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Advice November 19, 2020

HEALTHY LUNCHES FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BY MADELEINE LITTLE

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Many people treat food as if it is the Because students are at school for the nities to make lunch at home. This allows enemy, when in reality food is fuel. majority of the day, it is important to main- for more time to make healthy lunch opWhen we feel hungry, it’s because tain energy by eating, especially during tions and to fit in a good breakfast. For our bodies are lacking the nutrients need- lunch. Having the option to buy lunch at teens, a balanced lunch would be a served in order to fuel our body and stay en- school can sound very appealing, but it ing of protein, a serving of fruit, a serving ergized. Having at least three meals and can be difficult when it comes to making of vegetables and a serving of carbohysnacking throughout the day are great healthy choices. drates. Below are two healthy options that ways to incorporate those nutrients into With most students following a hybrid can be eaten at home or prepared as a can be eaten at home or prepared as a your body. schedule, they now have more opportu- lunch to bring to school. lunch to bring to school.

Chicken Avocado Sandwich Ingredients Sandwich: 1 grilled chicken breast 2 slices of bread 1 slice of provolone cheese 1/2 of an avocado Balsamic vinegar Salt and pepper 2 slices of lettuce Sides: 1/2 a cup of fruit 1/2 a cup of vegetables Optional: Chips or crackers Extra seasoning

Photo by Madeleine Little Sandwiches are an easy lunch to bring to school. There is no need to heat it and it generally lasts throughout the day, which makes it a great option.

6Advice Directions: 1. Place the slice of cheese on top of one slice of bread. 2. Cut the cooked chicken breast (if needed) to fit the size of one slice of bread. Then, place it on top of the cheese. 3. Cut the avocado in half and take the pit out. Slice or smash the avocado and put it on top of the chicken. 4. Drizzle some of the balsamic vine gar glaze over the avocado, and add as much salt and pepper as you’d like. 5. Place the other slice of bread on top, and secure the sandwich with a toothpick through the center. 6. Take out your favorite fruits and vegetables and/or crackers, and place or package them however you’d like.

Directions: 1. Take out two slices of bread of your choice. 2. Layer the cheese and meats on one slice of bread. 3. Cut the tomato into four slices, and put them on top. 4. Cut the lettuce to your preference, and place it on the sandwich. 5. Drizzle on as much light mayonnaise as you would like. 6. Place the other slice of bread on top of the lettuce, and stick a tooth pick through the middle to finish off the sandwich. 7. For the caprese poppers, cut three cherry tomatoes into thirds. Then, cut three mozzarella balls in half. 8. Take out your basil leaves, and cut them to the size of the tomato and mozzarella slices. 9. Thread the sliced tomatoes, cheese and basil pieces onto toothpicks. Repeat this for all of the poppers. 10. Once everything is complete, take out your desired sides and place or package them to preference.

Photo by Madeleine Little Divided containers are a great way to organize balanced servings of each food group. It may be diffi cult to prepare lunch the morning before school, so making it the night before saves time.

Club Sandwich & Caprese Poppers

Ingredients Sandwich: 2 slices of bread 2 slices of ham 1 slice of provolone cheese 2 pieces of bacon 4 slices of tomato Light mayonnaise 2 slices of lettuce Caprese Poppers: Mozzarella balls Cherry tomatoes Basil 3 toothpicks

Cartoon by Emma Schaefer Teenagers should still fi nd time to relax and do what they enjoy, even after having all the time to do so in quarantine. Although some students found it diffi cult to maintain sanity during those times, others thought of it as a good opportunity to catch up on self-care.

