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MARCH 2012 LIV-6
Student vs. faculty basketball game
By Brianna Bauer/Takia Owens
GET READY guys for the most intense basketball game all season! Although basketball season is technically over, they have planned a special surprise for all of Granger. The boys and girls basketball teams are going to take on some of the most athletic teachers here at Granger. Mr. Pace who is one of the few guy teachers on the faculty team says he is not nervous at all. “Even though we faculty members haven’t really had that much practice, we will hopefully not embarrass ourselves that much,” he said. One of the teachers who will sadly not be playing is Mrs.
Drage. “If I were playing, I would definitely say that I’m not one to be nervous for a game at all.” In high school, she was AllAmerican in basketball, scoring a whopping 22 points every single game! “Ha, I’m not nervous at all; we are going to kick their butts,” Ms. Bradshaw said. She is hoping that their age and higher brain development will help them beat the students. “I’m more of a volleyball or baseball type girl, basketball really isn’t my game, but hopefully we have some good players that know what they are doing,” she said. Bradshaw thinks that if faculty wins that they should be able to have a victory party to celebrate
even though they are teachers, they still can deliver a butt whipping! Mrs. Smith is very confident! “We’re going to dominate in all areas of the game! We didn’t even need to practice, we’re that good. We’re going to trash all the students!” “If we win this game I’m going to make sure we rub it into everyone’s face,” she said. That is some big talk coming from a faculty team that hasn’t even practiced. Ms. Berrett says “I’m psyched! It’s payback time. Students should be in fear, even though we may seem weak -- don’t underestimate the strength of the faculty!” “We are still young but a little more mature. We haven’t really had much practice as a team but
I trust my teammates and I know they are amazing!” Ms. Berrett also said, “We are all spokes in the wheel of excellent athleticism!” On March 9, 2012 Granger’s boys varsity team played against the teachers and faculty. Throughout the four quarters, the boys and girls varsity teams got a chance to go against the teachers, while the last quarter was a nice surprise. The last quarter was captain’s choice, and that was where everyone on the team mingle, but they are separated into equal teams with Ms. Berrett and Ms. Green as coaches. In the end, students won every quarter against faculty and Ms. Berrett’s picks Ms. Green’s picks.
Granger teachers took on all of the basketball teams in one giagantic fund-raising game, and they failed epically.
Decision: Go to class or McDonald’s?
By Calvin Rankin “CLEAR the halls! Get to class!” The Granger High School administration says as the bell rings. Many students head to class. Some of the students head elsewhere. “Well, they’re not in class…” Nathan Saxton (12) said It is a distinct possibility that they are sluffing. “I go to IHOP, McDonald’s or home,” Autumn Archuleta (12) said. “Most people get food,” Saxton said. “When I was in high school, I sluffed to go to breakfast with a pretty girl,” Mr. Dimas said. During the school day, the restaurants surrounding Granger are hopping with the business of sluffers. But for some, sluffing isn’t just
about hating class or the teachers or even food. They just need a break and want to have fun. “Sometimes WE go play video games.” Saxton said after making an emphasis on ‘WE’ (“We” being Saxton and friends). “I never sluff alone. That’s awkward. “I just don’t like being in class. It’s so frickin’ long dude! Plus…I get tired of hearing my own thoughts,” Saxton said. “They don’t like classes or teachers. They don’t care about school,” Juergen De Leon (12) said. Juergen has never sluffed and says that he never would. “I have good grades because I care about my education,” De Leon said. “Sometimes I just don’t feel like going, or people are really annoying, or I just need a break
from school,” Archuleta said. Would this make sluffing a good thing or bad thing? That depends on who you ask. “They’re ruining their own future. It’s their fault,” De Leon said. He said that people sluff because they don’t care about anything. “People that sluff do care,” Archuleta said. “Sluffing is not a good thing, but it is something that you should try at least once while in high school.” “It depends on what and why you’re sluffing. What if it’s a life altering thing you’re missing?” Saxton said. Mr. Dimas feels that “as long as you do make-up work and don’t do it in excess, you need a little freedom.” “I had good grades,” Mr. Dimas said.
“Sluffing affects your grades because you’re not there to do the assignment. This is a bad thing. But it’s still worth it,” Saxton said. Some people think that if you care about your grades, you don’t sluff. “I have good grades and I care about education. That’s why I don’t sluff,” DeLeon said. “I don’t sluff as much as I did in my sophomore and junior years,” Luis Vazquez (12) said. He said that he is realizing how sluffing is affecting him in a negative way. Many students care about their education, but it can’t be forced. “Education has to be wanted. I didn’t care what I went to school for, I just wanted that paper [degree],” Mr.Dimas said.
9th graders in new Granger
By Brianna Bauer THE NEW Granger High is going to be accepting freshmen from nearby junior highs to come be in the high school instead of the junior high starting in 2013. If you believe you’re going to be a freshman around the time of the new school being finished then you’re lucky! You get to be one of the first Granger Lancer Freshman! Shantel Martinez (8) said she is happy that the high schools are allowing the 9th graders into the school because now that she knows that, she isn’t scared to go to high school and grow up as you say. She goes to Valley Junior High. “I think every high school should be like that in every part of the valley because I may move away so I still want to be able to go to high school even if I only am a freshman,” Martinez said. Along the East Coast, they have it so that freshmen are automatically put into high schools instead of being in the junior highs. I think it shows them how to experience high school faster and easier than just hearing about it in junior high. In high school, you learn who you are and who you want to be in life. So the freshmen being in a bigger and more influential system will help them when they move on from high school to higher education. It seems to junior high students that high school looks like a big bad place, but in reality it prepares them for the real world of college and becoming an adult. Cody Booth (8) who also goes to Valley Junior said “I am going to Taylorsville High so I won’t be able to go to a high school where they put the freshmen into their buildings. I wish I could, but I live too far from Granger, and plus I like Taylorsville,” Booth said. Granger High School is only going to accept freshman from Valley Junior High and West Lake Junior High.
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