5 Days Without role playing

Most people do not know what role-playing is. Role-playing can be done in many ways, such as through the Internet, in person, or even in your mind. I role-play through Facebook and a chat site. We act as characters from Harry Potter and Glee. We do what we want with the characters, and we connect to each other. We decide what will happen to our characters, and when it will happen. I role-play as characters from Harry Potter and Glee. The people who I role-play with are my friends. We talk about our problems and what has happened in our life. For one week, I did not role-play. It was one of the hardest things in my life.

Day 1: Monday- When I got on Facebook, I saw that there was a notice. It was my instinct to go and find out what is happening with my friends. My friend reminded me that I was not able to do this. It was hard to be on Facebook and not see what was happening with my friends. I went the whole day not going to the link, until I got home. The notice was too tempting and I clicked it and talked to my friends. I told them what was happening with my life and they told me about theirs. I role-played the night away.

Day 2: Tuesday- today was easy. My favorite show was on, and it distracted me all day. I didn’t get on Facebook, and I didn’t have a chance to see if any of my friends were online. I didn’t have to worry about anyone one getting online and wanting to talk to me.

Day 3: Wednesday- today was a very hard day to not get online. My school got out early, and no one was home. I got home and went online, and saw four notices. It was hard not to check them and talk to my friends. I went to the mall, and that got me away from the computer and from the role-playing. That night some major things happened, and my first thoughts were to tell my role-playing friends. I couldn’t do that, but I did see that there were ten notices and I was tempted to see what they were.

Day 4: Thursday- Today I was home alone and on Facebook. The role-playing site had twenty notices, and I “peeked” at them. I got on the Chatzy site and started talking and role-playing with my friends. I got to talk and didn’t stop until six at night. I had been role-playing for five hours straight. This was not the way to not role-playing. I told my friends I had to get off, and logged my self off. I got off my computer and didn’t allow myself to get on the computer all the rest of the day.

Day 5: Friday- the last day of this cruel project I had to do. I was out with my real life friends, and didn’t allow myself to get on the computer at all. It was a hard thing to do, since when I got home, I got on Facebook and saw that there were twenty-five notices. It took all my strength to not click on them, or to go onto Chatzy. I took myself off of the computer and went to bed, so I wouldn’t be tempted to talk to my friends.

These five days without role-playing was one of the hardest weeks that I had to face. I wouldn’t do this again, even if I were paid to.

Blood Drive (Oct 2011)

This Friday is the annual Blood Drive. This is done by Nurse Bailey, who has been doing the blood drive for twenty-five years. Nurse Bailey runs the Health Club, and the Health Club conducts the blood drive.

There are usually around two hundred students who participate in donating blood. To donate blood, there are some requirements. Students who are sixteen years old are allowed to donate with parental consent. When students are seventeen or older, they can donate without parental consent. There are also weight requirements for donating. The student cannot be less than one hundred and one pounds. Larger, more athletic students are able to give doubles; that counts for two units. After students give blood, they cannot give blood again for fifty-six days.

Last year, the blood drive collected over two hundred and fifty units of blood.

Nurse Bailey is hoping that the students will learn what a valuable thing donating blood can do and that the students who do donate will continue to donate during their adult life.

Giving one unit of blood can save three lives. Every two seconds a person in the United States needs blood. More than thirty-eight million blood donations are needed it. Sixteen million blood donations are collected each year. Only nine point five people donate blood in a year. The main two reasons people do not donate are because they have never thought about it, or they do not like needles. If a person started donating blood at the age of seventeen and donated every fifty-six days until the person reached seventy-six, they would have donated forty-eight gallons of blood, and potentially helped save more than one thousand lives.

Career Center (Oct 2011)

On Monday, October third, many students who go to Career Center were called down to the Student Affairs Office and received Saturday Detentions, for going to the Homecoming assembly on Thursday, September twenty-ninth. However, some of the students who skipped Career Center did not get Saturdays. In the Kankakee Career Center handbook says that students can miss days if their schools have school-sponsored events, such as field trips, school plays, sports events, musical events, and assemblies.

Students who were not going to Career Center were asked to sign a sheet, saying that they were not going to Career Center. The students who signed this paper were called down the to SAO, and received Saturday Detentions. Students, who did not sign this, were able to go to the assembly and not get in trouble for it. When asked to sign the paper, which most people did so; the students were not told that they were not able to attend the assembly. The students were not told that if they went to the assembly, that they would get in trouble for it. To get in trouble for something that the students were not warned about is a little unfair to the students who got in trouble.

Fast Food Advertismennt Vs. Real Food (Nov 2011)

Everyone has seen McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and other favorite fast foods advertisement for their great looking food, but when the person gets the actual product, it is nothing like what is in the advertisement, and frankly it can look gross. This is false advertisement, and it is a horrible thing. It makes people hate eating out, and it should make one think more about what they are eating and seeing on television.

The side-by-side comparison of the advertisement and the real foods can be very miss leading. The burgers that are shown are not physically able to fit in the box. Dario writes, “I happily pitch the idea that lawmakers are committing a crime against us people by allowing us to be continually insulted by this advertising, and consequently this pursuit of technical correctness, in defiance of human perception." Lawmakers are not doing anything to change the false advertisement. The presentation of burger sizes changes with every place, but all fast food business are guilty of this crime.

