2008
Features
—
H illi C iavarello
Staff Reporter
Margaret Adams
Where? Stellenbosch, South
Africa
lazy and not go back, but the
non-refundable deposit makes
that a non-option."
Anything you would like to
add about your decision and
why you
made
it? "I'm
scared."
Anthony
Bragg
What? "I'm going to be an
au pair. As far as I know its
just a fancy word for 'nanny'.
It sounds better, it's a more
enticing job title. My mom
went to Germany when she
was my age to be an au pair
so it runs in the family. There
is a family in Stellenbosch that
is expecting a baby in June
and then me in July. They also
have a 2, 5 and 7-year-old so it
should be sort of busy."
Why? "Because I'm young
and I don't want to jump into
four more years of schooling,
so I'm not going to! I don't
know, maybe people don't
fully understand the freedom
we'll be getting on June 6 with
education being an option.
That's not to say that I'm not
Where?
Osaka,
Japan
What? "I
will be teaching English."
Why? "For money and
learning more Japanese first
hand."
Anything you would like to
add about your decision and
why you made it? "My father
and sister live there. Also my
girlfriend, who I will be living
with in Osaka."
Dylan Stark
Where? "New
York City, New
York
What? I will
be sleeping on
friends' couches,
working dead
end jobs—but
hopefully I will
be DJ-ing and working on
movies."
Why? "Well, I'm not taking a
year off because if so, I could
technically take my whole life
—
off. I think I'm ready for the
real world..."
Anything else you
would like to add
about your
decision and
why you
made it? "I'm
joking about
all of this,
I am really
the most
confused kid
ever. Oh, and
you should
buy my new mix
tapes."
Destiny Schroyer
Where? "Staying in an
apartment here in Portland,
and doing a short mission
trip to Nicaragua if the
opportunity works out."
What? "hiterning at my church
and working a regular part
time job too."
Why? ’To make some
back up money and
re-focus on what I
want to do with my
life!"
Are you doing
something
with an
organization?
"The
internship is with
Southlake Foursquare and
the possible Mission is with
Forward Edge."
cell phone policy needed
Cell poiiey conundrum_______ a
continued from page 5
I understand that
teachers' moods and feelings
of forgiveness change
from day to day, but if this
directly affects students, it
is not all right. I have no
respect for teachers who
allow som e students to text
during class but not others.
This isn't a m atter of some
I w ould say that, on
average, about four students
have their phones out
during class to text. This
num ber can vary from
zero to som etim es as m any
as eight phones. Rarely,
I would say about once
every two to three weeks,
does a student have their
cell phone taken away
from them for getting
caught using it during
g o in g to g e t back into it, I'm
stu d en ts h id in g their p h on es
class. If the school cell
just deferring for a year so
they'll be expecting me in fall
2009.1 like this because I think
it would be easy for me to get
better than others, it is an
issue of inconsistency that
leads to students being
treated unfairly.
phone policy says that
all phones m ust be
off during class, w hy
are these num bers so
high? Because teachers
never follow this policy, the
threat of losing your phone
is gone, so w hy w ouldn't
students text during class?
The school's cell phone
policy is too strict. Students
should be allowed to keep
their phones on during class
as long as they are on silent
and are not being used. This
may not seem very realistic,
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but if all teachers adhered
to one, consistent policy,
this could be a possibility
in the future. I feel that all
teachers should follow
a single,
school
w ide, cell phone policy that
states that students should
be given one w arning w hen
caught using their phones
and then they should be
taken aw ay until the end
of the period. If the cell
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phone usage happens a
second time, students
should have to wait
until the end of the
day to retrieve them
and if it happens a third
time, a parent should be
notified, but it is not fair
•to the student or to the
parent for a parent
to have to come
and pick up the
phone at school. It
is understandable
that keeping
track of the
strikes students
have against them
could becom e
excessive and
stressful for teachers.
The "three strike" system
I have outlined may not be
realistic, but if the theory
of three strikes could come
into play somehow, I truly
believe that cell phone usage
could be controlled and
students would be less likely
to use them during class. If
students ask to text their
parents during class about
plans that have changed,
such as cancelled sporting
events, or getting a ride
hom e, teachers should allow
them to do so unless they
have abused this privilege in
the past.
In this case, consistency
w ill be the key to solving
this school-w ide situation.
If all teachers agree to follow
the school policy and follow
through w ith it, there will be
no excuses for students such
as: "But this teacher lets us
text during class." "You let
this person text so w hy can't
I?" or "How com e you didn't
care if I had m y phone out
yesterday but you took it
aw ay today?" In elim inating
the distraction of cell phones
in the classroom , students
will be more attentive,
cheating w ill decrease and
there will be fewer conflicts
betw een students and
adm inistrators.