The Insider is an ALC student publication. The articles reflect the
opinions and views of ALC students and do not necessarily reflect
the views of either the ALC or of
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Volume 2, Issue 8 November 12,
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staff visits Globe The ALC Insider staff recently went on a fieldtrip to the Daily Globe. Staff members, students in Mr. Zotalis’s journalism class, had the opportunity to take a tour of the facility and meet some real-life journalists. The tour
included visits to the newsroom, salesroom, graphic design area, printing
building, and other facilities needed in order to create our The students had a chance to see how professional journalists generate story ideas, and see those ideas turned into articles. (Continued à)
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Insider staff visits the Globe’s print plant The Daily Globe staff also gave the students insight into choosing journalism as a career. The most interesting part of the tour was a visit to the giant printing presses. Here the students viewed giant the containers of ink and the enormous rolls of paper that create the Daily Globe. According to the tour guide, each of the giant rolls of paper would stretch for six miles if unrolled. That’s a lot of paper! Overall, the ALC Insider staff gained some valuable insights into the world of newspaper journalism. The next time they read an issue of the Daily Globe, they will know exactly how it was put together. |
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Teen pregnancy:
Good or bad?
Many
teenagers in
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Mom-to-be
Amanda Mejia One teen mom from
the ALC spoke with us but asked not to be identified. “Mom
A”
What was your first reaction when you found out you were pregnant? My mom is going to
be mad at me! What was your first choice: to keep it, adoption, or abortion? My choice was to
keep it. Others in my family wanted me
to consider adoption. Are you glad you made the choice you made? I’m glad I kept my
child although it is hard work. How has this situation changed your life? I’m not a troubled
person anymore. My life revolves
around my son. What do you think about teen pregnancy? Do you think it’s good or bad? I think that every
teen that is or is thinking about getting pregnant should really wait because
it is not as easy as it seems. If you could, would you change anything? I would’ve waited, but you know things happen sometimes and you can’t really help it. (Continued on page 3) |
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(Teen Moms – continued from page 2)Nicole
Boneschans
What was your first reaction when you found out you were pregnant? At
first I was scared because I didn’t know what to do, and I was scared to tell
my mom. What
was your first choice: to keep it, adoption, or abortion? I chose
to keep it. Are you glad you made the choice you made? Yes,
Nothing in life could be better. How has this situation changed your life? My son
has changed my life around. He refocused me from being irresponsible to being
good. He’s made me realize what’s important in life. What do you think about teen pregnancy? Do you think it’s good or bad? In a
way it’s bad and in a way it’s good. It’s bad because some people drop out of
school and from there it can get worse. But for the people who choose to stay
in school it can be good. Being a
mother makes you wake up and take a look at what’s going on in life and have
more responsibility. If you could, would you change anything? No, I wouldn’t
change anything. The day my son was born changed everything. He made my whole
life into something good and I love him so much. I would never want to change
anything about my life because I’m happy I have him.
