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                                    MANDARIN TIMES                         An Award Winning Newspaper!                                                         2018–2019

 Miss Mandarin 2020 is Crowned
By: Destiny Caraway, Staff Writer

     On April 12th, Mandarin      pressive tumbling tricks, Brooks                 Ferris performed a jazz dance to
High School held the Miss Man- Garvie wowed the crowd with her                     win over the crowd. Callie Wil-
darin pageant. There were ten excellent dance skills, and Caroline                 kins performed a monologue
juniors participating in this                                                      from the well-known movie
year’s pageant: Mallory Luter,                                                     “Clueless.” Madison Espling Es-
Callie Wilkins, Madison Espling                                                    quirdo demonstrated a few self-
Esquierdo, Madaline Krawchuk,                                                      defense tactics. Skyler Geer
Caroline Ferris, Skyler Geer, An-                                                  performed the comedic mono-
na Ceballos, Lyla Palompo,                                                         logue entitled “Secret Identity.”
Brooks Garvie, and Shelby Kalil.                                                   Shelby Kalil won the hearts of
Ms. Jennifer Brown was the                                                         the audience with her perfor-
Pageant Director for the tenth                                                     mance of “Who You Say I Am”
year and co-hosted the show                                                        and Lyla Palompo performed a               This year, Ms. Jennifer Brown, Pageant Director, is
with Activities Director April                                                     tear-jerker with her self-             joined on the stage by Ms. April Lane, Activities Director
Lane.                                                                              composed song. Madaline                 and Senior Class Sponsor. Ms. Lane said, "Miss Brown
     The contestants showed                                                        Krawchuk performed a cello              runs an excellent program from OPENING NUMBER to
their unique abilities in the                                                      piece from the Phantom of the           CROWNING. I am so thankful to have been included as
talent portion of the pageant.                                                     Opera, and Anna Ceballos per-           a guest emcee. Mandarin High is lucky to have such an
Mallory Luter performed a          Choreographer Tina Kenny guided                 formed a tap dance.                          amazing group of leaders on this campus from
dance which incorporated im-        the contestants in their opening                                                        those performing on stage to those running the stage
                                           dance sequence.                                                                                    behind the scenes."

                         From left to right: Madison Espling Esquierdo, Callie Wilkins, Caroline Ferris (1st Runner Up, Miss Photogenic, Director’s Choice),
                         Mallory Luter (3rd Runner Up), 2010 Miss Mandarin Skyler Geer, Brooks Garvie (2nd Runner Up), Lyla Palompo (4th Runner Up,
                                    Miss Congeniality, Director’s Award), Madeline Krawchuk, Anna Ceballos (Most Academic), and Shelby Kalil.

       Center Stage: A Talent-Rich Environment

                                                                              Contestant Shelby Kalil                                               Miss Mandarin 2020 Skyler Geer
Lyla Palompo moved the crowd           Brooks Garvie danced a jazz                                              Caroline Ferris performed an           won the judges with her
   with a song she wrote and          piece to show off her years of      performed “Who You Say I Am”            entertaining jazz piece.            comedic monologue titled
       composed herself.                   dance experience.                   by Hillsong Worship.                                                       “Secret Identity.”
The 411 on Who’s Who                                                                               The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 2
                                                     2019 Student Who’s Who
By: Rowan Vanhoof, Editor-in-Chief
Photo Credit: Cady Studios and Mrs. Jennifer Brown, Chorus Director

                  2019 Miss Mandarin Pageant                                                                               Homecoming
                                                                                                                              Court

  Traditionally, the Miss Mandarin pageant occurs in the spring of the previous year. As a result of the pageant, Abby     Homecoming King Kasimir Absolu and
  Dionne was selected as the 2019 Miss Mandarin, First Runner Up was Leah Batchelor, 2nd Runner Up was Krystiana         Homecoming Queen Claire Harvey
    Rego, 3rd Runner Up was Laural Dunathan, and 4th Runner Up was Morgan Harper. In addition, Morgan Harper
                             was named the Most Photogenic, Jenna Herrington was Miss

                     Congeniality and Most Academic, and Krystiana Rego was the Director’s Choice.

                   Krystiana Rego                       Sara Takacs,                    Eliana Jaffa,                        Junior Prince Andrew Lodge and
                     President                         Vice President                    Secretary                               Princess Shaquirah Bass

                            Senior Class Officers

                                                                                                                          Sophomore Duke Kevin Raspopi and
                                                                                                                               Duchess Khalila Shoop

                                                                                                                              Freshman Lady Abril Gomez
        Senior Class Officers: Luke Butler (Treasurer), Jenna Sammons (Vice President), Parker Blessing (President),
                                   Abigail Daniels (Historian) and Marc Pappas (Secretary).
The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 3                                                                                              The 411 on Who’s Who
                                                                             The Go-To Peeps on Campus
                                                                   By: Rowan Vanhoof, Editor-in-Chief
                                                                   Photo Credit: Cady Studios and Aaliyah Rocourt, Staff Writer

                                                                                                                      Our Administrators
                                                                                                              Mr. John Kniseley (Principal), Janetta
                                                                                                             Lucas (Principal’s Designee), Assistant
                                                                                                             Principals Brian Holloway, Mary Flynn,
                                                                                                              and Beth Pecarek. This is the team
                                                                                                              dedicated to ensuring our campus is
                                                                                                                 filled with successful scholars.

                                                                         Our Guidance Counselors: Mrs. Diane Dempsey (Department Chair), Mrs. Tanu Seymore,

      Yearbooks capture
                                                                                         Mrs. Lori Boyd, Mrs. Amanda Chamberlin, and Ms. Erin Heinze.
                                                                   For the first quarter, the guidance counselors focused on senior graduation checks, ninth grade pro-
                                                                   motions, and credit checks for all students. They were also involved in leveling classes to ensure that
                                                                   students were as evenly distributed as possible among the teachers in such a way to meet every stu-
                                                                   dent’s need to earn the credits necessary to make this a successful academic year for all. Each coun-
                                                                   selor has a specific group of students they are assigned to help out. Mrs. Seymore works with AVID
                                                                   and students with last names beginning with A-F. Mrs. Boyd works with AICE and students with last

                  YOU.
                                                                     names beginning G-J. Mrs. Chamberlin works with Biotech, Vystar, and 9th grade students A-Z.
                                                                   Mrs. Dempsey works with ESOL and students with last names beginning with O-Z. Mrs. Erin Heinze
                                                                                works with Medical Academy and students with last names beginning K-N.

         And they are on
                 their way!                                           Dean Joyce Jones, Athletic Director Brian Rado, Activities Director April Lane, Yearbook Advisor Mi-
                                                                   chael Santana, Newspaper Adviser Doni Parkinson, Book Manager Paulette Mills. In addition to facili-
                                                                      tating our athletic program, Coach Rado also sponsors the Senior Athletic Leadership Team (SALT),
                                                                     runs our senior aide program, and handles graduation. Ms. Lane not only teaches ACT Prep, but also
                                                                   sponsors the Leadership team and the senior class, to include the purchase of senior packages. During
                                                                    the 4th quarter, Coach Dan Wilcox resumed the responsibilities of Activities Director. As most of you

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                                                                     have already found out, Ms. Mills works in the Media Center managing the distribution of textbooks
                                                                                                                and student IDs.

