Do Schools Kill Creativity

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Current Events: Things that Should be Changed About High School

    Every once in a while a high school student wishes that there were some things different about high school. Not just the typical "I wish we never had homework," but also some creative ideas that can help improve them and their classmates learning. Today you will be reading about the different opinions students have about what they want to change about highschool. Hopefully you will learn something new about the things that can make high school a happier and stress free place.
    While I was looking at some teens opinions there was one that I found quite interesting which said"@HuffPostTeen I wish they taught us how to pay our taxes or handle the debt of a college education." This is definitely some thing that the teacher and school staff should take into consideration. Many senior students may be afraid of what their life after high school would be like. A course that can offer to teach you how to handle your life after you've moved out of your parents house will be reassuring. This course can definitely prepare you for what your future holds and can be a great start to your independent life. Courses like this could teach you about taxes, the government and maybe even how to write a good job resume.
    Another post that seemed like a good idea said "@HuffPostTeen Eliminate grades, focus on learning not memorizing." I'd have to say that I definitely agree on this opinion. Focusing on learning rather than memorizing would definitely make learning new things better. Many kids are often stressing about many tests coming up and only focus on memorizing for the day of the test. After they're finished that test they immediately forget everything they memorized because they see no more use for it. But if you're given actual projects and assignments that have to do with what your learning then you will actually remember and understand what your doing. Such as innovation week, we got a whole week to learn about new things and it was a great opportunity for everyone.
    My opinion of changing one thing about high school is mostly the same topic as the paragraph above. We should definitely have more projects and assignments that represent out learning rather than tests. Many people get nervous from tests and don't get to do their best, but if teachers can come up with more and more ways to show our progress that would definitely make a difference in our learning.

Woman's hockey

In 2014 Sochi winter Olympics people said that women`s hockey should not be in the Olympics because the balance between Canadian teams and USA were unfair to the rest of the teams that played women`s hockey. The International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel on Tuesday said that they were guaranteed women's hockey would not be taken out of the Olympics for 2018.The NHL commissioner Gary Bettmanwas talking to President Rene Fasel about taking hockey out and it would be "distressed" if it did happen. Gary refuses to talk about NHL players playing in the 2018 winter Olympics in South Korea. The NHL hired former WNBA president Val Ackerman as a consultant to look into the women's professional league. One other reason why they are thinking of taking Women’s hockey out of Winter Olympics in 2018 is because when Canada played Slovakia they won 17-0. I say that if there was going to be women’s hockey in 2018 other teams then Canada and USA has to be stronger so they will not be a blowout 17-0 again. If this does happen in the 2018 winter Olympics they should take women’s hockey out and wait till other teams are more developed. In Canada we have 80,000 girls playing, and in Finland they have maybe 4,000 or 4,500 playing hockey, and maybe 2,000 in Sweden and in Switzerland.

Judged sports/Olympics

    Should judged sports really be in the Olympics? This is a questions raising concern in the International Olympic Committee. Although sports like figure skating, gymnastics and skiing are a pleasure to have in the Olympics, many people still question if judging is fair. It is a judges duty to always go with what their head says(which is who did the best performance), than what their heart says (which is to honour their countries athletes) and that may or may not lead to them being a bit more generous towards certain athletes. The IOC was first founded in 1894. Around that time there were only a few events such as boxing, wrestling, running, equestrian events and pentathlon. None of there events really needed judging so I assume that judged sports were brought up in the 1900's.

    Many people believe that the idea of the Olympics is to have a peaceful international competition. But including the judging in the games may not be the best choice for the athletes. If the Olympics had no judged events there would probably be less controversy between the countries that have judges from their nationality and countries without any judges participating in the games. Even if we do continue judging events, there will always be a suspicion towards the judges from the losing team. Its not fair when an athlete has spent his/her whole life preparing for that event and after that they are told that they have lost by only a few points. How is an athletes career supposed to depend on a couple of judges?