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Horoscopes
Note: These
horoscopes may not pertain to you. Aries (March 21-April 19): Get a job and move out of your mom’s house. Taurus (April 20-May 20): Time to admit the truth and give up. Gemini (May 21- June20): You’re twice the trouble of others. Cancer (June 21-July 22): A lifetime membership in the BLC is yours! Leo (July 23- August 22): Some folks win, you usually lose. Deal with it. Virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22): Shape up or join the military! Virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22): Shut up. Shut up. Just shut up. Libra (Sept.23-Oct.22): Libras are, well, you know…. Accept reality. Scorpio (Oct.23-Nov.21): Scorpios who read horoscopes are lame, dude. Sagittarius (Nov.22-Dec.21): Yo, waterboy. Go fetch someone something. Capricorn (Dec.22-Jan.19): What is in your future? Something bad! |
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School fun facts The ·
Number of elementary students who have at
least one foreign-born parent: ·
20% or one in five. ·
Number of high school students who are
academically on track for their age: ·
79% for girls; 69% for boys. ·
The estimated lifetime earnings for those
with professional degrees (medicine, law, dentistry, etc.): ·
$4.4 million. ·
Lifetime earnings for those with Ph.D.s: ·
$3.4 million. ·
Holders of Master’s degrees: ·
$2.5 million. ·
Holders of Bachelor’s degrees: ·
$2 million. ·
High School graduates: ·
$1.2 million ·
High School drop-outs: ·
Considerably less than $1 million
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My
snowmobile By Michael Denison. Last year I got an ‘89 Yamaha 300 for Christmas and it was awesome. I’ve always wanted a snowmobile since having fun riding a friend’s. That snowmobile was an Ultra Lite Indy 340. When my grandfather first let me ride my new sled I was a little scared to jump it because I didn’t want to break it. But after awhile I realized that it wouldn’t hurt to jump it a little so I went to a part of the farm where a big drift was. I thought the drift would make the perfect jump. I came around the backside of the house and as soon a I hit the straight away I hit the gas towards the jump. When I hit the jump I flew almost three feet in the air which was an adrenaline rush. The thing with my snowmobile last year was that I had some mechanical problems that wouldn’t let me ride it for very long. I let it sit for a long time until I could get it fixed which wasn’t until a week ago. That’s when a friend and I took it apart and fixed it. I am happy that I will be able to ride it again this winter, hopefully without much work to do on it. I hope we get a lot of snow soon. |
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That
awkward silence… By Frank White Have you ever heard someone says something like “Hey did you see that new student? Isn’t she great?” Someone invariably replies with the most stupid answer possible like, “Hey, dude, I have a belly button. Wanna see?” Your friends are shocked and quit talking. That’s when you know the awkward silence is present. I’m going to tell you a few ways of avoiding this horrible disease to our nation’s communication. Some may suggest that a way to avoid this would be to slap your friend. The bad thing about this is that your friend might start crying and you might feel sorry for him. Worse yet, you will get sent to the BLC. If you’re an ALC student you know what this is. If you’re not, BLC (behavioral learning center) is a place where they put rule breakers. So let’s not suggest that you actually slap anyone. (Continued à) |
A better way of avoiding that darn quietness, and this way is a little nicer, too, is to tell your friend to go away. He may be shocked, however, and try to attack you. Again, the down side is that this might lead to aggression and you may have to visit the dreaded BLC as a result. The easiest and safest way to avoid the dreaded silence is to simply tell whoever is making the stupid comments to shut his mouth. Then go on with your conversation. The conversation continues, the guy who made the stupid comment probably won’t cry, you won’t get sent to the BLC and – best of all – your friend probably will not say anything stupid for a long time. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this. And remember, next time you have that awkward silence in your conversation caused by a stupid comment made by one of your dumb buddies, just follow my amazing advice. There’s always a stupid kid in every group. Just don’t be the dumb one who says “Hey dude, I have a belly button. Wanna see?” |
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If our
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I do not like this place. If I could live anywhere (and I do not mean “on
the world anywhere”) it would honestly be on the Dark Side Of The Moon (DSOTM). Why would anybody want to live in
space? Well, first of all, space is
awesome, and it’s dark, and that’s one reason I would love to go out there.
Another reason I want to go up there, is because it’s very quiet, and peaceful, and you know
that peace and quiet is darn near impossible
to find in this world, or country. The only tough thing that I would have to do is convince NASA to donate a craft, give me all my supplies for the next twenty or so years, and all that other stuff. (Continued à) |
That would be really hard. I would explain how I would do this in more detail, but I don’t know how I am going to do it yet. Last question is what would I do up there? Well, its space, and there isn’t much to do up there, except stare at the stars, and look at blackness. But, I am also going to bring some things to do, like…umm…listen to the Album DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, while living on the dark side of the moon. I think the greatest thing would be to live in outer space. I think that the cold, blackness, and silence would be utterly amazing to live with, especially for the rest of eternity. Anyway, I leave you with my all time favorite quote from one of the greatest artists out there…Pink Floyd: And if the
Cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout
and no one seems to hear And if the
band you’re in starts playing different tunes I’ll see you on The Dark Side of The moon --Pink Floyd --“Brain Damage” (1968) --Album: Dark Side Of The Moon the Moon |
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If we were
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