Opinion
Parents - what
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Words of Wit
and Rhyme
by Stephani Veff
Opinions Editor
Why won’t they trust us?
by Stephani Veff
Opinions Editor
Those of you with parents
will know exactly what I mean
when I say it’s getting harder
and harder to train good
parents these days. I’ve had
mine for 19 years and still they
continue to feel they know
everything.
Question
-
what
is
“everything?”
“it’s getting harder
and harder to train
good parents these
days. ”
The parents I know, mine as
well as my friends’, are always
saying they know what’s best
for us because they’ve been to
“quite a few county fairs.”
Well, just how did they get to go
to these county fairs? Did their
parents let them? My guess is
no. Chances are my parents and
my friends’ parents were always
bucking at authority in light of
their new-found independence
and that’s how they ended up
going to their county fairs.
Well, I’d like to go to a few
county fairs of my own. I’ve got
common sense and I’ve never
been one to get myself into too
much trouble, so why can’t they
just trust me?
“Parents trust you to
believe that everything
they say or do is
‘law.
Trust. What a scary word, it’s
kind of like the word “commit­
ment.” Exactly what does it
mean? Webster’s New World
Dictionary defines “trust” as
“firm belief in the honesty,
reliability, etc. of another;
faith... .responsibility resulting
from confidence placed in
one.” Okay, now that we know
what Webster’s definition is,
what is our parent’s?
Parents trust you to believe
everything they say or do is
“law.” And the “law” says
that you will grow up to be bet­
ter than your parents and that
you will have everything that
they never had but always
wanted. You will have a better
education, a better job, and a
better marriage/family.
That is about all our parents
can trust us to do, is to believe
in them, and we do....BUT we
would also like them to trust us
with the family car, to stay out
past midnight, and to choose
friends that will not be a bad in­
fluence on us.
FOG
The fog rolls in with the waves,
As I stand upon the shore.
I try to run away,
But its cold, dank shadows sur­
round me like a damp, gray
sheet.
I stop and sit upon a rock,
To watch it leave the bay,
But I know it will be back again,
Just as it came today.
- Stephani Veff -
Does anyone
know what
ASG is?
Does anyone out there know what ASG (Associated Student
Government) is and what it does? If you do maybe you should tell
some of the people on campus who don’t.
Recently an election was held on campus for next year’s ASG
president, but the election was poorly promoted and out of the
10,000 students enrolled at Clackamas Community College only
151 voted. The debate was also poorly attended with only 15-20
people there and five of them being ASG members. At the time of
the debate 35 people were found in the game room and when people
were asked about the debate most people asked, “what debate?”
The student government is supposed to be the representative
body for all students on campus. It is also supposed to “promote
activities to stimulate the social, physical, moral and intellectual
life of students.” ASG does not seem to be fulfilling its job if many
of the students here on campus do not even know that Clackamas
Community College has a student government.
What needs to happen is there needs to be a better promotion of
ASG and what it does and in turn there needs to be some interest
shown by the students on campus. ASG does affect the students of
CCC and if they are going to be affected they should be aware of that
fact.
Letter
“...at some point in
everyone’s life he or
she must break away
from the nest and
become
independent... ”
“To err is human,” but the
way our parents act sometimes
they would prefer us not to
make mistakes, especially if
they are the same mistakes they
made growing up. The funny
thing about mistakes is that you
learn from them. Not too many
people enjoy making mistakes
and being told how stupid they
are for having done so, but
because our parents are protec­
ting us from the “cruel world
out there” they can’t trust us to
make mistakes.
If it weren’t for the fact that at
some point in everyone’s life he
or she must break away from the
nest and become independent
maybe parental protection
wouldn’t be so bad. But we all
need to move out into the world
on our own, go to our own coun­
ty fairs, and most of all make
mistakes because if we don’t how
will we ever make it in this “dog-
eat-dog” world?
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to the
Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
First of all I would like to note
some positive remarks concerning
the articles by Steven Ziolkowski
in the 4/8/87 edition of the Print.
His articles present news and in­
form the reader. Also his choice
of photos is to be praised. Unfor­
tunately the points made in the
article by Thad Kreisher titled,
“Grey Matter Pudding” are not
taken by any form of pleasure.
Although listed under ‘entertain­
ment’ I found nothing funny or
informative about the article.
While “The Print” is said to be,
“a fair and impartial newspaper”
this article plainly puts down
Jesus Christ and Christians in
general. If this article was read in
many of our community’s chur­
ches there would be no smiles and
no amens. Most would be as I
am, disappointed. The Easter
eggs at the end of the article add
to the list of things being degrad­
ed by including Christ’s resurrec­
tion. I understand that many
readers may find nothing wrong
with this article, while on the
other hand many others do. For
those of us being made fun of I
ask you to see that more time be
taken in deciding what should be
printed. For some this article is
funny but this joke is written at
the expense of anyone with a
Christian faith.
“Do not reprove a scoffer,
least he hate you,
Reprove a wise man and he will
love you.”
Proverbs 9:8
“Iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another”
Proverbs 27:17
- A concerned student,
Mark Shaver
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