Leon Ciesla

9/17/12

Pd. 2

               

                This whole article is about the rising cost to go to after school curricular activities, and the hardships along with it. The cost for sports, band, fieldtrips, and other after school activities is increasing rapidly. In a desperate attempt to bring in funds no longer supplied by the county city or state. High school students should pay money to engage in after school activities but these prices are insane. It helps the school and allows them more leeway to get to the necessary purchases, but the dwindling economy still affects us. We are slammed with the purchases of not so essential products and less essential but still needed and expensive items such as books, and band instruments, or here the rental of an ROTC uniform. On the other hand should definitely pay the fees the school needs help despite the price as long as it won’t force you to go bankrupt or starve then consider helping the school. Plus despite the price after school activities and sports are a fun and involving things to do. The exclusion of an outside activity over price will just land them bored coach potatoes. The alternatives to this are doing nothing or seeking the schools mercy upon your situation. It is good to help in time of need so ask for it and give at the same interval. Get the school to lower your cost and finding ways to pay it back. Getting free or reduced lunch, calling it good, and doing nothing won’t fix anything. Everyone needs to work together. And some problems like books can be solved through online textbook usage the internet doesn’t use a paper page to be marked by graffiti and torn up. Switching to digital sounds more pricy but overhead projectors are already in every classroom at most schools using online textbooks will eliminate needs to buy expensive and breakable textbooks. My opinion is pay if you can and seek help if you can’t, the price is insane but sometimes cuts to unnecessary aspects such as iPod music, just watch YouTube on it and find alternatives. The tough times are tough you must find ways around these things to incorporate cheaper alternatives.

              

Leon Ciesla

Pd 2

9/10/12

Thursday was color guard practice for the ROTC. After seventh period I went down the stairs from Mr. Kegels class and down the hall to ROTC fighting the current of students attempting to leave. Walking down the hall some of my friends and fellow ROTC members begin to appear. I enter the classroom and see my friend, I immediately thought someone I know who is not from my period. Then he said “sorry Sergeant I have to go” something with his mom would have prevented him from getting a ride after practice was done. He couldn’t miss the bus.  We stood around for a while, people slowly entering and grouping with friends. I’m currently talking with the group commander, and some of the other period’s flight commanders. My period’s flight commander Warren cannot be there like the others he is on the football team and will be playing the games that we open with color guard. We are addressed by sergeant to take our seats and begin the one and half hour practice.

We are addressed and an attendance sheet is passed around with which you write your name with first initial and last name L. Ciesla, and your period as Aerospace rank /period 1/6. Sergeant holds up the sheet passed around a week ago and says over forty people said they would be here you twenty or so is all that showed up thank you for being here.  This was probably expected and he was glad many people put their names down knowing a fraction would show up. Half of forty is better than half of twenty.

We talk for a short while and are instructed to get our tools half the class gets Daisy Dummy ceremony guns modeled after 1903 Remington Springfields  with filled barrels and closed trigger and action there is no way to make it shoot. He also told us if he sees us point it at someone in an I’m going to shoot you kind of way they would leave and not come back. None of us broke this rule and we went out to practice it took me a good hour to get the movements right and we practiced with separate color guards of five people and drilled until it was over .

                      

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