                                                   The Mandarin Times Staff
     The Mandarin Times        the ocean. The paper also
newspaper staff received       includes articles on balance,            Do you have a story                Summer Alexander Manuel Baez-Articles
many letters from anony-       discussing how to deal with            and/or photo you want
mous students explaining       growing stresses and main-                                                       Destiny Caraway Anahi Galvan
what they enjoyed about        taining a school or work-life           to share? Contact the                    Laney Haggard Vivien Hansen
the first semester issue.      balance. The third big topic            Journalism Advisor at                   Niya Jackson Isabella Nicodeme
Most of the letters men-       in this issue is delving into                parkinsond@
tioned some of the editori-    oneself, with articles on an-              duvalschools.org                   Clarissa Pimentel Alyssa Richardson
als on social issues like      cestry, intrinsic and extrinsic        or stop by the Journal-                  Aaliyah Rocourt Bella Updegraff
cheating and working as a      motivators, and emotional             ism room (J201a) during                             Owen Wooten
group, so it seemed appro-     intelligence.                         lunch, or before or after
priate to focus on a more in                                          school. We want your
-depth understanding of                     -Rowan Vanhoof,
                                               Editor in Chief              contributions
oneself and social prob-
lems.
                                                                                                            The Newspaper and staff is committed
     In this issue positive                                                                                 to capturing the events and emotions
social change is discussed
with regards to topics like
                                                                                                                 of the ‘Stang Nation for you.
gun control and cleaning up

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Awards and Accolades                                                                                 The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 4
                                  Thespian Troupe 4871: It’s Showtime!
 By: Mrs. Doni Parkinson, Adviser
Results from the district competition:                                 Results from state competition:

SUPERIORS (8 total)
1. Miles Coats (monologues): 2nd place for best mono-
   logues, was Critics’ Choice nominee
2) Jeida “Bubby” Sevilla (solo musical): perfect score
3) Dakota Wood (student directed piece)
4) Ryan Dubas & Shelby Carroll (pantomime)
5) Megan Phillips, Jairo Hernandez, Miles Coats, Katie Renzi,
   Sydney Toke, Evan Prescott, Madi Williamson
   (pantomime)
6) Hannah Alexander and Lily Thomas (duet acting)
7) Madi Williamson (monologues)
8) Miles Coats, Grant Conley, Allison Fisher, Jaden Koller                                                                   Hannah Alexander &
   (ensemble acting)                                                   Madison Williamson                Miles Coats             Lily Thomas             Jeida “Bubby” Sevilla
                                                                       2 Superiors, 1 Excellent       Straight Superiors      Straight Superiors           Straight Superiors
                                                                           (Monologues)                 (Monologues)            (Duet Acting)                (Solo Musical)

EXCELLENTS (14)
1)    Madaline Krawchuk (solo musical)
2)    Anna Ceballos (solo musical)
3)    Alejandro Ramos (solo musical)
4)    Ryan Dubas and Shawn Stermer (duet musical)
5)    Helen Strickland and Dakota Wood (duet acting)
6)    Madison Espling-Esquierdo (monologues)
7)    Shelby Carroll (monologues)
8)    Emily Nolan (publicity design)
9)    Jamie Getman and Jeida Sevilla (duet musical)
10)   Elena Ramirez (solo musical)
11)   Skyler Geer and Shawn Stermer (duet acting)
12)   Lily Thomas (solo musical)
13)   Grant Conley and Megan Phillips (duet acting)               Dakota Woods          Dakota Wood: Straight Superiors, Top Honors,                 Tampa Theatre
                                                                    Superior             and Highest Category Score at the Festival
                                                             (Student Directed Piece)    (Student Directed Scenes: Including actors
                                                                                        Miles Coats, Anna Ceballos, Skyler Geer, Grant
                                                                                           Conley, Megan Phillips, and Lily Thomas

             Hail to the Band!                                                                 Moving Through Music
  By: Mrs. Doni Parkinson, Adviser
                                                                             By: Kylah Burroughs, Staff Writer
                  CONGRATULATIONS 2018-19                                    Last year as a freshman, I       and alto.                         cluded in the film “The Polar
                   HONOR BAND MEMBERS!                                    was in the SSA and enjoyed it           The annual Christmas event    Express.” I enjoyed having all of
                                                                          because I enjoyed being in          is an opportunity for us to       us in our performance outfits
                                                                          the chorus program. This            practice in front of an audi-     and on the stage decorated with
                           All District                                   year, I’m in the Women’s            ence in preparation of the up-    red and white. It makes a differ-
                     Ansley Spaulding - Flute                             Chorale, and I enjoy this           coming MPAs. Two songs that       ence in our singing.
                      Sarah Swain - Clarinet                              group as well because the           I really enjoyed were “Canticle       My hope is to someday be a
                                                                          songs we sing allow us to sing      of Winter” by Joseph M. Mar-      member of the Chamber Choir,
                       Cassie Bailey - Horn                               within our range. For exam-         tin and the song “Believe” by     but that requires an audition. In
                     Lauren Ellis - Trombone                              ple, I sing between soprano 2       Josh Groban, which was in-        the meantime, I’m practicing.
                   Savanna Seaver - Trombone
                     Sam Gilbert - Percussion

                     USF - Festival of Winds
                     Ansley Spaulding - Flute
                        Celeste Lash - Flute
                    Ashwin Mendez - Clarinet
                      Tiffany Black - Clarinet
                      Sarah Swain - Clarinet
                      Devin Walmsley - Tuba
                     Julia Winston - Trumpet

                         FSU - TriState
                    Nick Cirell - Euphonium
                Katherine Kartsonis - Percussion
                      Cassie Bailey - Horn                                  Choral Director Jennifer Brown conducts the combined choirs during the annual Christmas event.

                Congratulations to the Mandarin
              Symphonic Band And Wind Ensemble
         for earning Straight Superior Ratings at district
            MPAs, which qualifies them for the state
                              MPAs.

