Editorial and Opinions
Proms Overrated
Prom Worth It
BY: Chanel Gailey
BY: Nesley Carbajal
Eating at a fancy restaurant,
with the perfect date, in the perfect attire, then going dancing all night is supposed to be the “most significant event
of your life,” I think Senior Ball is overrated. Why would you spend about
$1000 for one night with someone that
you care about or are possibly just
friends. Why would you want to pay
that much money to walk into a room
with plenty of people judging your date,
the way you dress or dance? I wouldn’t!
I went to 2013 Prom and wasn’t impressed and personally would never do
it again. I would rather spend that
night with someone I care about. I
would rather go out to a nice dinner in
our fancy clothes or just stay home
watch Netflix and eat pizza together.
Michael Gonchar states in “Is
Prom Worth It”, (The New York
Times) that you can survive if you
don’t go to prom. His point: how to
ask, what to wear and how much to
spend is good. Prom is a lot of money,
but I feel we need to have a little fun
in high school and prom is a way to
do this. People get way too crazy on
making prom ideal and stress way too
much. I say don’t stress, just enjoy it
and have a good time.
Evils of wisdom teeth removal
BY: Alyssa Wall
Wisdom teeth are the last set of molars that most people get in their late
teens to early twenties. Sometimes wisdom teeth come in with no problems. In a
lot of people, the wisdom teeth move horizontally and can cause a lot of pain and
damage other teeth, the jawbone, or nerves. Some people only have three wisdom teeth and some people are able to keep their wisdom teeth without any
problems because their mouths are big enough. I wasn’t so lucky. My mouth is
too small and I had four wisdom teeth trying to come through my gums.
I recently had these four wisdom teeth removed by an oral surgeon and
it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. I had to take a lot of painkillers and antibiotics after they were extracted; and I was only able to eat soft
foods, I had to ice my face, and I had to constantly have gauze in my mouth to
stop the bleeding. Not only was it annoying and painful, but it was also extremely expensive. My surgery, with insurance, cost over one thousand dollars. Having your wisdom teeth taken out is a necessary, painful, and expensive evil. If I
had left them in, I would have experienced infection and pain later in my life.
Now, all my wisdom is gone, but at least I can eat.
Good and Bad of Censorship
BY: Mariah Ahlstrom
“A Utah high school has used Photoshop to censor its yearbook photos
because it deemed some female students' pictures too sexy” from Educationviews.org May 29, 2014 –
Should schools be allowed to censor photos or writing of students?
Wasatch High altered students’ yearbook photos to get rid of tattoos, lowcut shirts and sleeveless shirts. Censorship is altering, changing or blocking stuff
from media, internet, books, etc. There are pros and cons to censorship. If we censor things taught in schools like education about sexually transmitted diseases ,it
limits learning. If we censors media which approves of racism, it will protect us. I
feel that Wasatch schools did not have the right to add or remove pictures from a
yearbook photo. I think censorship is good and bad depending upon what is censored, but withholding information can lead to stupidity in a nation.
Should Schools Give Summer Homework
BY: Blueprint staff
An article from New York Times UpFront magazine discussed the pros
and cons of summer homework like reading lists, test prep classes and math
make-up. A pro is that it prepares us for the following year. A con is that it’ll
burn us out before we even start the new year. I think that it’d be a struggle,
but probably also helpful. I will be taking math credit recovery this summer. I
hope this doesn’t stress me out. Mariah Ahlstrom, junior
I feel we should get a small amount of homework so that it’s easier to come
back to school, but we aren’t over-whelmed over the break and don’t do anything. Chanel Gailey, junior
If students do get homework over the summer they will probably blow it off
and procrastine, so I don’t think we should because summer is only nine weeks
and 12 months of learning is too much. No thank you! Valeria Chirichigno,
junior
I really disagree with this article, not because I’m a high school student that is
lazy, but the reason I don’t want to is because students will be burned out with
work and stress before the year starts. I’m not opposed to sending out basic
assignments for the upcoming school year in classes your are taking, small assignments that won’t make you brain dead, but get you excited for the coming
year. Nesley Carbajal
Ratings From G to X
BY: Kishtiann Davis
My dad won’t let my younger brother and sister watch certain movies because there are a lot of violence and blood in it. My mom won’t let me watch that
film because there is swearing in it. “I’m not really sure if this is something you
should be watching,” said my mom. Mom and Dad determine what’s appropriate
by movie ratings. Who is it that decides what type of rating a movie gets anyway?
The Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA decide on movie ratings.
Formed in 1968, and made up of parents, they watch a film and then discus and
determine the level of violence, language, substance use, nudity, and sexual content in the film and vote on a rating they feel best fits for that movie.
The movie ratings are:
G: General Audience is given to movies that have no nudity, sexual content, strong
language, minimal violence and child friendly theme.
PG: Parental Guidance is given to movies that have some language, brief nudity,
no substance abuse, and mild violence that some parents might not approve of
their children to see.
PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned movies given this rating may contain violence,
some nudity, sexual content, strong language, and substance abuse, not intense
enough for an R rating but parents should still be cautious. Usually only contains
one F words, with some have exceptions.
R: Restricted movies with rating has a high level of adult content,
sex, strong language, extensive substance abuse, and violence/gore
so, children about to see this film needs to be accompanied by someone 17 or 18 years old.
Censorship is hiding, changing or removing inappropriate things from books and
media. I feel that censorship blocks the flow of creativity and hides things from
people so they can’t explore different ideas. This school was wrong in changing
the pictures once they were taken. The students should have been told to change
or cover their tattoos before the pictures were taken.. Michelle Rodriguez, junior
NC-17: No One 17 and Under Admitted movies with this rating,
originally called X, is basically porn with a plot and all composites
for a rating are super intense and not something kids should watch,
with or without an adult it didn’t matter. Not a common rating because some theaters usually won’t show them.
“I think that this school was over exaggerating the extensity of modesty. I believe
modesty includes covering yourself, but what was done to the pictures was too
far” Andrew Albarran, junior
BoBa Tea
Da Bomb
I think the school should have offered to take the pictures later. I don’t feel that
the school should be able to censor a tattoo because that is something schools
shouldn’t be able to control.” Marcelo-Donoso-Barcenas, junior
You may or may not have heard of Boba Tea, the smoothies filled with
tapioca pearls, but if not it’s a must try!
BY: Chanel Gailey
I go to Gossip Tapioca where they have 30+ flavors and you can choose up
to 4 to put into your drink. You then decide if you want tapioca pearls added,
which I would say are the best part unless you don’t like tapioca. The prices
range from $4-5 for a regular and large sizes. I would recommend the Thai Iced
Tea, the White Chocolate and Coconut or Da Bomb flavors. I’ve been there multiple times, tried many flavors and never had a bad experience.