, aunque Marisol no lo encuentra un gran problema. “Creo que es increíble. Especialmente para una chica de primer año que está tomando toda esta responsabi-lidad.”

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Physics teacher Audrey Micinski is typically ready to take on any unexpected chal-lenge. Colon cancer was not on this list. “I was planning on going to Casa Torres a! er my " rst colonoscopy,” Micinski said. “# e doctors said, ‘No we’re immediately checking you in to the hospital and you’ll have surgery tomorrow morning’. ” She was scheduled for surgery the following day, June 8, at 7:00 am. “I asked them if this was even possible but they told me there was a cancerous tumor and it needed to be taken care of immediately,” she said. As soon as her husband Gary heard the news, he called his daughter, senior Stephanie Micinski. “I was on my way to my summer class and my dad called and told me I needed to come to the hospital and gave me/ the room number,” she said. Stephanie rushed to the hospital and found her mother on a hospital bed. “Nobody really told me ‘Your mom has colon cancer’, ” she said. “I just pieced to-gether the information I knew.” # e surgery the following day required doctors to remove 12 inches of Micinski’s colon. “I had never seen someone in that much pain before,” Stephanie said. “It was so hard to see someone so strong be in so much pain.” It took Micinski an additional three days to recover in ICU. “I was still optimistic that we had gotten the whole thing, but we didn’t know for a week that I had nodes that were positive,” Micinski said. # e doctors advised her to schedule chemotherapy appointments within the next week. “I didn’t start chemotherapy until July16’, ” she said. “I could have even put o$ chemo for another week, I was reluctant to start chemotherapy.” Every three weeks, she reports to the cancer center in Fort Worth, for chemo treat-ments. “I have to complete a total of eight infusions,” she said. “I just completed my sixth one and I will be " nished with chemo by Christmas time.” Each infusion comes with about a week’s worth of pain. She continues to only take o$ days when she receives treatment. “It wouldn’t be worth it for me to stay home because I think I would sit there feeling sorry for myself,” she said. “It’s better for me to keep working.” As Micinski continues to move on with the school year, her family makes a conscious e$ ort to do the same. “I have to do more things for her, because if she does things she thinks she can do while on chemo, then her body will wear out,” Stephanie said. When Stephanie needed a ‘girls day’, she reached out to good friend, senior Kelsey Smith. “I think the thing with Steph is, she never said she had a bad day,” Smith said. “She would just ask ‘hey- do you want to hang out.’ ” # e family also tackles these problems directly. “We’ve tried to approach it as a project on how to get me well,” she said. Her chemotherapy treatments, including her oral medications, will end Dec. 24. “If it wasn’t for our school’s health insurance, I would have to wear a fanny pack that gives me shots of chemo medication,” she said. In the meantime, Micinski’s students see how much her cancer is overlooked by add-ing humor. “She taught me that it’s ok to take seriousness out of things. # ings can be made light hearted and fun,” Smith said. Micinski looks to a future in taking on any challenge despite the events she may face. “I’m optimistic but I’m also realistic,” she said. “I’m really positive about it but I know I have to be realistic. I know I’ll have to partner with the cancer center for the rest of my life.”

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Most students work, but for extra money. ! ey don’t provide for them-selves because that’s what parents do. In 2009, senior, Jennifer Lopez, lost her mother due to kidney failure and stroke. ! e second semester of her freshman year she went back to Mexico for Christmas break to visit her dad. “When I was going, I did not plan to stay. It wasn’t up until I went to see my mom’s tombstone that I felt the need to stay,” Lopez said. She remained there for about eight months, then came back to " nish school. “I always wanted to be someone in life and the way to go about it was education " rst,” she said. Returning to the United States, she " rst lived with her brother, Miguel Lopez. ! en she moved out and started staying with her sister, Maribel Najera. Currently however, Lopez is staying with another sister, Griselda Varela. “She allows me to live with her for free. But it won’t be long that I’ll be moving out because I’m 18, so you know I have to leave,” Lopez said. To cover her expenses, she works at Dairy Queen. She started working there a week a# er she turned 16. “[I pay for] my gas, my food, my clothing, all the basic essentials, the things you don’t notice,” she said. “And I’m gonna say that Dairy Queen minimum wage does not cover for it all.” Seniors Miguel Ortiz and Lety Fernandez, work with her. “She’s very serious about [work] because it’s what helps her in life,” Fernandez said. Staying at Dairy Queen depends on whether she goes in or out of state for college. “I want to start my life, start my ca-

reer in medical forensics,” Lopez said. She spends much of her time either at school or work. “ ! e only time we see each other is at work. She works like everyday, " ve, six, or even seven days,” Ortiz said. At school he has English teacher, Carrie Alano for English VI. “She’s a really good student that isn’t afraid to o$ er her opinion on the literature,” Alano said. “She is always willing to volunteer to help out in class. She works really well with the other students. And if she doesn’t understand, she is always willing to come in and ask questions.” Working and school leaves her with little free time. “I feel like my life consists of work-ing and school only. I feel like I have no social life and no friends because I’m so busy all the time,” Lopez said. Despite this though, Lopez is close to her friends and family. “She’s actually my cousin, but she’s like a sister to me. She’s very mature too,” Ortiz said. Fernandez agrees. “She’s the most mature person you’ll ever meet but when you get to know her, she’s actually silly,” Fernan-dez said. Although Lopez works many hours, she doesn’t lose a sense of humor. “She makes me laugh a lot,” Griselda said. Griselda knows it won’t be long until Lopez leaves for college. “I’ll miss her a lot,” Griselda said. Teachers, students and co-workers will miss Lopez a# er she heads to col-lege, but wish the best for her. “Depending on my economic standings [I want to] either attend Weatherford College here or attempt to go to Sam Houston State; that’s my dream school,” Lopez said.

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