SEEK COMFORT IN NEW HABITS

When COVID-19 started spreading recreate these trends, and it became comthrough America back in March, mon to watch our online shopping carts fi ll none of us could have predict- up with unnecessary items. It is okay that this ed what would occur within the next fi ve happened. On special occasions, splurging months. We were shut inside our homes on clothing can be fulfi lling. Without much and isolated from our friends, and life as we else to do, it is okay that you occupied your knew it was put on hold. This was hard on time by expanding your closet. Shopping almost everyone, teenagers included. online was a way to get your mind off of the To cope with this new lifestyle, many of fact that the rest of the world was shut down, us found ways to get by, and not all of them and this was a way to maintain some sense may be viewed as completely productive. of normalcy. Switching up your closet is a While some people learned to paint, started great way to express your creativity, and alworking out or eating healthy, others found though it may have been an expensive hobcomfort in activities that brought short-term by, it is an acceptable way to cope with the happiness. It became a challenge to changing world around us. pass the time, to stay positive and to It became easy to pass the time by maintain the relationships that we picking up new baking and held before March 13. Missing cooking hobbies. Platforms those parts of our lives was normal, and at one point almost every teenager felt this 20 0 like Pinterest and TikTok made it easy to fi nd new and intriguing recipes. Although way. Now, students have ac- fun to make, most of these quired newfound habits that popular recipes lacked nutriare hard to break away from, but that’s not tional value. Spending time in the a bad thing. kitchen became a new way to cope Quarantine made communication with with the idea that we wouldn’t be able to go friends harder than ever. Expecting to not out and enjoy a meal at a restaurant. Finding see anyone in person for fi ve months can do a new skill to enjoy like baking is a good way a lot of harm to your social life. It gets diffi - to fi ll your time through the pandemic, even cult to maintain a friendship when the most if not all of these recipes are healthy. Learnyou can do is video chat. Even now, seeing ing to balance healthy and unhealthy recipes friends can be a challenge. School days split has become even more of a challenge that by the alphabet have completely separated people have to deal with. Continuing to use some friend groups, and having a hard time baking as a method to decompress is a great reaching out again is normal. It was easy way to unwind and get your mind off of the to get into a routine of being isolated and added stressors that COVID-19 brings. doing your own thing in quarantine. After Quarantine was hard on everyone. TikTok a whole week of school, it is okay to spend and other social media outlets glamorized time decompressing alone. If anything, you quarantine for some, but it is okay to accept are being more COVID-19 conscious than that isolation was mentally taxing. Staying in others. It got easy to be alone, and there your home for months on end can affect anyis nothing wrong with still preferring it that one’s mental health. It is acceptable to conway. tinue some habits that were developed in During the pandemic, non-essential quarantine. As long as you are happy, don’t stores were forced to shut down to maintain worry about your love for online shopping the social distancing guidelines. We found or your addiction to baking. Remind yourself ourselves shopping online more than usual that these are called unprecedented times to occupy our time. Many of us developed a for a reason. This is a time in history where new style from watching TikTok creators ex- focusing on yourself and doing what you press a new form of fashion. We wanted to want should be accepted and encouraged. Page design by Sophia Mullins

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Opinion November 19, 2020

ADVANTAGES OF HAVING INVOLVED PARENTS BY GABRIELLE PARKER

GEditor rowing up, I had this one friend who had parents that let her do anything she wanted. Even as a sixth grader, she was allowed to go anywhere with anyone at any time. At first, I was envious of the freedom she had. I was jealous of how lenient her parents were. But when I brought it up to her, I didn’t get the response I expected. She told me how she felt lonely and that sometimes her parents weren’t as involved in her life as she wished they were. The more I thought about it, the more it sunk in. It’s much harder for a child to feel loved and understood if their parents don’t even want to know where they are on a Saturday night. Every day, our world changes. With each generation growing up so differently from the one before, it’s an ongoing challenge for parents to relate to and keep up with their children. Teenagers can be sneaky, and today we have all kinds of new technology to help us. As a result, parents need to be prominently involved in their children’s lives at every stage of development. People are very quick to call out a mother or father as “overprotective” or accuse them of being “helicopter parents” without much knowledge of how or why they chose to raise their child a certain way. According to Parents.com, parents often hover over their children because of feelings of anxiety, overcompensation, peer pressure from other parents and a fear of dire consequences. These are all completely understandable and acceptable feelings. These parents just acknowledge their fears and worries instead of ignoring or possibly neglecting their children. Every kid is different, and there is not just one correct way to raise a child. Different techniques work for different people. A lot of children need extra attention to feel loved and supported. Parenting is one of the hardest things to do in life. Not only does it affect a child’s future, but it also impacts the kind of relationship that a child will have with their parents. Being involved is one of the most important aspects of parenthood, but for a variety of reasons parents may neglect this task, possibly harming their future relationship with their child. I, for one, would rather have my parents constantly asking me questions, even if that means they are “helicopter parents,” rather than them not talking to me at all. What most people don’t often realize is that “helicopter parenting” has multiple benefits to kids in both the short and long

