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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-03-23, Page 15Pros : and cons of semester system Do you like the Semester , system? This question was asked to students, teachers and par- ents -ih al}effort to get an honest opinio' of the system. The results. It seems that the majority of students and teachers like the semester system. Most parents, on the other hand, don't have any opinion. Two teachers, Mr. Procter and Mr. Latronico although they like the system. feel that ` there are disadvantages. They both see a pproblem in' retention of material, in sub- jects such as French and math. after a break of six months or even a year. Another disadvantage' ex- pressed by Mr. Procter is that teachers who coach and stu- dentSwho play on teams miss the same classes each day. A solution would be to tumble the days. A grade 12 student feels• that the disadvant�me 9f having all her hard.subjects4in one semester is Also any advantage sinee, She can forget those subjec'ta and concentrate on the easter subjects of this semester. ` An advantage expressed by a student, Frances Ford, is that since she only has four subjects. she can spend more time studying cmcl ort-bottom@oma will be back next week I WON!!—Colleen Mero, a student at SDHS was crowned Miss Universe by hypnotist, Mike Mandel. Mike and his sidekick, Backwards Bob entertained students Friday. Colleen displays her excitement at hearing the good news. (Wassink photo) aca ddintedon THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 23, 1983 A15 Too young, too old to compete SPS students write Some SPS :SR students have been writing books since the end of February. Some students are writing a novel; others created children's books. Mrs. Riley, their teacher, marks the books for originality of ideas and lang- uage technique. Some of the well-written books will be placed in the school library. Recently some SR students who have reached a high level in math help other classmates who have problems in math. Mar. 17 Seaforth P.S. celebrated St. Patrick's Day by having "Green Day". Everyone in the school was required to wear something green -a pin, button, clothes or shoes. The top scoring class with the "Luck o' the Irish" was Mr. Kemp's class. The whole school scored 99 per cent. -Vicki Gordon Say no to junk At S.P.S. students and teachers are celebrating nu- trition month. Several stu- dents in grade seven put messages and sayings over the P.A. system relating to nutrition. Cheryl Cooper and Sonia Fehr wrote and sang a song about nutrition. Their message was to say "No Thank You" to junk food. -Cheryl Cooper GROWERS NEEDED FOR LOCKED IN—Seaforth DHS students had a ball Friday .when Mike Mandel, an expert at mind control, used a form of hypnotism on student volunteers. Those In the above. photo locked their fingers together, In some cases so tight it took a moment to pry them apart. A feature of the show was a flamingo dancer and Tarzan, king of theyungle. (Wassink photo) In like Iamb, out like lion Well, here it is March and dad has only had to blow our lane out about four times. That's kind of different but 1 suppose we did get a wet fall in 1982. February was such unusual weather and it lodks as though March might be the same. I've been talking to different people and most feel we're going to get one of those backward springs. When we get beautiful weather and then bang, cold rain. Or some say that we might get snow in April. Which is very possible. About four years ago we got snow bound in one day and the snow was gone in the same amount of time. March came in like a lamb so it is presumed by the old wives' tale that it will go out like a ren Rot there is a better sign. 1 saw a flock of geese the other day and my aunt saw a robin. Now these have to be good, don't they? Aw yes, we can't forget those unfortunate migrating Canadians who missed one of our most beautiful short'sleeve winters in history. Unbelievable as it may seem, I found a dandelion which had gone to seed two weeks ago.1 saw the bulbs, which didn't make it to the cellar last fall, peeking their heads up through the green grass. These also have to be good signs. But I will warn you now of one thing. don't put away those long johns and winter boots yet, because we're bound for snow sooner or later. -Debbie Hulley Once again this year, SDHS students have been required to write public speeches as a part of the English program. The stu- dents with the top marks from each class competed in the semi-finals for semester one in January. When the second semester began, poublic speaking started it off. The semi-finals from semester one competed against the semi-finalists from semester two in the public speaking finals. After a lot of hard work, the winner of the junior category was Debbie Barrya grade 10 student who spoke on Teen Pregnancy and Abortion. Debbie won in her division in the school and Legion com- petition. She was to then go on to compete March 4. Unfortunately. the age for public speaking competitors on March 4 was to be 16-17 and Debbie turns 16 in August so was unable to compete for the prize of a trip to New York. However. Deb- bie went on to compete in Clinton and won third place in her division in Legion corn - petition. Congratulations Debbie. The winner of the senior division was grade 12 student Dave Scott. Dave's speech was a little less serious than Debbie's and got a lot of laughs from the entire stu- dent body. He chose to speak on the original topic "The Arthritis has been de- scribed as "the long pain". Naturally, this can bring on a depression. If this occurs. be sure and speak to your doctor about it. Unknown.' was also to compete on March 4 for the prize of the Nets York trip: :Unfortunately Dave was too old to compete at .this level since his etght- eettthbirthdav is in June. Qur school had' no competitors this year for the trip to New York but both Dave and Debbie placed third in in - ton. Contsatulations, you made us proud. •Trish Rimmer WINS FIRST—Julie Habkirk, grade 12 marketing student at SDHS received first prize in a recent advertising project sponsored by The Expositor. 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