                                                                                                  The Women’s Chorale during the annual Christmas event.
The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 5                                                                                           Awards and Accolades
          District Science Fair                                                                           Students of the Year
By: Isabella Nicodeme, Staff Writer
                                                                                                       By: Mrs. Doni Parkinson, Adviser
       Young minds often ponder
  ideas that strike curiosity and
  interest. Freshmen Jennifer
  Khing and Abigail Fixel won-
  dered, What’s in a Name?
  Their goal was to see how
  adults of different races and
  genders viewed gender neu-
  tral names. To do this they
  created a questionnaire that
  included 20 different gender
  neutral names each with an
  activity that was specific to
  both genders. For example,
  the question looked like this:
  Alex likes dancing and playing
  football, Male or Female?
  They then handed out the
  questionnaire to adults and
  middle school students to see
  who was more     gender biased.                                                                              2019 Exchange Students of the Year Service Award
  Out of the 9th grade  contest-                                                                                       Luke Butler and Jenna Sammons
  ants they won 2nd place. Abi-
  gail Fixel said her favorite part     From left to right: Thomas Hebert, Connor Murphy, Ms.
  was, “Sharing the results with             Janine Brand, Abigail Fixel, and Jennifer Khing.                                             Receiving this award
  others to spread awareness                                                                                                              was something that I am
  about the inherent gender bias in society.” Jennifer Khing said her favorite part was,                                                  so grateful for. I have
  “Separating the groups based on gender and race and seeing what option they mainly se-               I was very honored to
  lected, as well as coming up with conclusions explaining why they would pick different an-             receive this award. I            made great new rela-
  swers. It was interesting to see their different opinions.”                                                                             tionships with the Ex-
       Placing at 1st at the District Fair, and 3rd in Microbiology at NEFRSEF Regional Fair, Fresh-     owe great thanks to
  men Conner Murphy and Thomas Herbert’s project: Microbes! The New Face of Energy,                     my guidance counse-               change Club members,
  tested how the temperature effected the wattage output of a microbial fuel cell.                                                        and it’s all thanks to my
  They came to the conclusion that as the temperature rises, the wattage output rises with                 lors, teachers, and
  it. Both Conner and Thomas agree that, “The science fair was a great experience. Especial-            most importantly, my              wonderful guidance
  ly having worked with a friend.” Thomas Herbert said, “It was an experience to remember;                                                counselors, teachers,
  it was a way to learn new things about the world around us.” Conner Murphy also valued                  parents for shaping
  his fair experience. He said, “I greatly   enjoyed my science fair experience; I learned a lot                 my character.            and parents that have
  about microbial fuel cells.” The 1st place team also received a $2oo JEA award and a $50                                                made me the student
  Johnson & Johnson award. They both agreed that, “The fair allowed us to make connec-                             -Luke Butler
  tions with JEA employees who can provide us with more helping resources for a future                                                    that I am today.
  project.” Congratulations to the 2018-2019 District Fair winners: Conner Murphy, Thom-
  as Herbert, Abigail Fixel and Jennifer Khing.                                                                                           -Jenna Sammons

                                                                                                            Teacher of the Year
           District History Fair                                                                            By: Isabella Nicodeme, Staff Writer

                                                                                                          The 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year award goes to Mrs. Alissa Kes-
                                                                                                       ter. The honor of receiving Teacher of the Year requires going above
By: Isabella Nicodeme, Staff Writer                                                                    and beyond the regular duties of
                                                                                                       a teacher to truly make an impact
                                                                                                       on the academic community.
    As usual, our school was well represented by students in Social Studies classes at the Dis-
                                                                                                       academic community. Freshman
trict History Fair. One individual, a pair, and two groups of four students walked away with           Alijah Whitaker says she deserves
awards for the history projects they worked diligently to demonstrate the research they con-           this award because, “She dedi-
ducted. On May 6th, three district winners will move up to the state competition.                      cates herself to her students.”
                                                                                                       Emily Wilmot and Lauren Delarea
                                                                                                       both agree that, “Mrs. Kester is
                                                                                                       really nice and cares about her
                                                                                                       students. Spencer Reading, one
                                                                                                       of Mrs. Kester's students believes
                                                                                                       that balancing teaching material
                                                                                                       and the well-being of your stu-
                                                                                                       dents is a hard task to do. Making
                                                                                                       sure that all your students fully
                                                                                                       understand the material your
                                                                                                       teaching is important, and Mrs.
                                                                                                       Kester does that well. He said, “Mrs.       Mrs. Alissa Kester
                                               May-Ann Paz, Morgan Brodie, Sruthi Moorthy, and                                                   AP Human Geography
                                            Gyuri Kim won with their project about the aftermath of    Kester ensures that the content she
                                                           the American Civil War.                     teaches is both useful and memo-
                                                                                                       rable.”
    Alena and Anika Christmas placed
    third with their project on 9/11.                                                                     Emily Wilmot also agrees that, “Mrs. Kester is a great teacher who
                                                                                                       knows the material she teaches and is amazing at making her
                                                                                                       students know it as well.” Mrs. Kester’s way of caring and teaching is
                                                                                                       well valued by
                                                                                                       her students and
                                                                                                       has contributed
                                                                                                       to her receiving
                                                                                                       the
                                                                                                       award of Teach-
                                                                                                       er of the Year,
                                                                                                       her students
                                                                                                       exclaimed,
                                                                                                       “Congratulations
                                                                                                       Mrs. Kester!”
      Lindsay Gonzales placed third        Jonah Moorhouse, Connor Murphy, Curtis Beaman, and
        in Individual Project on the         Jacob Chattin won second place in the Senior Group
             Great Fire of 1901.                             Project.category.
Keeping Our Balance                                                                               The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 8
                     Push your limits... but not too far
By: Rowan Vanhoof, Chief Editor