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term. According to ParentalRights.org, children with highly involved parents feel supported, seen and known. They have a sense of community and connectedness that children with absent parents don’t. The more parental support a child has, the more likely they are to earn higher grades, to have better social skills and to graduate and receive a higher education. They are even more likely to have better physical health as adults. The benefits don’t just stop there. According to VeryWellFamily.com, children with involved parents have better attendance in school, are likely to display better behavior, have improved mental health and are more equipped with social functioning skills. None of these benefits are surprises. Chances are, you can tell the difference between a child who goes home to a loving, supporting family and one whose mother and father doesn’t even know his or her favorite dinner. It’s a matter of feeling loved and cared for. Not feeling seen or understood at home follows someone for the rest of their life, and it may even impact their own future parenting techniques. Kaneland junior Joshua Pehl, for example, has parents who have been involved through every stage of his life. That consistent presence, though, does not inhibit his perception of his relationship with them. “If anything, [I think our relationship] will be better than if they were [the opposite] way,” Pehl said. Pehl also avoids things that some teenagers can be drawn to, and he has his parents to thank for his good decision-making skills. “The way my parents raised me helped me make good decisions, like never smoking or drinking. I am happy with myself today and thankful for my parents’ help. I definitely understand why my parents let me do [and not do] certain things. They always have my best interest,” Pehl said. According to ParentalRights.org, teens who are monitored by their parents are less likely to smoke, to drink and to use drugs when compared with teens with parents who aren’t involved. A parent should want the best for their child. This involves teaching them right from wrong and how to make wise decisions. A teenager who has a less involved parent is more likely to make bad decisions and not learn from them because they aren’t cared for enough to be given advice on the bad choices they make. It’s not hard to imagine that an unsupervised teenager tends to make worse decisions than a child who is supervised. There is a very fine line between an overbearing parent and an involved one, but the bottom line is that involved parents, more often than not, raise good children. Kids today need that love and support from their families, even if they don’t realize it in the moment. Statistics show it, and even teenagers support it. Parents need to be well-connected with their children, today more than ever.

Cartoon by Megan Stefanik Parents who are more involved in their children’s lives feel more connected and helpful with their child’s development. While it can feel overbearing to some students, Jeff Nalin, an award-winning licensed clinical psychologist, believes that stricter parenting helps create well-behaved and goal-oriented kids.

November 19, 2020 Opinion

PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE TOO CONTROLLING BY NICHOLAS MITCHINSON

Editor Last weekend, I was going to hang out with some of my friends. My parents always let me go out and never say I cannot when I ask for permission. Before I left, they told me to be safe and to make good decisions, even though they knew some of the people I was going to hang out with are not the best influences. They give me the power to make my own decisions and trust that I will make the right choices. I have never smoked or drank, and it is not because my parents control my entire life. It is because they raised me to make good decisions on my own instead of making them for me. My generation, and more specifically the people I know, have a wide range of experiences when it comes to their parents being strict and heavy-handed or more trusting and hands-off in terms of their approach. Parents should not be too overbearing when raising their children. When a parent is overly strict and controls most of the decisions a child makes, it is psychological control. According to Jeff Haden, contributing editor of Inc. com, University College London did a study on the effects of psychological control between parents and their children. “We found that people whose parents showed warmth and responsiveness had higher life satisfaction and better mental wellbeing throughout early, middle and late adulthood. By contrast, psychological control was significantly associated with lower life satisfaction and mental wellbeing. Examples of psychological control include not allowing children to make their own decisions, invading their privacy and fostering dependence,” lead researcher of the study Dr. Mai Stafford said. Teenagers tend to feel like not having strict parents is better for them because it allows them to develop by themselves. Senior Hannah Dzielawa is currently ranked second in Kaneland High School’s senior class. She does not have overbearing and strict parents, and that is a good thing for her. “I think being more controlled would actually compel me to be rebellious. For example, my parents do not care if I get a C in a class, as long as I tried my best. If this were the opposite, I might not have the drive I do to get A’s, so not being controlled is more beneficial,” Dzielawa said. Having strict parents does not mean a student cannot succeed academically. There are plenty of students with strict parents who are doing well in school too, but it is not always clear if that success is a direct result of having those types of parents. Junior Aidan Pawlak is an example of a student with strict parents who is doing well in school. But he doesn’t know whether or not his success has anything to do with his parents’ approach. “I think it is hard to tell whether I am benefiting from [strict parents] more than kids with less strict parents. With that being said, I personally feel that with fewer regulations I could have developed the same work ethic and maintained the same grades and involvement in school and

