Time to hunt... for jobs!

Jennifer Haddad

You may feel nervous, scared, and you may dread your first day. Like anyone experiencing their first job, you’ll think it won’t get any easier. That’s where you’re wrong. As long as you apply for a job that fits your interests and has a decent environment, you’ll feel yourself warming up to the idea.

Searching for a job isn’t easy, and no one said it would be. You get your hopes up, thinking you’ll get a job with great pay and hours that require you to do very little.

Brittany Wright, a student at RHS, states, “It wasn’t what I had expected. When working with kids, you have to work harder in order to earn their trust.”

Make sure that you apply to a job that you will enjoy. There’s no point spending hours of your time at a job that you couldn’t care less for.

Some students said they enjoyed working because of the aspect of responsibility. Others felt that their coworkers made the job seem less welcoming.

Be sure that the pay is decent and the traveling doesn’t take too long. It’s also a good idea to not let the hours affect your school and social life too much.

Sandra Cowie, another student at RHS, said “Having a full time job was disappointing. Even if it was worth it in the end, I felt as if everyone was out enjoying their summer while I had to go to work every day.”

When it comes to interviews, remember not to exaggerate when talking about yourself. Be well dressed and be yourself. They’re simply looking to see why they should pick you for the job. You might even need to suck up to them a little.

It’s always a good idea to carry your CV’s everywhere and hand them out as you pass by stores. Remember to never give up looking.

. LE WINTER FORMAL

Laurie Savoie

Le winter formal est un événment qui, depuis quelques années, aide a ramasser de l'argent pour la graduation des secondaires 5. Chaque année, cette événment est une réussite total. Le bal en blanc est une danse pour les secondaires3, 4 et 5. Chaque élève est invité et ont l'opportunité d'amener un ou une ami(e). Cette danse implique un dj amusant, de la danse et des décorations à couper le souffle. Le bal en blanc a habituellement lieu au début du mois de décembre pour célèbrer Noel. Chaque billet coûte 15$. Le commité de graduation de cette année est présentement en pleine discution sur les décisions à prendre pour cet événement. Nous avons du pin-sur-la-planche parce qu'il  y a beaucoup à organiser. Nous vous promettons une autre soirée inoubliable, alors prèter attention aux annoces le matin et le midi car vous allez bientôt en entendre parler.

High School Departure

Isabelle Gagnon

Winston Churchill once said, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”. When we think about high school ending we think of it as the end of a chapter in our lives, and as a new chapter starting. We think back on all the memories and cherish them. Then we must think of what comes after the beginning.

Every book has an end; we are reaching the last chapter of our books. This year, was surreal, practically like a dream. Sooner than we think we will be on the last page reading the last words of the 2011 saga. We must take our book and reread it over and over until the memories are for ever engraved in our minds.

We must think back on our first strike in secondary 1, our first ped-day, our first detention. Then we go to secondary 2, our first fight with our BFF, our first crush, our first kiss. As we go on to secondary 3 we have our first non-sleep-a-thon, our hearts break for the first time, and we laugh about how silly we looked in secondary 1. Once we reach secondary 4 we feel strong and proud. We have our first winter formal and we begin to think about “what happens after this”. Now we are in secondary 5, we think about Grad pictures, Grad breakfast, our prom dates, and our prom dress. Now we don’t only have to think about what happens next. We have to know what happens.

Next year most of us will be in college or a trade school. We will be living out our dreams, and facing new challenges. With the end of the beginning, we begin to build our lives. This year we stress over college applications, jobs, and mistakes we should have fixed. We will think about all the things we should have done and all of those we shouldn’t have.

This year tempers will soar, friendships will bloom, and the graduating class of 2011 will bond. As we think about the change that is to come, and we will cry for all those we will lose. We will laugh from all those insiders we made through out the years, and we will forgive those we never thought we could forgive. This was the year we will remember for the rest of our life, this is our year!

Final Exams Are Ridiculous

Shawn Lefebvre

 

           Over the years, the amount of work school has piled on students has increased exponentially, and by the end of June, the amount of anxiety and aggravation amassed is stultifying. Parents may think that these pupils would be overjoyed and ecstatic since the school year has come to an end, but guardians always forget one horrific detail. Finals.

Students are well aware of the stupidity and nonsense that are present on final exams, but no matter how ready the pupil, they still know that in the end being bamboozled is imminent. This inevitably causes more stress, and in some cases causes some students to erupt with animosity. Yet can these disciples truly be blamed for being completely fed-up and frustrated? Absolutely not.

These so called “final exams” the government creates, are just plain ridiculous, and only serves to make lives more miserable. The original purpose of the final exams were to give an evaluation on whether the student has comprehended what he/she learned throughout the year, and yet the government will do everything in their power to make that evaluation as complicated as possible.

The only action these young prospects can possibly do is try their best, and hope for an acceptable mark that will continue them on a path to a bright future, but after all the hectic events are over, one just can’t help wonder what the point of making such a ludicrous test truly was? No one has yet to find a legitimate answer to that question, but hopefully one day, the government will express their own thoughts on their destructive creation.