   The idea of pushing your-          on finding success in one        This is usually the result of        to push yourself than to         achieved; you have to be
self to your limit is ubiqui-         major life goal that they        trying to balance too many           admit that you should have       careful with this kind of
tous across many cultures.            end up sacrificing relation-     pressures at once. Both sides        went easier on yourself.         thinking though, don’t start
Lines like “with hard work            ships, hobbies, and their        of the scale are overloaded             Burnout may be a vi-          sacrificing your family,
and dedication anything can           mental health. This obses-       and the whole thing falls            cious beast of counter           friends, or happiness to meet
be accomplished” and “You             sion for success can start at    apart, leaving nothing but           productivity and stagna-         your ultimate goal. Instead
can’t give up until you have          a very young age and can         some heavy stuff and a bro-          tion, but it is not impossi-     find a balance that you can
given your all” are mantras           develop into unrealistic         ken scale. The problem is that       ble to escape from. It can       maintain without losing sani-
of the Western culture that           expectations. Many stu-          many people don’t realize            be avoided by treating the       ty. Western culture seems to
are widely recognizable.              dents who had an easy            that they are being pushed           causes and                       look down on taking time
This idea of hard work is             time in elementary and           beyond their limits until nega-      not the                                           away from a
inextricably linked to Ameri-         middle school end up             tive symptoms of burnout are         symptoms.                                         project or
can literature, film, music,          crushed by failure and           exacerbated to the point that        The most                                          task to reflect
and television; it is imbed-          eventually by being any-         they are too large to ignore.        notable                                           but often that
ded in the American culture.          thing less than perfect later    The issue then becomes the                                                             is when the
From books like The Great             in life. Students deter-         fact that many cultures exem-        symptom of                                        best solutions
Gatsby to the Rocky films,            mined to make the most of        plify doing whatever it takes        burnout is a                                      are thought
there is some perspective             their free education push        to reach success, no matter          complete                                          of or when
on hard work or the Ameri-            themselves past their limits     the cost. Despite recognizing        lack of moti-                                     the best deci-
can dream in much of Amer-            and usually end up dam-          the symptoms, many deter-            vation to                                         sions are
ican media and arts. The              aged in some way or burnt        mined people keep going with         continue                                          made. If you
issue is that these ideas of          out on school work. At           some overly confident idea as        working. If                                       have time to
pushing oneself have been             some point, people be-           to how they will ignore burn-        you feel this                                     reflect and
misconstrued to the point             come apathetic towards           out and keep moving forward.         major lack of                                     think about a
that many people wish to              success because they are             There are many reasons           motivation                       decision, project, or goal
achieve perfection and do             so burnt out from the hard       that determined individuals          than you should take a step      then take that time. The
not know when they have               work that it has taken to        succumb to burnout even              back and check if you are in     point is that sometimes it is
given it enough; these ideas          reach that success. There is     after realizing that they are        over your head. It is com-       better to walk away and fo-
in American culture have              no longer any light at the       pushing themselves too far. It       mon to feel stressed out         cus on something else.
been romanticized and in-             end of the tunnel, it is just    mostly has to do with the fact       about all the work that          This article may seem bleak,
stead focus on the                    the end of the tunnel. The       on top of being terrified of         needs to get done and to         but it is important to realize
success that is                                    destination be-     failure, these people usually        put it off because you don’t     that the expectations that
eventually                                         comes no differ-    cannot accept that their deci-       want to do it, but once it is    individuals set for themselves
achieved while                                     ent from the        sion was wrong. It is difficult      at a point that you cannot       are not always reasonable.
forgetting the im-                                 journey. It often   to come to terms with the            bring yourself to get any-       There are ways to handle
mense struggle or                                  gets to the         fact that your main goal in life     thing done then there is a       burnout, but the most im-
sacrifice that it                                  point that the      might have been a waste of           problem. For those who           portant part is that you real-
takes to get there.                                difference be-      time. This is called choice-         have completely lost moti-       ize when you are pushing
   It is safe to                                   tween success       supportive bias, when some-          vation to work towards any       yourself too hard and you do
say that most                                      and failure is      one ignores the negative re-         goals, it is helpful to clear    something to ease up a bit.
                                                   irrelevant and      sults of their decisions and         your mind and evaluate the       Finding a balance between
people don’t want                                                                                           most important but achiev-
to give up until                                   instead of going    focus on the positive results,                                        productivity and relaxation is
                                                   a bit easier peo-   even if the decision had a net       able goal and why it is so       important, even if it feels
they feel that they                   ple lose motivation,             negative impact. Instead of          important. After this it is a    that you are being less pro-
have tried their hardest. The         productivity and end up          admitting that pushing your-         good idea to make a list of      ductive. Overall shorter
issue with this is that an un-        back where they started.                                              the steps that must be tak-
realistic expectation of what                                          self far past your limit may                                          bursts of productivity and
                                      Alternatively, some people       have been a bad idea, it is          en to achieve this goal. At      intermittent breaks will be
one’s limits truly are can            do continue working hard                                              this point you also need to
lead to someone taking on                                              much easier to ignore the                                             more beneficial than unre-
                                      even after losing motiva-        damage that it may have              realize what goals you have      lenting hard work.
more than they can handle.            tion, but they do not find                                            that can be put off or even
By chasing perfection, many                                            done and only focus on the
                                      the satisfaction when            progress towards success. It is      ignored until the most im-
people become so focused              achieving success.                                                    portant goal has been
                                                                       easier to support your choice

                                 Controlling Procrastination
By: Isabella Nicodeme, Staff Writer
    It’s been a long day at           We’ve all been in those            cific order according to the      lessness, organize a work
school, you come home,                stressful situations where         due date of the assignment,       plan and execute it.
drop your backpack on the             we cram three days’ worth          that way my work is always            Actually doing the work is
floor, kick off your shoes,           of work into one night, and        done on time. Organizing          probably the hardest part in
grab a snack, plop yourself           those times suck, right?           and having time manage-           trying to get things done.
onto the couch, and turn on           Here is a solution. Realizing      ment really help my grades        We’d much rather play on
the TV. Despite the fact that         the difference between             maintain what they are or         our phones and talk to our
your grades are slipping and          what you want and what             go up.” Time management is        friends than sit down and do
you have three assignments            you need is a big step to          extremely helpful especially      time-consuming work. We
due tomorrow you’re still             overcoming your impulse to         if you’re a student athlete,      have the mindset: “It’s too
casually sitting on the couch         procrastinate. Sophomore           or work after school. That        much work, I don’t feel like
eating your snack, and                Kendal Joyner said, “I’ve          way as you go along, you          it.” So, to motivate himself a
watching TV. Procrastina-             been struggling with pro-          can cross out what’s done         student anonymously said,         grades start going up and
tion is something students            crastination since the sev-        on your list and can see          “I tell myself positive things    you find yourself happier
struggle with every day. It           enth grade and it’s followed       what still needs to be done.      to try and get the work           and less stressed.
sets them back from                   me into my high school ca-         Organizing, planning, and         done.” Perhaps words of              Your urge to procrastinate
meeting their fullest poten-          reer. I noticed that because I     time management can also          motivation like, I can do it, I   can be controlled, by identi-
tial. Whether it be with              was pushing important              take stress off your shoul-       got this, etc., encourage stu-    fying, planning, and exe-
school, chores, work, or              things to the side my grades       ders. Elena also said,            dents to preform and do           cuting your plan. It’s a mind-
even small things like taking         kept going down, and once          “Planning out the things I        things at the best of their       set only you can control. So
the trash out it’s still im-          I’d see my grades go down          need to do and keeping            ability. Another student also     put your phones away, turn
portant to manage. As a               I’d get stressed.” Kendal          track of my assignments has       said, “I go to tutoring to try    off your TV, and grab your
student, you can manage               realized she was procrasti-        definitely relieved some of       to get better at math” and “I     books. Everything you want
your procrastination with             nating and when asked how          my stress. I don’t worry          made it a competition to get      to do will still be there once
these three simple steps:             she controls it she replied        about the work load any-          better than others.” Some         you have done what you
Identify, plan, and execute.          with, “I separate my desires       more because I know that if       simply just do it to              need to do. In the long run
If you procrastinate on               from my needs.” A way she          I follow my plan it’ll all work   “get it over with.” Con-          controlling your procrastina-
amending your procrastina-            separated them was                 out.” After conducting a Sur-     trasting this, a student said,    tion will benefit you as a
tion, well … good luck.               through planning and organ-        vey Monkey, 67 percent of         “I just don’t do the work at      better student, with better
    There’s a difference be-          ization.                           students said they feel           all.” With planning and or-       grades, and less stress.
tween the things to want to              Planning and organizing         stressed when they do             ganizing your assignments,           We’re all guilty of watch-
do versus the things you              the things you need to do by       things they aren’t good at.       doing the work will be easi-      ing TV instead of doing our
have to do. These things              priority can help with pro-        Students say they “do it any-     er. After doing the work,         homework.
that we want to do might              crastination. That way you         ways” because they know           and turning it in on time,           Procrastinating is saying
not always be what’s best             can get the work that needs        “it’ll help in the long run.”     you would not only have           you’ll do something later
for us, and these things we           to be done out of the way.         To relieve your stress, frus-     broken your bad habit to          over and over again until…
have to do might not always           Sophomore Elena Crabtree           tration, and feeling of help-     procrastinate, but also your      let’s face it, you never end
be the things we’re good at.          said, “I do my work in a spe-                                                                          up doing it.
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            Managing Stress is Essential to Health
By: Owen Wooten, Staff Writer, and Mrs. Doni Parkinson, Adviser

