What's Good on TV?

This month, new TV shows have erupted unto our TV sets as there are now a great amount of new shows that have hit the American audience. A new TV show that aired this month is the spy television series Undercovers. This show looks like something that could catch my eye as it combines mystery and action into a perfect combination that will leave the audience wanting more. It interests me and I hope to continue watching it.



I am not really a TV kind of person but when I do have some extra time from homework and chores I like to watch Leverage, a TNT television drama series that features a team of modern day Robin Hoods. They trick the wealthy, greedy company owners and come up with several unique cons to get back at them and give back to the working class that has been affected. It has a funny and dramatic sense as they go through danger and several threats to do what is right.

If I Had The Power...

Everyone wishes they had the power to change something in school, to possess the control to change rules and policies, and the privilege to finally call the shots. If I had the power I would change the lunch options in the cafeteria. The school does not have enough salads or variety for students to choose from when they run to the cafeteria looking for food. Restaurants should be employed in the cafeteria and provide the students lunch variaties to choose from sushi to salads that could be beneficial to student's health. If more healthy foods are offered, students would most likely choose these new choices and improve the health situation in school.

Constitution Day

Constitution Day is the 17th of September and signifies an important day to our nation as this document defined and helped mold our country into what it is today. The 14th Amendment, which this political cartoon is illustrating, discusses the issue that all people born in the United States automatically are considered to be U.S. citizens. This amendment allows illegal immigrant mothers to give birth in the United States with the hope that their children will have the privilege and right to be called American citizens and have all the benefits the nation offers to its people everything from health care to food stamps to education. These children are called “anchor babies” and because of their citizenship are allowed for their families to be here. The illustration depicts the controversial idea of what is the right decision to take with this concept that many illegal immigrants especially Mexicans are abusing by risking their lives crossing the border to have their children here. I believe that this amendment can be good as well as well as be abused if certain people take advantage of this right continuously. Mexican illegal immigrant mothers come to the United States to birth their children here and this number of women traveling from their country into our nation is growing and causing problems. Once they are here their children become U.S. citizens but they however are still illegal and run the risk of getting caught by “the migra” and taken over back across the border. However despite these immigrant mothers breaking the law and crossing over illegally, they hold a deep and hopeful reason for bringing their children to America. They come expecting for their children to have the benefits and live the “American Dream” when they could not themselves. In a way, the 14th Amendment is indeed abused and continues to create problems but in my opinion gives hope to families that their children will be taken care of.

The First Three Weeks of School

     Seniors 2011...The big year..The last year...but so far I haven't felt any of those emotions yet. These first three weeks of school have been pretty mellow and ordinary; feeling much like junior year. Everyone knows what grade they are in and who is above and below them in the high school ladder we call school but I have yet to feel the great right of being called a senior.
      Freshmen this year have stormed into BETA congesting the halls and screaming at the top of their lungs to another friend of theirs at the other end of the hall annoying everyone around them. Sophomores are glad they aren't "fishies" anymore but still haven't passed the goofy stage in life. Juniors seem a little bit more mature as they get closer and closer to their senior year and graduation. However, seniors have shown no sign of superiority and many don't feel they are.
     Homework and plans for college are also troubling minds for me as counselors and teachers are starting to prepare the seniors for the real world. Colleges and even more colleges are out there and the choices are endless for me as I try to narrow my search and try to pick the right choice. It's a scary thought of leaving my friends, the people I laugh, joke around, and spend every day with to suddenly disperse and head their own way.
     BETA has really changed this year in size, new lunch policies, construction projects changing the landscape, and new ideas evidently transforming the small school. Despite all these changes, I plan to make this year worthwhile and memorable by living every moment to the max. Hopefully as the school progresses, I can finally feel and say to others "It's a Senior Thing".