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Sat • 12 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Sun. - 1:00 p.m, • 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. • 10 p.m. Super Family Sunday - Smoke-Free mit Terrific $2 Tue .50 Sd 11 S 14 & 7 " "Incredibowl" Fun • Birthdayp00partyble • Arcade ecials 524-BOWL 204 Huron Road, Goderich 524-2695 ••• Check us out! We've got wonderful gift ideas • Toys • Christmas Towels • Candles • Candle Holders • Lots of Stocking Stuffers including sachets, ornaments, figurines, bath aroma, chocolates, lottery tickets & candy THE BLYTH GENERAL STORE Queen Street North Blyth 523-9785 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1998. PAGE 21. For Teens, By Teens Decision-making fills teenagers' lives By Janet Bosma Decisions, decisions, decisions. How to make good decisions. Teenagers are at a stage in life when many decisions need to be made. Should I have a part-time job in addition to school? What should I do this weekend? Am I going to study for that killer test or go out to the movies with my friends? What am I going to do after high school and what do I want to do with my life? By Becky Nethery Have you ever been driving down a road and saw a Mennonite horse and buggy and noticed the blinders that are on each side of the horse's head? The purpose of this is so that the horses can only see directly in front of them. Just like horses have blinders, so do people. I find that there are many teens that live their lives worrying about petty things that are irrelevant to life. The world is not going to end if you don't get your "Tommy Hilfiger" jeans, or your $100 "OKELEY" sunglasses. I'm not trying to insult people who have those things; I am just By Amy Crawford "I don't understand!" "I can't!" These are some of the most disheartening words to hear a child say when working on schoolwork. It's awful when children feel there is no hope for them to understand. Children have the most maleable minds, no inhibitions, and are just starting to learn the basics which they will fall back on the rest of their lives. My inspiration for this article came when I sat down with the boy I babysit and worked on his multiplication tables. I remember when I was just starting to learn them, they were hard and often These arc all choices that many teenagers have. Right now, as a Grade 12 student, I am deciding what I want to do after high school. I have decided that I want to go into the field of accounting. But that does not mean that I have my entire life planned out. Do I want to study far away from home or close to home? Do I want to live in residence or do I want to rent my own apartment with a friend or two? And most impor- tantly, how am I going to fund this saying don't get so caught up in material items so that they are all you think about or your main goal in life. Did you know that in parts of Africa, people constantly live in fear of being captured by slave traders and sold into slavery? Or what about the girls as young as nine who are sold into a life of prostitution by their own fathers in India and Nepal. There are a lot of people on this planet who are living in their own world, where they see only what . they want to and don't realize that there is a much bigger picture. I sometimes struggle with my blinders but then I hear a story on many nights resulted in repetition and memorization. After all that work I learned a few tricks to help myself. I was surprised at how he grasped the concepts I was presenting to him. It was a great feeling. I decided to teach his sister the same. Although things didn't go as fast, or as easily, she learned and understood in her way. It made the children feel good when they could grasp what I was showing them. It made me feel good that I could teach them. I wonder, does every teacher feel this accomplishment or have they been reduced to "passing along information" instead. of teaching? Have children become statistics major step in my life? These are all questions that I have given quite a bit of thought to. With university applications being due, I have narrowed my choices down to three. But what if I am not accepted at any of these schools to which I have applied? What then? Will I take a year off to work or will I go back to high school to get some more credits and improve my marks? I really do hope that I am accept- ed at these schools and do not have the news about a mud slide in South America that left many dead or homeless. Or I read a story about malnourished children in India whose parents sacrifice all of their food to their Hindu Gods, but still their children's stomachs stay empty. I hope that you see how important it is to take off your blinders and open your eyes to the real world. Teens often become so stuck on themselves that they leave their own blinders on and don't think twice about other people. Please realize how important it is to take off your blinders and open your eyes and see how things really are in the real world. instead of young minds striving for knowledge? When I told the young girl I look after that I was going to show her some tricks so she wouldn't have to count on her fingers all the time, she told me she wasn't allowed to use anything but her fingers. That one sentence sent me into a tirade of "you can do anything you put your mind to's" and "you have the power to learn anything you want." I want to teach these two children so much and even though I still have much more to learn I can teach them what I know now and hopefully they will remember a long time from now and realize my tricks really did help them. to think about these issues again next year. But another thing I must think about is how I am going to pay for this endeavor of mine. Though a part-time job will help a bit, there are also little things that take up my money right now...food, movies and other entertainment. So where am I going to get this much-needed cash in order to attend university? My savings will definitely be used, but from there, where will I go? My parents, like many parents of people I have talked to, have been very vague in saying how much they will be helping out. So this leaves me to look at other resources. OSAP and other student loans are available, but I do not know a lot about these things. More information will become available when the time comes, I'm sure. But even if I do receive these loans, what will I do with this large debt-load when I finish? With more and more students graduating from university and not finding a job, this too becomes a scary thought. But the issue for me right now is making the best deci- sions about where to go to school next fall and how to achieve the best marks I can. Teenagers go through a lot of stress making decisions. But our life is not meant to be all stress. We need to have some fun too!! So my word of advice is,idon't get too stressed out. If you get upset about these issues, forget about them for a while and go do something fun! And good luck making decisions! Blinder removal offers vision Tricks can help in teaching