Favourite Things

Brittany Wright

          Big teeth on plants, and jazz musicians. Bright razor blades that glint in the spotlight. Brand new scripts bound in a student’s binder. These are a few of Stephanie Cocking’s favourite things. The Rosemere High School drama teacher has now successfully put on three musicals since she began working at the school: Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, and Sweeney Todd respectively. After all the doom and gloom upon which the last three plays have centered, Ms. Cocking has bent to pressure from the public and is directing a more upbeat, happy musical this year: The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The Sound of Music takes place in Austria before the Second World War. A young postulant, Maria, is sent to be a governess for Captain von Trapp’s seven children. The melodic Maria, thrust into a music-deprived home, teaches the children how to sing and have fun. With unforgettable songs such as ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, and ‘Edelweiss’, a delightful romance, and a heart-warming tale of family, The Sound of Music is a classic enjoyed by audiences of all ages. Ms. Cocking confirms it so.

“The Sound of Music is very popular and appeals to many generations,” she says. “Apart from that, high school students are familiar with the play because they have most likely been exposed to it before. For example, they may have watched the movie on TV, they may own it, or their parents or grandparents might have seen it with them when they were younger. It’s simply that popular.”

When asked what she hoped to achieve by putting on this play, the director replied, “I want to put as many [talented people as I can] on the stage... I want to get a larger audience and build up a tradition of RHS putting on good drama productions.”

The Sound of Music is to be performed on the nights of April fourteenth and fifteenth, 2011. Tickets will be on sale starting March fourteenth, 2011. The RHS Drama Club hopes to see you all there because Ms. Cocking’s favourite things have recently become our favourite things as well!

Over-Consumption Among Teenagers

Alexe Robert

          We are now in 2010, soon to be 2011, and over-consumption among teenagers is still an aggravating problem. Teenagers, nowadays, have tendencies to want more of what they already have. They try to fit in at school among other teenagers who are just as over-consuming as they are. Students at Rosemere High School are far from helping to remediate to this issue.

Fitting in at school is not a simple task. On the contrary, it’s more than difficult. Teenagers have to say the right things, do the right things, and most importantly, buy the right things. Sometimes, it turns out to be fun, other times it can empty your wallet.

Rosemere High School holds over 1500 students. That makes a lot of consumption. Now imagine what 1500 students can purchase if more than the majority of them are over-consumers. That makes a lot of clothes, shoes, jewelleries, skin products, and electronics. Will there ever be an end to this?

Many students at Rosemere High School would disagree to say that they are, in fact over-consumers. Maybe they really aren’t, which would be very surprising. Maybe they just didn’t get the definition of over-consumption quite right.

Let’s take a minute to think about what you’ve consumed lately. Have you bought a new iPod even if your old one still works perfectly? Have you been shopping for new clothes even if your wardrobe is full? Have you bought new shoes just for the fun of it? Have you bought some ‘bling’ to fulfill your need for more? The next time you go out shopping, ask yourself if you really need what you’re about to buy. Is it worth the money if you already have one that works perfectly?

La Minceur n’égale pas l’anorexie ou la boulimie

Chanel Jacques
    
     C’est peut-être plus discret, mais cela se fait et cela s’est déjà produit. À l’école ou ailleurs, un stéréotype classique, c’est dès que quelqu’un voit une personne mince, elle est forcément anorexique ou boulimique. La raison pour laquelle cela arrive est parce que tout le monde se demande comment fait-elle pour être de si petite taille?

     Pour ceux qui n’ont aucune idée de ce que c’est, l’anorexie et la boulimie sont des troubles alimentaires. L’anorexie est un constant refus de s’alimenter, un excès d’exercice, l’obsession continuelle de perdre du poids et de toujours se trouver grosse en se regardant dans le miroir. La boulimie, est un individu qui a une faim incoercible tout en consommant d’énorme quantité de nourriture; qui par après provoque ces vomissements. Selon statistiques Canada, seulement huit pourcent des Québécoises âgées entre vingt et vingt-cinq ans sont atteintes de troubles alimentaires. Et seulement entre un a deux pourcent de Canadiennes âgées de treize a quarante ans sont atteintes de ces troubles alimentaires.

     En plus des autres qui mettent une énorme pression, les médias n’aident pas la cause. Leurs messages est qu’être mince vous donne une beauté et un bonheur absolu. Par après, ils suggèrent des façons de perdre du poids. Toujours selon la pédiatrie canadienne, approximativement trente-trois pourcent des adolescents en santé essayent tout de même à avoir une perte de poids avec un régime. Mais les autres soixante-sept pourcent d’adolescent le font de la bonne manière sans régime.

     Alors quand vous voyez une personne de taille mince, ne sautez pas directement à la conclusion qu’elle souffre de troubles alimentaires parce que souvent, c’est faux.