Weekly News Archive

January 7 (’07) – January 13 (’07)

CAS versus the Larger School

CAS versus the Large School
CAS has a school wide rep of being the small school for slackers. It’s so bad that even teachers believe that for whatever reason. (Mr. Teel, Mr. Cardon, Mr. Miller). I believe this reputation is malarkey and being a student in CAS my opinion might be biased but I’ve got to get the truth out. CAS has just as hard a curriculum as the classes in the big school except homework is assigned a little bit less in CAS. The difference that makes CAS equal to the big school is that the discussions held in the class are much more interactive and informing then the discussions held in big school classes. In CAS I have learned how to apply critical thinking to everything discussed and learned how to question set statements. Classes outside of CAS involve the students much less and the teachers running the classes don’t pay nearly as much attention to each individual student. There are many assets that CAS guarantees that the big school can’t give and no matter what the rep about CAS is I know in my heart that CAS is superior to the big school in many aspects. To be fair I’ll also point out some of CAS’ faults such as having the core system in place where students are forced to have all classes with the same group of people. I believe that all classes should have variety and having the same group of kids in all your classes gets really irritating and boring. Alright, I would like to write more but my time is up and I have better things to do such as procrastinating by surfing the internet and watching TV so I’ll stop boring you guys and quit while I’m ahead.

— Josh

First Day Back from Winter Break

First Day Back from Winter Break
Today was the first day back from winter break for all students at Berkeley High and I surprisingly enjoyed it. I have a large group of friends that I kick it with during the weekends and my time off but there is also a medium sized group of friends that I seldom hang out with on the weekends or my time off so it was good to see them. In addition school has become a lot more fun if you’re a senior like me. The first semester is ending and when the second semester begins I know that my fellow seniors and I will be looking forward to the reduced workload and the luxury of just having to keep our grades at a respectable level. I don’t know how other seniors feel but I feel eager to get the school year progressing as soon as possible so that it can end and we can all begin a new chapter in our lives called college. A note to the underclassmen is to keep up the good faith and continue going to school so that you all can one day go to college and become another worker for the system that is the United States of America.

— Josh