Opinion

=Career “Un” Fair= By: T. Knapp

Tully Jr. Sr. High School held a career fair on December 5, 2007; however not everyone was invited to attend. A few eight graders who attended said, “It was a good experience, but the best part was being able to miss class.” Sophomores and seniors were also allowed to attend. Most went with interest of exploration, but students have complained that the career fair was unfair. “Eight graders shouldn’t of attended,” said a large group of juniors, “We should have be able to attend because this is the year that we spend searching for our future.” Next year 11th grade students should argue their participation in the career fair.

=Technology of Today's Students= By: J. Johnson

There was a technological advancement that dropped into the hands of our fair students at Tully Jr. Sr High School as well as students around the country. We have adopted the use of cell phones and ipods, or other music devices, and this technology has entered the school background. This has startled many school administrators and parents have become involved. On one hand, school administrators have made rules against the use of the cell phones during school because of cheating and interruptions. Parents on the other hand want to be able to reach their child or children whenever they want to. This is a battle that went to the law. In New York City, parents were angry because their kids were unable to bring their phones to school. A law was made in order to settle this dispute which said that students could bring their phones to school, but, after they arrived at school, the cell phone restrictions were in the hands of the administration.

I have met and interviewed an administrator of the Tully Jr. Sr. High School and they had very many interesting views of what and where they believe this technology belongs in today's school system. This administrator thinks that this technology is very cool but does not belong in the school system. He/She says that keeping a cell phone in your pocket as a student just makes the temptation of the use of the device more likely. Punishment varies from time to time. The more times you are caught using your cell phone, the greater the time your cell phone is kept confiscated. This particular administrator has hopes that in the future, the punishment will only be dealt to the people who abuse the use of the cell phone by cheating or texting when your not supposed to rather than the people who only use it in emergencies.

Ipods are also a rising piece of technology in the school place. In Tully, ipods are allowed for use during lunch. This regulation has worked in Tully because music is a large piece of young peoples lives and giving them time to venture in this part of their life allows them to relax and enjoy school more than before. There have been boundaries set for music devices and students have followed them. Technology will continue to venture forward and so will the people who strive to explore it.