     One thing that all students school assignments as some-               death situation where your               ginning a relationship (a       something you should be
 know about is stress—the              thing that is dangerous.            response would be to freeze              change) is a stressful          doing without a reminder?
 feeling we have when we’re            When we do that, we go              because you’re too afraid to             event? What about a mar-        How many times do you
 overwhelmed with struggling into ‘freeze’ mode, and ex-                   fight or flee. Threats that re-          riage? Or when your par-        force your teacher to re-
 to cope with the demands              plain it away to our parents        sult in ‘freezing’ include hav-          ents buy a new home—a           mind you to do something
 placed on us by others and            and teachers as being a             ing a gun in your face—not an            home that the entire family     you should be doing with-
 the demands we place on               ‘procrastinator.’ The re-           assignment to complete all of            considers the perfect home      out a reminder? What
 ourselves.                                               sponse of        the even numbered math                   and the move to this per-       about your coach, employ-
 Think of        “Change is the only constant ‘freezing’ or                problems on page 132 of your             fect home is something          er, even your friends? You
 the areas                                                doing noth-      algebra book. Or an Achieve              everyone wants. This level      are creating stress for
 of respon-                     in life”                  ing at all ac-   article once a week. Or learn-           of change is huge, and          those people and stressful
 sibility                                                 tually is a      ing a list of vocabulary words           stressful even though it’s      people don’t necessary
 each of us        -Heraclitus of Ephesos 500 response. It’s               that will enable you to under-           something that everyone         respond positively to those
 has. The                          BC                     a response to    stand the lesson in a class. To          involved wants and works        who create stress in them.
 level of                                                 fall behind in   seriously deal with stress, con-         hard to bring about. Envi-      If you can have a negative
 responsibility is a very per-         our school work until we’re         sider which threat would re-             ronmental factors also in-      influence on another’s
 sonal thing. At one end of the actually failing a class. Re-              sults in which mechanism—                crease the stress we expe-      stress level, you can have a
 continuum, some of us are             gardless of how energetical-        fight, flight, or freeze.                rience. For example, loud       positive influence on it.
 responsible to ourselves, our         ly we pursue the route of                                                    noises, aggressive behav-       Just do the things you are
 families, and our school              ‘doing nothing’, it really              The next stage of managing           ior, scary scenes in movies,    supposed to be doing.
 work. At the other end of the does bother us. It also both-               personal stress is to be aware           and even first dates. Teach-    Sure, it’s nice to get home
 continuum, some of us are             ers our parents and it both-        of all of the things that actual-        ers can make students feel      from school, lay back with
 responsible to ourselves, our         ers our teachers. Having all        ly creates stress. Change                stressful. For example,         a snack and use the time
 families, our school work, our of these people (including                 would have to be the most                when a student is late to       meant to fulfil your respon-
 sports team, and our jobs.            ourselves) being ‘bothered’         obvious cause of stress. Did             class, the teacher may          sibilities with social media
 Most of us fall somewhere in          by our lack of action creates       you know, for example that               show that he or she             and Netflix. But then, you’ll
 the middle of these two ex-           stress. So the decision to          learning is strongly correlated          doesn’t appreciate the in-      pay for it with the stress
 tremes, but all of us struggle        ‘freeze’ or do nothing actual-      to stress?                                              terruption in    you’re creating for your-
 with stress that our responsi- ly has a negative effect on                Learning oc-         “Growth is painful. Change is      his or her       self. Make a plan. Start off
 bilities trigger. Stress is trig-     our mental and physical wel-        curs when                                               lesson and       by making a list. Put the
 gered by a real or perceived          fare. The shame of this is,         you come            painful. But, nothing is as pain- make you           things you need to do at
 challenge and is a threat to          the ‘freeze’ mechanism              across an                                               aware of the     the top of the list. At regu-
 our well-being.                       shouldn’t even be a re-                                ful as staying stuck where you do lack of appre-      lar intervals on this list,
                                                                           idea that’s
                                       sponse to something as non-         outside of                     not belong.”             ciation. How-    build in rewards. If you do
     While stress can be a moti- threatening as school work.                                                                       ever, switch     your homework, you get to
 vator for us, it can also be                                              your previous
                                       The freeze mechanism is             understand-             -N. R. Narayana Murthy          perspectives.    reward yourself with an
 critical to our survival. The         actually an inability to re-                                                                How many         episode of your favorite
 ‘fight, flight, or freeze’ mech- spond by fight or flight.                ing and caus-
                                                                           es you to feel out of balance.           students are late to the        Netflix program. If you do
 anism guides us in how and                                                                                         average class—especially        all of the chores your par-
 when to respond to threats.               Therefore, the first stage      The process of learning actual-
                                                                           ly restores that balance.                during first and fifth peri-    ents expect you to do, you
 However, the more stress we of managing personal stress                                                            ods? Do lots of students        can make yourself a snack
 experience, the more over-            is to be cognizant of the           Therefore, learning is change
                                                                           that responds to stress. How-            show up late? Do they all       and spend a quarter of an
 whelmed we can be by each             threats that should trigger                                                  show up at the same time,       hour of texting friends. Be
 trigger until we find it in-          each of the response mecha-         ever, if you don’t pay atten-
                                                                           tion to the learning cycle, that         or do they drift in at five     determined. No unearned
 creasingly difficult to ade-          nisms: fight, flight, or freeze.                                             minute intervals? This re-      rewards. You’ll be sur-
 quately cope mentally and             Take some time to consider          restoration of balance doesn’t
                                                                           occur. The result is, as all stu-        sults in the teacher being      prised at the reduction of
 physically. When stress builds what threats would cause                                                            interrupted at five minute      stress in your life.
 to the point that we can’t            you to fight. To respond with       dents know during quizzes,
                                                                           exams, and teacher’s ques-               intervals, which is most
 cope mentally and physically, flight. To respond by freez-                                                         certainly stressful to him or       By managing your stress,
 it may be harmful to our              ing. Make a list—this could         tions, stressful. Who likes not                                          you can learn to make
                                                                           knowing the answers? Who                 her. How often are the
 mental and physical health.           be an interesting self reflec-                                               same students late to the       change a positive element
 That’s why we need to be              tion activity. It could also be     feels comfortable with not                                               in your life. And we can all
                                                                           knowing? Very few of us, ac-             same classes? There’s no
 aware of stress factors and           the basis of an interesting                                                  way that a teacher (who is,     use a bit of positivity in our
 consciously manage the                discussion with your friends.       tually. Therefore, not learning                                          lives, can’t we?
                                                                           in order to avoid stress, actu-          after all, human) can avoid
 stress in our lives.                  If, at the end of your discus-                                               a buildup of stress when
                                       sion, you decide that freez-        ally creates a larger amount of
     Our response to a threat                                              stress that we have to deal              this happens time after
                                       ing when it comes to com-                                                    time after time.
 vacillates between fight or           pleting your school work is         with.
 flight. However, when the             an appropriate response,                                                        So, the last stage of be-
 stress is perceived as too                                                    Change is universal, a force
                                       google the word ‘threat’ and        of nature, and ubiquitous in             coming aware of how to
 dangerous, our response is            start all over again. Home-                                                  manage stress is to be              “Those who are crazy
 sometimes to simply freeze.                                               our lives. We can’t avoid
                                       work may be an annoyance,           change. What many people                 aware of what you do not          enough to think they can
 The problem is when we un-            it may be an inconvenience,                                                  only to create stress within      change the world are the
 dermine ourselves by catego- it may be boring, or even                    don’t realize that stress can
                                                                           be caused by both positive               yourself, but within those             ones that do.”
 rizing something as unthreat- perhaps unnecessary, but                                                             around you. How many
 ening as keeping up with our                                              and negative events. For ex-                                                      -Steve Jobs
                                       it’s certainly not a life and       ample, did you know that be-             times do you force your
                                                                                                                    parent to ask you to do

