by Saber Slate | Jan 8, 2019 | Opinion & Reviews
First Reason: Updates!
Compared to the middle school, the high school has been modernized. Now, with the new construction, and the fact that it is a whole new school. I can say, however, because I am a freshie freshman that the old middle school sucked. A lot. All the walls were either white or red brick, the windows were very limited for whatever reason, and the layout was about as good as 90% of the newer horror movies. I remember almost being late every day because the hallways were pretty slim, and everyone walked slowly as if they didn’t care about anything. Sidenote: the hallways were just super small and congested with traffic. The lockers were also bad. There was an extremely long hallway lined with blue paint-peeling lockers that you could barely get your backpack into. They were also about a foot shorter, so you had less space to put your stuff in.
Second Reason: Teachers
The teachers here at the high School are more lenient in the classroom than the ones in the middle school. Here, at the high School, they are much more interactive with the students, as far as I am aware, and allow for more jokes and laughter in class, where someone could make an appropriate joke, relatively speaking, and the teacher wouldn’t yell at the student (but there are some exceptions) and they generally interact more with the student. However, the other teachers were fine. A couple of them were probably the closest that came to a high School teacher in the entirety of the school, because they were nice and got along well with their classes, for the most part. However, the rest of them were still pretty “meh.” Not that they were bad, but, for me, the high School teachers are more open and accepting than the middle school ones.
Third Reason: Policies
High school is much more relaxed on policies than the middle school because you had to bring in a clear bottle filled ONLY with water and nothing else. Another one was that if you swore, you would probably be reported. And the lunch room was weird. You had to be sitting down to leave, you couldn’t hang out by the door, no getting seconds. However, the lunch room at the high School is much better, because you can do all of the things mentioned above.
Fourth Reason: Classrooms (teachers continued, I guess)
So, as far as how the teachers acted overall, they were… okay. For the middle school. However, here, I know that they let you listen to music more than at the middle school. Or it changed. I don’t know. But the teachers here at the high School are more lenient when it comes to music, when you can listen to, where, et cetera. They also typically don’t threaten with being sent down to the office as often. Or maybe it’s the fact that middle school was just worse in behavior. I don’t know.
Overall, high school is better than middle school. Not just because there are more freedoms, but because the layout and flow was so much better. Middle school was still pretty nice, but high school is way better.
by Saber Slate | Jan 7, 2019 | Writing & Art
by Saber Slate | Dec 21, 2018 | Advice
Submitted by Tanner Self
Recycling at Franklin High School has been neglected and not taken seriously. Recycling is a huge way to reduce pollution all throughout the world. Pollution has gotten out of hand and there is almost no more time before it is too late and our Earth is a giant trash can. Recycling is really easy and a small habit can save so many trees. We could use the recyclables to fuel everything we use.
According to dosomething.org, “There are 25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea.” There is too much trash in oceans and it is just getting worse, fish are becoming extinct, eating trash which with the food chain would lead right back to humans in food. The time to act is dwindling and humans need to start to stop polluting this great world we live in. One way to start that is by recycling more, it’s not a whole lot, but it’s a starting point to a new future for future generations.
According to RubiconGlobal.com, “If 1/10 of all discarded American newspapers were recycled annually, approximately 25 million trees would be saved.” Humans have the potential to recycle, it’s right in front of us, it’s not that difficult! All it would take is to recycle the newspaper which would save millions of trees which provide oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide which would make the air cleaner.
According to weareteachers.com “The energy from 1.5 million tons can power up 250,000 homes.” Recycling can provide the future of power instead of oil to run cars we could use solar power and recyclable power.
Recycling can change the world and how we look at it. Recycling will help the future generations go on with what we could start and that is a better future. We could start by getting rid of sources of pollution and get rid of trash in places, next we would learn to recycle more to then put it into the next and last step which is to use that power to power houses, cars, cities, etc. If these steps are followed it would lead to a great and clean future.
by Saber Slate | Dec 18, 2018 | News
During the week of December 10th, students of FHS were able to partake in the Course Carousel, which was an opportunity to help students with their academic and career planning. Bell schedules were shifted around to accommodate for a longer gold block period for each grade, except for seniors who, unfortunately, are graduating. As a junior, this meant that my Course Carousel day would be on Tuesday the 11th. Each session was 3 separate ~20 minute blocks, and teachers gave a basic rundown of the class and what to expect from each of them.
Personally, I decided to check out the AP Stats, Environmental Science, and Behavioral Sciences sessions. The teachers were pretty open about their classes and loved to talk to us about them. Initially, I was apprehensive about some of the classes that I wanted to take, but after these sessions I feel more confident in my decisions. I feel that this is beneficial towards students because they get to find out in a more “hands-on” way about the classes they want. Many of the students that I’ve asked already know pretty much what they want to do their senior year and were set on their decisions. If you’re uncertain about which classes to take, it’s nice to talk to teachers and ease that anxiety about future classes.
by Saber Slate | Dec 14, 2018 | Athletics & Activities
Democracy is the backbone of American government, and gives the American people the opportunity to directly choose the people that represent us in our houses of government. However, voter turnout is only at 60% of the population that can vote, and that’s only during years with a presidential election. During midterms, it’s 40%. Only 40% of the people that can vote are choosing who run the country, and many sources believe this is due to a lack of interest in younger voters.
The Political Science Club here at FHS aims to solve this problem, one voter at a time. It aims to inform people about various political topics with no bias, looking at both sides of every issue. It holds debates over different topics, with people speaking for each side of the issues brought up, and so much more.
I asked Grant Heminger, the student leader of the Political Science Club, about the club and what students could look forward to in the club.
What is the Political Science Club all about?
We, being myself and Mr Doucette, we kind of identified a lack of an educated and active Franklin voting community. Especially with midterms coming up so soon, the initial focus is really going to be heavy on making sure that people in the Franklin community – and hopefully that will disseminate as far as possible – understand the issues and to create an educated and active voting public more than anything.
What do you see a typical Political Science meeting looking like?
Early on, we’re going to be laying the framework for what we are, what political science is, and then how each member feels politically. That’s something that is going to be completely confidential if they choose. We are going to have a number of speakers, guest speakers, coming in on the docket, which is going to be pretty important. We locked down Mayor Steve Olson. He’s going to come in in a couple of weeks. Former Mayor Tommy Thompson was good friends with my Grandfather, so he’s coming. We’re trying. It’s a tough time for now, but both Mr. Doucette and I have some connections to Tammy Baldwin. We’re going to see if we can get her to come and speak, but no promises there…Everything is bipartisan. We are not going to try to push any agenda on anybody, we just want people to know, “Who is Tony Evers?”, “Who is Scott Walker?”, what have they done, how do they handle certain situations, et cetera, as well as “What is pre-existing conditions?”, “What is DACA reform?” There are a number of issues we think the Wisconsin voter should be aware of.
Anything else you’d like to say about the Political Science Club?
If you have any interest in politics, or you have any interest in learning more about politics in a fun and safe way, stop down to Mr. Doucette’s room after school on Tuesdays!
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