Cartoon by Megan Stefanik Children with stricter parents have a tendency to rebel against authority and have a higher risk of developing anxiety. According to Nathan H. Lents, a professor of molecular biology at John Jay College, “Helicopter parents that seek to shield their children from all forms of adversity are not doing them any favors.” learned all the same life lessons if I had less restrictions and more freedom,” Pawlak said. When a child is growing up, it is important that they are exposed to natural consequences. Natural consequences are the results of your own actions and decisions. Some parents who are more strict do not let their children make their own decisions, which then leads to them not having to deal with their own natural consequences. While some people might say this is a good thing that parents are preventing children from making mistakes, it really is preventing them from much more. According to VeryWellFamily.com, natural consequences teach crucial lessons to children that they will use throughout their life, and parents saving their children from the consequences is actually hurting them more. Natural consequences allow children to make the connection between their actions and the outcome of their actions. Doing this prepares children for when they are adults and have to make their own decisions. Because some parents control all of the decisions their children make, those children will struggle when they do not have someone always telling them what to do. “When [my children] were younger, we had a lot of conversations about asking them why they were doing what they were doing and really talking about what they anticipate being a consequence if they act a certain way,” English teacher Jennifer Sayasane said. While children should be exposed to natural consequences, there are obvious situations where a parent should step in and tell them not to do something. For example, if a child wants to do something where their safety is in danger, then they should not be allowed to do it. However, parents should not always say “no” when a child wants to do something, and kids should still be exposed to as many natural consequences as possible. “If there is a situation where there could be some permanent harm done, where it may be a little more serious as a consequence, I might intervene in another way. But for the most part, if I had kids who did not do their school work then they got a bad grade, they had to deal with it,” Sayasane said. My parents typically use the natural consequence approach, and it ties back to how they let me make my own decisions. They do not control my every action; instead, they let me make my own choices and face my own consequences.

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News November 19, 2020

ANTICIPATION MARKS A HISTORIC ELECTION BY TRAVIS JOHNSON

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Keeping in line with the abnormalities that have defined this year, the 2020 election was one without precedent in many regards. Record voter turnout, wide usage of mail-in ballots, delayed results and multiple recount demands have defined the nation’s political decision-making process this year. But after days of anticipation, we now finally have a good idea of what our country’s leadership is going to look like for the foreseeable future. Joe Biden is now the nation’s President-Elect, while the Republican Party appears to be the favorite for keeping control of the Senate and also making unexpected gains in the House of Representatives. Biden, who served as the country’s Vice President for eight years and served in the Senate for many more, was announced by the Associated Press (AP) to be President-Elect when it became clear that he won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Though he carried this state and had similar victories in Wisconsin and Michigan, the margin of victory was narrower than polling had originally predicted, which led to a few nail-biting vote processing days as Americans awaited the key swing states to announce their mail-in results. Biden’s campaign, which he centered around “restoring the soul of the nation,” held a drive-up event in Delaware the evening after his victory was announced. “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, to lower the temperature. To see each other again. To listen to each other again. To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy,” Biden said from the podium, according to the AP. “We are not enemies. We are Americans.” Additionally, Biden’s running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, made history as the first ever Black woman and the first person of South Asian heritage to hold the office of Vice President. “Dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they’ve never seen it before,” Harris said, as reported by the AP. “You chose hope and unity, decency, science and, yes, truth...you ushered in a new day for America.” Incumbent President Donald Trump has claimed that voter fraud took place and will seek recounts in a few swing states. In some of the swing states, Trump will be allowed to receive a recount. But it appears even if many recounts take place, a change in the presidential election’s outcome is unlikely. According to Forbes Magazine, “Experts say recounts are highly unlikely to change the outcome of this presidential election because Biden is currently leading by at least 20,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. A recount could theoretically alter the outcome in Georgia, but Biden does not need to win the state.” Although Democrats have scored the most critical win they were hoping for, the presidency, their majority in the House of Representatives has slimmed and the control of the Senate remains unclear. With the current balance of power at 4848 with two more likely Republican wins, Democrats must win two Senate seats in Georgia to shift the balance of power to

Photo by Jenna Lin The Vaughan Athletic Center in North Aurora opened for early voting on Oct. 19. According to the U.S. Elections Project, more than 99 million Americans voted early in this year’s election, including mail-in ballots. 10 News

Photo by Emma Schaefer In Illinois, early voting took place from Sept. 24 to Nov. 2. Along with visiting polling places to vote, many chose to use mail-in ballots due to COVID-19.