              Invest in a Tutor: We All Need Help Sometime
By: Vivien Hansen, Staff Writer
      Parents often consider        tors provide academic assis-      Along with better grades, the                thinking, organization, and      don’t offer Latin, though
enlisting the help of a tutor       tance and support, which          benefits of tutoring include                 better study habits. These       Latin could be beneficial if
when they suspect their             can help anyone who is            the many academic skills kids                academic skills help stu-        you are thinking about ma-
son or daughter is strug-           struggling with a difficult       develop while enrolled in an                 dents not only for this year,    joring in law or the medical
gling with schoolwork.              subject. Since tutors often       afterschool program. These                   but throughout grade             field. Latin is a challenging
Some parents feel unable            act as academic mentors,          skills include improved critical             and high school.                 language, so it could pro-
to help their child with            there are many                                                                    There are many ways           vide the stimulus your brain
homework. Others may find           ways they can help                                                             tutoring could help you.         needs.
their children are more re-         you.                                                                           For example: self-esteem,           Some students do not
ceptive to working through             A tutor can de-                                                             with better grades come          face major difficulties with
school struggles with an-           velop a learning                                                               higher self-esteem. Tutor-       school, but need homework
other person. Tutoring can          strategy for specific                                                          ing helps increase your mo-      help. They may need help
help strengthen subject             problems the stu-                                                              tivation and attitude mak-       writing papers or working
comprehension, boost con-           dent is facing. The                                                            ing your more able to reach      through math problems.
fidence, and build im-              tutor can even de-                                                             your full academic poten-        Some students feel more
portant learning skills. Tu-        velop approaches                                                               tial.                            comfortable working with a
toring gives students indi-         that use the stu-                                                                 According to Margery D.       tutor than with their par-
vidualized attention that           dent’s strengths and                                                           Rosen of Scholastic, even        ents on these regular as-
they don’t get in a crowded         help the student                                                               gifted students can benefit      signments. David Kahn,
classroom. This helps kids          feel less stressed                                                             from the specialized atten-      who was interviewed by
who struggle to keep up, as         about the subject. If                                                          tion of a tutor who chal-        Rosen for Scholastic, says
well as those who aren’t            your grades are be-                                                            lenges and motivates them.       that students often listen
challenged enough. It also          ing affected by a dis- AVID student Chris Newton is participating in           You could pick an area of        more to tutors because
keeps students on track             ability, you could       Big Brothers Big Sisters at Bartrum Springs           interest, such as literature,    they act as a referee, some-
during breaks from school,          find a tutor who spe- Elementary with little “Nasir” as part of a com-         art or a foreign language, to    one to guide without judg-
such as during spring break,        cializes in such areas.         munity service hours project.                  study with a tutor. For in-      ment or emotional bag-
or during the summer. Tu-                                                                                          stance, many high schools        gage.
Delving Into Self                                                                                    The Mandarin Times, 5/1/2019, Page 8
  Our Mind’s Potential to Control Fight, Flight, and Freeze Mechanisms
By: Niya Jackson, Staff Writer
    As humans when we en-              what it is or you can ignore      least two people around me            presence of danger, it is not          and they don’t know what to
counter a state of shock our           it and go back to sleep. As       and yanked them as hard as            wrong to run in order to               do. This is the freeze aspect of
natural instinct is to react.          our mind’s potential we           I could.” After experiencing          save yourself, especially              fight-or-flight, when you can-
How we respond depends                 need to decide when it is         a mass shooting his natural           when you can not fight.                not fight or flight. Unlike fight
entirely our mind’s poten-             best fitted to utilize fight-or   instinct was to help as many          Stress can be a burden and             and flight, freeze is not some-
tial, this is called fight-or-         -flight instead of overusing      people as he could instead            when more stress is added              thing an individual chooses.
flight. It occurs as a reaction        it.                               of fleeing the bar.                   it creates an internal con-            For example, sexual assault
to something that has trig-                On a more serious                 In a modern world there           flict of ‘What should I do             and rape are incidents when
gered you physically or men-           matter, a majority of socie-      will be times when we un-             next?’ and fight-or-flight is          victims freeze because they
tally. It becomes our choice           ty feels the need to fight in     expectedly encounter                  activated. Many people                 are unable to fight their abuser
to decipher between facing             order to survive. Fighting        threats that put our life in          view flight as the “right”             or find a way to escape. Ac-
it or running away from it.            doesn’t necessarily mean          danger. Our mind has the              way out because it’s the               cording to the article titled,
Due to trauma our mind                 you physically attack some-       potential to equally use              easiest of the two; which is           “Paralyzed with fear: why do
cannot always quickly estab-           one, but it’s a way you can       fight as frequently as flight.        why it is utilized more than           we freeze when frightened?”
lish what to do next; thus,            confront conflict. A recent       However, flight is more               flight. Its everyday use is to         by Rachel Sharman, the author
our body freezes. Our brain            event took place in Thou-         commonly used. Senior Ja-             prevent an overwhelming                states, “Many people who
plays a vital role in a fight,         sand Oaks, California. On         mie Getman thinks, “Our               situation from escalating.             ‘freeze’ report little or no
flight, or freeze response.            November 7, 2018, a gun-          mind tells us to flight more          For example, while walking             memory of the trauma.” Trau-
    On a daily basis we use            man opened fire on a bar          because if we’re scared               you see someone in a dark              ma is overwhelming and can
fight-or-flight to determine           filled with college students.     we’re going to run away. In           alley with a weapon come               cause you to not realize what
our actions. Being a fighter           Reports stated after the          the event of a shooting you           in contact with you. Your              is happening. Most people are
or a flighter is based on              first victim was shot, vic-       clearly don’t want to fight           natural instinct would be to           unaware of freeze and blame
many factors such as logic,            tims fled the scene and           because they [the shooter]            run because most likely you            victims for not doing anything
emotions, and personality              tried to escape by finding        have an advantage.” It is             don’t have a weapon and                such as ‘simply’ saying no. As
traits. Although fight-or-             hiding spots or breaking          important to take note of             the only way to survive is to          straightforward as it may
flight is neither negative or          windows. Brendan Kelly, a         the fact that the fight and           flee. Flight is commonly               sound, ‘no means no’ is not
positive, there is an appro-           former victim of the Las          flight mechanisms in our              used because it’s the easi-            that easy when it comes to
priate time to use it. A situa-        Vegas shooting was at the         brains can be utilized in             est way to escape danger.              consent. Fight or flight may
tion doesn’t essentially have          bar during the shooting.          everyday life. Flight is when             Trauma can take a toll             activate after you experience
to be severe to activate this          Kelly stated in an interview      you avoid stress or escape            on someone to the point                freeze because you are aware
defense mechanism. More                with ABC, “I grabbed at           any potential threat. In the          where their body freezes               of what happened and you
than likely, it’s a stressful                                                                                                                         know what actions to take to
scenario that our mind per-                                                                                                                           justify the trauma.
ceives as a threat. In the                                                                                                                                Fight and flight response is a
article titled, “6 Ways to                                                                                                                            defense mechanism in our
Switch Off The Fight- or-                                                                                                                             body. When it comes to stress
Flight Response,” the author                                                                                                                          or danger it is activated so we
states, “Your mind has had                                                                                                                            can decide what action(s) to
thousands of years to devel-                                                                                                                          take next. However, fight and
op its own effective way to                                                                                                                           flight are not always reliable
keep you safe…” Over the                                                                                                                              because you are limited to only
years you have adapted to                                                                                                                             two choices: fight or flight.
this system and depend on                                                                                                                             Once those two choices are
it. It’s difficult to break away                                                                                                                      eliminated you have no choice
from this system because                                                                                                                              but to freeze. Fight is when
it’s inseparable. We have a                                                                                                                           you handle conflict and flight is
tendency of sparking false                                                                                                                            when you look for a way out of
alarms that activate fight-or                                                                                                                         conflict. Fight, flight, and
-flight. For example, waking                                                                                                                          freeze are actions that are a
up in the middle of the night                                                                                                                         result of stress or danger.
to an unusual sound from
your bedroom window. As
your nerves flow you may                        Source: https://ascensionglossary.com/index.php/Relax,_Fight-Flight_and_Freeze
consider checking to see                           https://ascensionglossary.com/index.php/Relax,_Fight-Flight_and_Freeze