The photographers are paid to make this food look better then it actually is. Mandie Parks, a senior, says, “It’s all false advertisement. They make food look great and well prepared I worked in fast food and like it’s called it's made fast not to look like they show it as. Domino’s has the right idea with having the customer order the pizza and send Domino’s a picture of what the pizza really looks like.” McDonald’s famous McRib sandwich is a popular sandwich that only comes out at certain times of the year. On the billboard a person sees a delicious sandwich with onions and pickles, and their stomach want the great looking sandwich that they see. When the customer receives the sandwich, all they can think is: “Where is that great sandwich I saw. Why is it not what I am eating?” Megan Wingo, a junior, says, ”It’s the same with all of the fast food businesses. The businesses pretend that the buyer is getting this great product, but when the buyer gets the product open, they are not getting what they thought they were buying.” Shannah Moisant, a senior, says, “I Think it is disgusting that what you get is so much different than what they show you... I personally get upset when I order one thing and when I get it looks like something a four year old threw in a bag shook it up then took it out and wrapped it in a nice package.” Arby’s is one of the worst businesses out there with false advertisement. The advertisement shows the Beef n’ Cheddar that is filled with cheese and meat, but when the customer gets the actual sandwich, they see a sad, smashed sandwich with not a lot of meat or cheese.

When the customer sees the one-dollar value meals, they look so filling and good, but when the customers gets the sandwich that they saved so much money on, they see a sandwich that could only fill a three year old. If this is the case, why does no one say anything about it? Why are we not boycotting the fast food business until they start making better food? Is it because it is easy to get the food and is cheap, no matter how much it looks like “something a four year old threw in a bag”? People should be angry at the actual product that they are getting. There are other businesses in town that will serve you food that actually looks like food, and not like garbage. The food might be more money, but at least it is what the customer saw, and will receive. Why do more people go to these fast food places then places that serve better food?

Girl's Football game (Sept 2011)

Last year, Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Fightmaster have a senior girls football game. This year is the second year that this has gone on, and it is a major thing for the senior girls. It is a great way for the girls of Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School to play the great sport of football. It is also a great event in homecoming week for the students to go to and foster school spirit. The game is Monday, September twenty-sixth, at seven o’clock. The cost to get in is free and it will be a blast to watch and cheer for your girls.

Last year, all the girls had a time, and we are hoping for another great year. It is just like a normal football game. It is on the turf and the teachers get to ref the games. Mr. Dorsam will do announcements and music. Each team has two boys coaching their teams. It is one of the major things for the seniors to do in the homecoming week.

There are thirty girls playing, four teams. Two teams have eight players and the other two have seven. Shannah Moisant, a senior at BBCHS, is playing on one of the girls on the team. “It is a fun time and all the girls love playing. It is very high energy.” She says about playing. Each game will be twenty-four minutes long, with two twelve halves, and will use the whole field. This is a one-touch game.

Mrs. Green and Mrs. Fightmaster had to fight for this for five years. The board of Education do not like this program and think it is a bad idea. They believe the girls are too emotional to play.

This is a fun event that many schools in the area and in our conference do during their own homecoming weeks. This event has had great positive reactions, and everyone is hoping for the same thing this year.

IMEA Oct 2011

IMEA stands for Illinois Music Educators Association, and Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School has been part of it for a while now. On Monday, October tenth, seventy students from BBCHS’s orchestra, and choir will be auditioning. The auditions are at Bloomington High School. IMEA District three includes schools a lot of schools. They reach as far as Bloomington-Normal and Danville.

The students will be trying out for the District band, choir, orchestra, jazz band and jazz choir. For the students who get into the District three Jazz Festival, this event is on Saturday, November twelve at Illinois Wesleyan University. The other festival the students can get into to is the District three Music Festival. This event is on Saturday, November nineteenth at Illinois State University. The students will be playing with many of the other top music students from the other schools in the District three schools.

If the student places high in their section in their audition in October, may be selected to participate in the All State Music Convention at the end of January, in Peoria. The students of BBCHS music departments are well represented in the festival and at the convention. An average of twenty to twenty-five students participate in the festivals and an average of eleven students go to the All State Convention.

Kankakee Comm College Dec 2011

Kankakee Community College is a local college in the Kankakee area. Many are students start their college education there. There are many pros and cons to this community college, as there are with most schools.

Community colleges are cheaper. It is easier to pay for the college and is a great way to start saving for a bigger One. Community colleges are also closer to home. This is a good thing for some students who are not ready to leave home, or need a place to live. It is a great way to help student’s transition into the college life. Some students are not ready for the college experience, and a community college is a great way to start the college life. In community college, the classes are smaller, which means more time with the professor and a good way for students who have problems. The student would have more time to receive help. If you aren’t the best student in high school, Community college is a great way to get a second chance. The student can get another chance to get better grades, and better transcripts.

Community college isn’t for everyone, though. Some people want to be away from the people they have seen for four years, and want the freedom that colleges away from home give. With the community college, there are no dorms. This can be both positive and a negative thing. Some people don’t want to deal with roommates or having to see people in a building. Some people love the idea of this, they want to meet new people and experience a roommate they don’t know. Having to find a house to stay in, living with friends, or living with family are the only options in going to community college. In community college there are not as many classes to choose from. Most students who just graduated high school go to community to take the core classes. Going to a community college, students will lose out on some college life. There are no college sororities or clubs. There is no campus life, either. There are not a lot of things to do on the campus, and since students don’t live in a building together, they don’t get to know other people as much.

The tuition for community college is cheaper then university’s tuition. Kankakee’s tuition is one hundred and seven dollars: ten for the basic fees and the ninety-seven for the actual class. That is for one class. This is a small fee, compared to the twenty-eight thousand for six classes. That is four thousand for each class. At Kankakee Community College, they also have a gym and many other things for the students to use.

There are many positive reasons to go to the Community College, but there are also a number of negative reasons. Chose of where to go to college is up to the person who is going, and where the person can afford and where they feel comfortable.