    If the Olympic committee were to take judged sports out of the Olympics there would be lots of protests. There are many judges sports out there, some of which are the only events that matter to some watching the Olympics. Judged events are a big part of the Olympics and stopping them would be extremely disappointing to the viewers and even more to the athletes. Maybe if the judges weren't told which team was competing at that moment, they would sort of go on neutral and focus on the performance only.

    My opinion is that there should still be judged events. Because if there wasn't the hard work of some if not most of the athletes would go to waste. I think there should just be more loyal and strict judges. The only way to make sure nothing was going on between the judges and athletes would be to not let the athletes or coaches communicate with any of the judges.

Communal Dining

     Communal Dining is when a restaurant has a big table that everyone sits at, instead of a bunch of smaller tables, that smaller groups sit in. Some people think this is a good idea for people to socialize, make friends, and make the city more friendly. Apparently for immigrants, it isn't that easy to make friends in Vancouver, because people usually keep to their selves. Even though Canada is known for the people to be really nice and say "sorry" all the time. (and aboot).
     One half of the people that are living in Vancouver think this is a great idea. A lot of people that move here are lonely, and want to make some friends, so why no throw some random strangers all together in one table? Surely that will help. It helps people bond, and engage in conversations. It helps improve peoples social skills (I could use that), and also improves your manors. Also eating makes people happy, so when you're talking to a stranger you will be happy and you'll want to be friends.
     The other half of the people have a completely different perspective. They don't like it because they don't like the idea of the Government telling people how to eat. They want to chose to either sit with friends/family or to sit with random strangers. They like to have the freedom to chose. They think its a waste of time/money for the Government to do this when they can be doing more productive things, like stopping pollution or building stuff to improve the city.
     Coming from a shy person, I don't really like the idea. I like to eat food with people that I am comfortable being around and talking to, not strangers. I also think that it is a big waste of time and money, but some people (like me) have no friends and maybe could use this positively. The End

   

Should women's hockey stay part of the Olympics?

            Should women’s hockey stay a part of the Olympics? There are different reasons of why it should be and why it shouldn't. Perhaps it shouldn't be removed.  There is always controversy after every winter Olympics if women’s hockey should still be included. There are only eight nations that have women’s hockey teams that play in the Olympics. There are twelve nations with men’s hockey teams that play in the Olympics. Many people say that women’s hockey will stay in the Olympics but it may not.

            Many people say that women’s hockey in the Olympics isn't going anywhere. There were 325,000 people who watched the women’s final game from their desktop or mobile phone. There were 280,000 who watched the men’s Canadian game against Latvia from their desktop or mobile phone. More people seemed to tune into the women’s game. This shows that women’s hockey is a popular sport but not in all countries. Are men better than women at playing hockey? Both genders can have very exciting and competitive games. There is nothing that shows that males play better than females. It also wouldn't be fair if the men got to play and the women didn't.

Will women’s hockey leave the Olympic Games? The reason women’s hockey in the Olympics is always questioned is because since 1998 only five countries have received medals in the women’s hockey event. It is also a concern because just two countries have won gold medals, Canada and the United States. They want other countries to participate. So the whole idea of taking women’s hockey out of the Olympics was caused by there not being enough countries playing.

            Women’s hockey should not be taken out of the Olympics. Both men’s and women’s games can be competitive and exciting. It is understandable that they want more than eight countries to play women’s hockey but that is no reason to eliminate it from the games. Women’s hockey does not deserve to be eliminated from the Olympics. If it was eliminated, it would not be fair as men are not better players than women. Both genders are equal.

Sources:

http://afanobsessed.sportsblog.com/post/591963/should_women_s_ice_hockey.html

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/iihf-president-women-s-hockey-will-never-be-out-of-olympics-1.1691364

http://globalnews.ca/news/1162894/is-womens-hockey-an-endangered-olympic-event/

http://www.canada.com/olympics/columns/dropping-olympic-womens-hockey-will-never-happen

http://www.voanews.com/content/france-sweeps-medals-for-first-time-at-winter-olympics/1855476.html (Picture)