                    Developing Emotional Intelligence
By: Alyssa Richardson, Staff Writer

   The benefits of reading are        others are feeling, and to ex-     not only the insight into the char-
numerous: knowledge is                perience a deeper sense of         acters thinking and feeling, but
broadened, vocabulary is ex-          empathy and sympathy for           also provides sufficient time to
panded, attention span is             those experiencing any degree      absorb these important aspects
lengthened, and memory is             of a less than ideal situation.    the author uses to develop his/
improved. One of the most             This is the very reason behind     her theme.
important benefits, however,          the books and plays teachers
from reading—especially the           assign us to read. Teachers           Shakespeare provides excel-
reading of the classics—is a          use literature to not only in-     lent resources for developing
deepened level of emotional           crease our academic intelli-       emotional as well as academic
intelligence.                         gence, but also our emotional      intelligence. For example, 9th
                                      intelligence.                      grade students are exposed to
   Books—especially the clas-                                            Romeo and Juliet—a story of
sics—are about the human                 Watching movies and tele-       very young love, love as a source
condition. How the average            vision programs do not pro-        of violence, parental demands
person deals with life emo-           vide the same results as read-     and restrictions, the individual       developing emotional intelli-              hiring managers are plac-
tionally, how he/she confronts        ing a well written piece of        versus society. Understanding          gence: self-awareness, emo-                ing greater emphasis on
and responds to life’s obsta-         classic literature primarily       love, the sources of violence,         tional regulation, empathy,                emotional intelligence
cles emotionally, how he/she          because the viewer doesn’t         what motivates parents, and the        and social skills. With self-              when hiring and pro-
responds to life’s rewards and        experience the characters          role of society on the individual      awareness, we can recognize                moting employees. That’s
punishments emotionally.              thinking as the reader does. In    provides a plethora of emotional       positive and negative emo-                 because they know that it
Classic literature is considered      addition, scenes in movies and     lessons.                               tions. Emotional regulation                promotes a more positive
classic because this literature       TV programs often occur so                                                provides the ability to control            work environment and
epitomizes the average human          quickly that the viewer has           Tenth grade students study          any strong emotions and how                increases customer satis-
response to life in addition to       insufficient time to actually      Julius Caesar, a story about trust,    to come up with a solution.                faction.
being particularly                    absorb the emotional subtext.      loyalty, betrayal, violence, and       Empathy is being able to rec-
well written.                         Alternatively, reading provides    guilt—all emotions.                    ognize how others are feeling                 Read more books. It
   According to positivepsy-                                                                                    without feeling sorry for them.            will help you in many
chologyprogram.com,                                                         By exploring emotions at a                                                     ways: self-awareness,
“Emotional intelligence is the                                           safe distance—through litera-          Lastly, social skills is simply the
                                                                         ture—we develop an intelligence        art of communicating with                  emotional health, rela-
ability to monitor your own                                                                                     other people. Being able to                tionships with others,
emotions as well as others, to                                           about such emotions. In addition,                                                 and employment.
distinguish and label different                                          notice that we are expected to         understand how others feel
emotions correctly, and to use                                           discuss literature assigned to use     enables us to build and main-
emotional information to                                                 in collaborative groups, which         tain positive relationships with
guide thinking and behavior                                              gives us the opportunity to share      them.
with yourself and others.”                                               our development of emotional              Emotional intelligence also
                                                                         intelligence with our peers.           helps us in the work environ-
   Reading enables us to put                                                                                    ment. Thirty-four percent of
ourselves into the position of                                             Four main benefits exist from
others, to understand what
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What Motivates You: Intrinsic or Extrinsic Rewards?
By: Clarissa Pimentel, Staff Writer

