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Driving (safely) toward greater freedom (4/28/11)One of the greatest things (at least in my opinion, although I do believe that my fellow sophomores would agree with me) about being a sophomore is reaching the age of sweet 16 and being able to drive. At last my birthday is here and I can get my license...
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Goodbye, snow days; hurry up, spring break (3/3/11)The weather has been acting a little funny lately and tricking students who are anticipating spring. Just as the weather begins to warm up a little bit, students are busting out the shorts and T-shirts, but then a cold snap comes and brings a return of jeans and sweatshirts...
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Lots to weigh in planning a schedule (2/3/11)When it seems students are just settling into their second-semester classes and getting back into their routine of homework and studying, another wrench is thrown into the system: next year's schedule. Recently we were told to fill out an enrollment card with classes we hope to take next year. ...
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Putting an end to procrastination (1/6/11)Ahh, Christmas break. I'm not usually so happy for it to arrive, but this year was different. I'm usually the kid that would hate spending two weeks out of school, but being a sophomore, I now have homework nearly every day. That plus the stress that finals bring made me excited to see Christmas break arrive...
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Scaling homework mountain (12/9/10)With the holiday season now in full swing, students are looking forward to the winter break but not forgetting about the dreaded semester finals that we must survive first. Finals can be intimidating. With two hours allotted for each one, not only do students fear spending 14 hours testing over the last three days of school before break, but they worry about the fact that the finals make up 10 percent of their grade...
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Be true to your school spirit (10/21/10)A friend once told me that the amount of school spirit I had made up for the lack of it in the rest of our group. I suppose this is true. After all, I wear the red-and-black Jackson colors every Friday when there's a home game. I attend all the home football games. I go to the parades as often as I can. I try to go band and choir concerts. I'm in several clubs, and I cheer as loud as I can for my school at all of these events...
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Get ready to go clubbing (9/16/10)Since the start of school I have been thinking about clubs and the questions that go along with them: which ones do I join, when do they meet, how active are they? When I was a freshman at Jackson Junior High, we toured the high school. Afterward, we were bombarded by the representatives of different clubs, each campaigning for our membership. As I thought back to this I began to wonder, which clubs am I going to join?...
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Suddenly Sophomore: Bigger school brings big changes (8/12/10)In the Jackson School District, high school is a little different. We start out high school as freshman, but we still attend school at the junior high and don't start at the actual high school until we are sophomores. This year I am a sophomore. I took summer school classes to get the extra credits and a jump on the curriculum. ...