50-50, where Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris would serve as a tiebreaker vote and allow for Democratic legislation to pass. “Democrats would face long odds in winning both Senate seats in traditionally Republican-leaning Georgia, but if they do succeed and Joe Biden wins the White House, that would give Vice President Kamala Harris a 51st tie-breaking vote,” according to Reuters news. However, if the control of the Senate does prove to favor Republicans, the country will be working with a divided government over at least the next two years. But many political analysts believe that may not be all bad news; Biden has always tried to emphasize his role as a negotiator. He and the would-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have been working together for years, and although McConnell has created numerous legislative roadblocks for Democrats in the past, he has recently signaled his willingness to strike centrist deals with Biden. Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, has confidence their relationship can work. “Joe Biden is well aware that Mitch McConnell was an obstructionist who blocked most of the priorities of the Biden-Obama adminstration and who used his position to block a whole range of judicial nominees,” Coons, who occupies the seat previously held by Biden, said. “But he also knows there are certain moments when you have to try.”

November 19, 2020 Investigative

TEACHERS’ JOBS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM BY CASEY WALTERS

Editor According to USA Today, one in six teachers have to take on a second job in order to support themselves Maurice said. “I have a little bit of things to plan, but it’s not a lot so it’s kind of good to keep me busy and also just get job] allows me to kind of balance that a little bit,” Staker said. English teacher Lori Shroka works as financially. Business Insider reports that in some extra income.” a real estate agent aside from being a 2018-19, the average salary of a teacher in Science teacher Jason Foster works as teacher. As a teacher, the job takes up the Illinois was $66,600, and a single person a bartender when he is not teaching in majority of the week, and the real estate living in this state needs around $26,500 a order to support his family. Although Fos- business carries into the evenings and year to support themselves with the bare ter does enjoy bartending, the amount of weekends, which makes it hard to balminimum, according to CNBC. Between time and stress that comes with the job ance both. Although her schedule can beteachers having to support themselves makes it hard for him to balance his life. come busy, her second job as a real estate and their families while maintaining their Finding time to grade can become a chal- agent is more flexible, which eases this savings, it is no surprise that many teach- lenge. struggle. Shroka is able to support herself ers find themselves needing to take on “I work two nights, so basically I leave financially without the second job, howevanother job. Whether some teachers at right from school and then go to my sec- er she uses the extra income to be able to Kaneland work a second job to fill free ond job. I don’t end up getting home until travel, something she truly enjoys doing. time or for extra income, the effort and like 10:00 or 10:30,” Foster said. For Shroka, the real estate job is fulfilling, persistence that teachers put into their ca- English teacher Christina Staker works and she hopes to continue it into her rereer - and sometimes their careers - is not as an independent consultant for Us- tirement from education. something that students should look past. borne Books & More. This company is an “I do enjoy it because I love looking English teacher Joshua Maurice works at international award-winning publishing at homes, finding new decorating ideas the fast food chain Culver’s during school company for children’s books ranging or seeing a real bad one. I love working breaks. At Culver’s, Maurice has to do a lot from newborn to early high school. There with space. I got my associate degree in of physical labor and only comes across are many benefits to this job for Staker, as interior architecture, so I love to think how fleeting interactions with people he might it is flexible to her schedule and she can I could make the space in some homes not see again. In teaching, his job involves do it from the comfort of her own home. more efficient. I always offer my thoughts creating meaningful relationships with his Not only is Staker’s second job easy to and suggestions to my clients,” Shroka students. The dynamic interactions Mau- manage between being a teacher and a said. rice is able to have as a teacher makes parent, it also has allowed her to increase Most students don’t know what goes the job more appealing and rewarding to her children’s home library. on in their teachers’ lives outside of the him. Though he prefers his teaching job, “It was kind of on a whim. I joined for school setting. Students have their own Maurice finds that working the second job fun, but I used to be the theater director definitions of busy lifestyles, and though can be used to fill time. here at the school and do some addition- life in high school can get stressful, teach “I have always been a very busybody so al things that were extracurricular. Once ers experience just the same. It is importI need to be doing stuff frequently, and I started having kids, I just couldn’t take ant to acknowledge that some teachers over summer break and winter break and that time load here at school anymore. So obtain second jobs out of necessity, so things like that, there’s a lot of downtime a lot of that additional income that I had the time they dedicate to their students where I don’t have anything to grade,” coming in, I no longer had. This [other should be respected.

Photo courtesy of Christina Staker English teacher Christina Staker reads books to her children. Most of the books she reads to them come from her second job.

Photo by Jenna Lin Lori Shroka teaches her English class while wearing a face shield as her personal protective equipment. Although she enjoys being a teacher, Shroka spends her time outside of the classroom as a real estate agent to fulfi ll her interest in interior design. Investigative 11