     Has your mom or teacher             cause we like to; they make          example, might perform a          ways possible in every situ-     vation is increased or de-
   ever yelled at you to get             us happy. When you pursue            number of routine tasks           ation. In some cases, people     creased by external re-
   your grades better or just            an activity for the pure en-         that are not enjoyable. Be-       simply have no internal          wards. Salience or the sig-
   overall to do better? You             joyment of it, you are doing         cause this person is receiv-      desire to engage in an activ-    nificance of the event itself
   should always push yourself           so because you are intrinsi-         ing an extrinsic reward (a        ity such as school. Excessive    often plays a critical role.
   to be the best version of             cally motivated. If we were          paycheck) for completing          rewards may be problem-          An athlete competing in a
   yourself, regardless if it is         to think about school in this        these tasks, he or she will       atic, but when used appro-       sporting even might view
   for school, athletics, or just        manner, it would be a lot            feel motivated to perform         priately, extrinsic motiva-      the winner’s prize as confir-
   yourself as a person. Most            easier to succeed.                   them. See how school could        tors can be a useful tool.       mation of the winner’s
   people tend to set goals for                                               fall into this category for       For example, extrinsic moti-     competence and exception-
   themselves to help with                 “After learning what in-           most?                             vation can be used to get
                                         trinsic motivation is, I wish I                                                                         alism. On the other hand,
   this process, but are they                                                                                   people to complete a school      some athletes might view
   doing it for the right rea-           thought about my school                “I can definitely say that      assignment in which they
                                         work like that. I think, I           after hearing and under-                                           the same prize as a sort of
   sons? In other words, the                                                                                    have no internal interest.       bribe or coercion. The way
   motivation refers to behav-           should do so much better             standing about the differ-        Unexpected external re-
                                         academically if I enjoyed            ence of the two types of                                           in which the individual
   ior that is driven by internal                                                                               wards typically do not de-       views the importance of
   reward. This is different             school as much as I do soc-          motivations, school is ex-        crease intrinsic motivation.
                                         cer, or another person does          trinsic. If there was no re-                                       different characteristics of
   from extrinsic motivation,                                                                                   For example, if you get a        the event impacts whether
   which involves engaging in            painting,” said sophomore            ward of not failing in life,      good grade on a test be-
                                         Dionis Xhaferi. Your motiva-         then I would not be here,”                                         the reward will affect a per-
   a behavior in order to earn                                                                                  cause you enjoy learning         son’s intrinsic motivation
   external rewards or avoid             tions for engaging in the            said junior Richard Chavez.       about the subject and the
                                         behavior arise entirely from                                                                            for participating in that ac-
   punishment.                                                                  Many students see school        teacher decides to reward        tivity. Put another way, if a
                                         within rather than out of a                                            you with a gift card to your
     In psychology, intrinsic            desire to gain some type of          as a chore and don’t have                                          student studies for a test to
                                                                              the motivation to go to           favorite pizza place, your       make a qualifying grade to
   motivation distinguishes              external rewards such as                                               underlying motivation for
   between internal and exter-           prizes, money, or acclaim.           school simply because they                                         play for the basketball
                                                                              find it enjoyable. What if        learning about the subject       team, that would be an
   nal rewards. We simply                                                                                       will not be affected. Howev-
   enjoy an activity or see it as          For most people, school            you could motivate yourself                                        example of extrinsic moti-
                                         falls into the extrinsic cate-       to think of school as intrin-     er, this needs to be done        vation. Another example?
   an opportunity to explore,                                                                                   with caution because peo-
   learn, and actualize our              gory. Extrinsic motivation           sic motivation? Would you                                          Studying to ‘get good
                                         occurs when we are moti-             do it? “Of course! If I could     ple will sometimes come to       grades.’ And, as you proba-
   potentials. When was the                                                                                     expect such rewards. “If I
   last time you did something           vated to perform a behav-            find a way to wake up at                                           bly know by now, its polar
                                         ior or engage in an activity         five in the morning with a        knew how to properly go          opposite, intrinsic motiva-
   simply for the enjoyment of                                                                                  back and forth between the
   the activity itself? There are        to earn a reward or avoid            smile on my face ready to                                          tion, is the more powerful
                                         punishment. In this case,            start my long day at school       two whenever I needed the        of the two, though not nec-
   several activities that fall                                                                                 one type that was most
   into this category. For in-           you engage in a behavior             just to be followed by a                                           essarily the more common.
                                         not because you enjoy it or          long tiring practice, I totally   beneficial, I would, said
   stance, you may plant a                                                                                      sophomore Josh Strobel.
   garden, paint a picture, play         because you find it satisfy-         would do it,” said sopho-
   a game, write a story, or             ing, but in order to get             more Kevin Raspopi.                 It is important to note,
   read a book. These may or             something in return or                                                 however, that a number of
                                         avoid something unpleas-               While most people would
   may not produce something                                                  suggest that intrinsic moti-      factors can influence
   or be rewarded in any way.            ant. A person who works I a                                            whether the intrinsic moti-
                                         manufacturing position, for          vation is best, it is not al-
   Instead, we do them be-

 Ancestors: How Much of Who They Were
  Then Determines Who You Are Now?
By: Alyssa Richardson, Staff Writer

      Our generation is so caught up on us-        ty. There have been cases where
  ing our cell phones to capture images,           someone of one ethnicity who was
  that we may not value the paper photo-           very prejudiced toward another eth-
  graphs of our parents and their parents.         nicity only to discover his or her DNA
  Have you looked through all of your fami-        includes that other ethnicity. This
  ly’s photograph albums? Sitting with your        puts a whole different meaning to
  parents and grandparents, aunts and un-          ‘not judge others until you walk in
  cles provides a rich opportunity to find         their shoes.’ If you discovered your
  out your family’s stories. Who they were,        ancestors excelled in sports, would it
  what skills they had, what their values          compel you to try sports yourself?
  and beliefs were, how they acted and             Would it give you the courage to step
  reacted to the obstacles they faced in           outside of your comfort zone? Yet
  their lives. Family values and beliefs can       another aspect of your story you can
   be passed on in such                                              discover with online
   subtle ways in how                                                resources is any
   our parents raised us                                             members of your
   that it may be difficult                                          family who may
   to pin down what we                                               have somehow been
   received from who in                                              ‘lost in the shuffle.’
   previous generations                                              Our nation is very
   and why those lessons                                             mobile with family
   were considered im-                                               members spread out
   portant enough to                                                 from ‘sea to shining
   pass on to us. From                                               sea’ between the
   the stories about our                                             countries of our
   earlier generations we                                            northern and south-
   can learn so much                                                 ern borders. Imagine
   about ourselves. And                                              finding out that your
   from what we’ve learned about the               great grandmother’s brother eventu-
   past, we can be more conscious in how           ally made it back from Europe years
   we shape ourselves into who we want             after the end of the first world war
   to be.                                          and settled on some farm in the mid-
     In addition to finding out what we            West? And that you have distant
   know from our living relatives about            cousins from that great uncle? And
   our ancestors, we have the ability to           that one of those cousins turned out
   explore the distant past through online         to be a Boston Globetrotter or a fa-
   ancestry programs. Some are free and            mous painter or the guy who devel-
   some are costly. No doubt some are              oped Facebook or someone you
   good and some are not. One incentive            watch on the red carpet on her way
   of exploring our distant past is to dis-        into the Academy Awards.
   cover whether or not we are related to            While it would be supercool to find
   someone famous—or infamous. A poli-             out that you were related to some-
   tician, an athlete, a suffragette, a warri-     one who’s famous, you may find out
   or, an aristocrat, a slave. Each has a          more by exploring the ancestors you
   remarkable story and had an impact on           find who are as average as you are.
   who our parents turned out to be and            Finding out their story may enable
   who we will turn out to be.                     you to discover interesting stories in
     Another aspect of ourselves we can            your past, which makes your story
   discover is confirmation of our ethnici-        more interesting.
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