The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Staff Editorial Opinion November 15, 2013 Page 2 Little Things... I Then there is the new tardy policy. Students all over have been finding that they will get detentions-which take up an entire lunch-for being just seconds late for class. A school official will track them down and give them detention for such a minor violation. And finally, the Fall play had to be pushed back a week because the drama department has been underfunded. They were unable to get sets for a time and have been having other budget related setbacks. This seems like a major oversight for one of the schools most important departments. While all these thing may seem small, little more than minor frustrations, they really do add up after a while. All these small changes have really been getting on students' nerves recently and have been making the year less enjoyable for everyone. t's the little things that annoy students. Little rules, seemingly nonsensical, that can drive a student insane. Little things that build up to make our school feel like less and less. Dumb rules. Rules like the new parking lot rule. Watch out students, for if you back into your spot, you will now get a ticket. What? Why? Has there been a problem with students backing into their spots? Have they found some sort of link between parking orientation and drug use? I'm sure this will put a dent in someone's day when they see they got a ticket for backing into their parking space. In fact, just recently a school official confronted a student in class and yelled at them for backing into their spot. This seems like a rather silly over-reaction on the school's part over a such a small, insignificant rule. Students face confusion in regards to scheduling F ellow students, you may have found yourself confused on what classes you need to take in high school. Yes, this high school does do a good job of explaining that in order to graduate, you need to meet a certain amount of credits in each subject. Also, you need to meet a certain amount of credits in each subject to go to college. However, Red Bluff High School does not do a good job of laying out all the exact classes that you need to take throughout high school. I have asked questions to teachers or counselors about classes I will need to take in the future, and their reply most of the time is that I need not worry, as I will find out next year. This reply leaves students confused and wanting to know even more. Teachers and counselors just pushing students along leads to confusion and stress. I think that Red Bluff High School should take all eighth graders and create a meeting with each student and their parents or guardians. During this meeting, counselors should discuss and go over with the student all of the classes they will need to take the next four years of high school to complete the high school requirements, all of the college requirements, and also all of the classes you need to take for the career pathway you want to pursue. If Red Bluff High School were to offer something like this it would benefit students tremendously! If you take the wrong class your Freshman year it could potentially mess up the classes you will be eligible or not eligible to take in the future. I think incoming Freshmen should be better informed about the order in which classes come. You could find yourself in your senior year confused and just figuring out that you needed to take a certain class to go to the college you would like to attend that up coming fall. Tymberlyn Bealer Viewpoint Editor Senior students struggle with the stress of life and college applications I f you are an adult or currently an underclassman, please do not try to relate to how horrible the month of November is for seniors. November, or better known as college application season, is one of the most important months of a young high school senior's life, and I can already smell the stress and fear brewing. An onlooker may ask, "What makes college application season so stressful?" Well, it's not like you must document your entire existence and spend special detail to the last four years of your life. Then, submit the application of yourself to be judged and evaluated against thousands of teenagers in the same situation. Then, repeat this process as many times as possible to decrease your chance of failure and increase your chance of being accepted into a decent four year university. On top of all this, you must make sure you don't fail this last year of school and actually graduate from this joint. Oh, and don't forget this small thing called life you have to live. Don't mind the tears falling from my face. But wait! I'm not here to just spread the stress to all of my fellow classmates and scare all of the other students who will eventually be in our shoes. I'm also not writing to offer my advice to help your situationI'm stressed like most other the delivery date, the pregnant woman will gladly answer most of your questions. However, when the pregnant woman has a week or two until delivery, you better stop with the questions about the baby's name, or she will hit you harder than Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball. Just decide to visit her when she is out of the hospital, serenely at home a few months later with her new baby boy. She'll gladly tell you the name of her newborn and answer all of the other motherly questions. But if the mother still hasn't named the newborn, then the one asking is no longer in the wrong, and the mother needs to get her act together. with the "...You better stopbaby'sname questions about the or she will hit you harder than Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball." seniors. I'm writing this as a fair warning to any adult or outsider that inquires, "Where do you want to go to school?" or "What do you want to do for the rest of your life?" I must first say this is poor, poor timing by the oblivious soul who may feel he or she is asking a simple question. This person fails to realize the situation the recipient of the question is in. The scrambled senior in November is sort of like a pregnant woman. Leading up to Garrett Ward Staff Writer Apple must pay for the elimination of the iPhone I f you haven't been living under a rock, you must know by now that the Apple corporation has announced they will stop making iPhones. This was a large surprise, as the iPhone was one of Apple's best selling products. This shocking news spells disaster for the human race. What are humans going to rely on now for constant entertainment? How will we survive without constantly checking our Twitter or Facebook accounts? Sure, we could use those other phones... Androids. But who wants to do that? The loss of the iPhone not only affects the culture of technology, but the culture of the human race. Many people may say the roots of human culture go back to the early years of inhabitance in Mesopotamia, but our modern culture dates back to something much more recent: the introduction of the iPhone. This one simple product has quickly become the keystone of an entire generation. Now that this has been ripped out from under us, what are we to do?! We should be in outrage! We should storm the streets in protest! How dare they rip out the one thing all of society needs: a cell phone?! We need to come together as one, and stop this great injustice. No corporation should become so powerful as to completely destroy our individual lives. Our lives will never be the same. Do not THE STA FF News Editors Marissa Chase Josiah Vasey Viewpoint Editors Julia Liebert Tymberlyn Bealer A & E Editors Owen Ritter Editor-in-Chief Marissa Chase River Mist Grey Grotke Maggie Tallan Garrett Ward River Mist Staff Writer SPARTAN THUMBS Adviser Editor-in-Chief Advertising Director Kellie Rodriguez Alisa Pelanconi Josiah Vasey Staff Writers stand for this. Someone must pay. And that someone is not a person, but a corporation: Apple. Cartoonist Karla Nowicki Features Editor Ceighlee Fennel Sports Editor Ryan Fisher Topics Editors Bailey Patchen Becca Blanchard Editorial Policy: Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the district, staff, or student body. We welcome signed letters to the editor. Names may be withheld upon request. We also reserve the right to edit submission based on length and/or clarity. Basketball Season is Here! Hopefully another good "slam dunk" for Red Bluff! Football Season is Over Red Bluff Spartans varsity team didn't make it to playoffs. The Government is Running The government shutdown is finally over. New 'Call of Duty' 'Call of Duty Ghost' is out and kids love it. School Lunches Students think school lunches are getting worse. *These Thumbs came from Mrs. Kennedy's 6th period class