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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1996 PAGE 25.
For Teens, By Teens
'My parents are the worst in the world"
I'm a smoker
Is that a problem?
By Amanda Rich
Is it the cave man look of
yellowed teeth? The stale smell on
nice new clothes and clean hair? or
the attractive spitting? Could it be
the lovely colour of nicotine
stained fingers?
All of these thoughts are
negative, yet almost unnoticeable
unless you look very closely.
I am a smoker. Because of this
small fact, I have received a lot of
insults and interrogation. Pushing
away the sarcasm people will say,
'Oh, Are you ever cool now!'
Though the majority of smokers
started up because of peer pressure,
that is not always the case. I know
people who only take a few drags
for the initial "buzz" of nicotine.
They don't want to smoke a whole
cigarette for feaPof addiction and
"losing the buzz".
I started for a different reason all
together. I wasn't trying to run from
problems, but simply because I
enjoyed it. At first I said I wouldn't
get addicted, but of course I did.
When I first experimented with
cigarettes, it was all by myself; no
one else was around. Personally I
liked it, the smoke and the initial
calm, and I enjoyed the whole
feeling. I would only smoke when I
was upset or strasecl, but then I
began to get cravings when I was at
parties with other smokers.
The difference with me was that I
didn't want anyone else to know I
smoked. No one thought I did, so I
would hide to have a smoke. Also I
believed that if I didn't buy my first
pack I wouldn't have gotten
addicted.
I have gotten over hiding from
people and am not ashamed to
smoke in public anymore. Why
should I be? I did it for myself. I'm
aware of the risks, but I choose to
smoke. I don't find it fair when
non-smokers put smokers down
just because we smoke. We all
have our own reasons for starting
and addictions and bad habits are
hard to kick. No smoker I know has
put anyone down for not smoking.
I have noticed that no matter
where smokers go there will always
be someone who will think we are
too close to them. Smokers and
non-smokers should be able to
come to a happy medium. I can't
believe how a small cigarette can
cause so many arguments. This is
too small a thing for so much
turmoil to be caused because of it.
By Mark Nonkes
"My mom is ..." or ''My dad is
tt
Fill in the sentence for yourself.
Your mom, dad or both and you
may never see eye to eye. Often we
catch ourselves complaining about
our parents. You may think they
may win "The Worst Parent Ever
Award".
But wait. The other day when I
was surfing the web I stumbled
upon this article at The Halifax
Herald. In Williamsport,
Pennsylvania a man, David Crist,
with a $55,000 credit card debt
thought it was the end of his
comfortable lifestyle. The solution:
throw your nine-year-old deaf
daughter in front of a truck. When
the girl, Diane Crist, was initially
hit she limped over to father and
was quoted as saying "Daddy, help
me." But as the story says "he came
over, picked me up and threw me
back down on the road." On
Thursday, last week, he was
convicted for this.
• But this isn't the only thing he
By Erin Roulston
Anyone who entered the school
with a smile, like I did that
morning, quickly lost it. The teary
faces on many of the girls
illustrated the mood pervading the
students. The quiet whispers, the
long frowns, the foggy gazes. Even
though I didn't know those kids,
who died this past weekend, the
depression rubbed off on me.
It really wears you out; being
sad. By the end of the day I was
tired. I just wanted to go home and
sleep. The simple task of reading a
novel in English class was terribly
difficult. I just kept wondering how
it could happen. Those were regular
people doing regular things. I saw
them walking down the halls. I saw
them laughing, I saw Brandon with
his girlfriend, happy as any normal
couple, and now he's in a coma. His
friends are dead. Three people.
Three people just like me.
They never saw it coming. One
minute they were laughing and
joking, listening to the radio, the
next minute they .. . weren't. They
are never going to do that again.
Never going to laugh, never going
to joke.
In phys. ed. class this morning
even the loud, insensitive boys
were eerily quiet. The only sound
has done. In fact he tried to
electrocute a four-year-old
daughter for insurance money. Not
only does he win one of the worst
parents ever award, he probably
would win the award for "Do
Anything for Money". He also tried
to kill his only brother by hiring a
hit man.
By Ashley Gropp
The styles of today are usually
revived from the 70s using a 90s
twist.
Hair isn't normally put up in
ponytails. Instead it is put up in
butterfly clips. Cartoon characters
and yellow happy faces are found
on shirts as well as on jewellery,
wallets and book bags.
To keep you warm outside, a
short leather trench coat has a cool
vintage look.
Nails are trendiest with bright
colours and metallics.
in the gymnasium was the sott
"thud" of the volleyballs. The
teacher struggled with the
volleyball net as if it was the most
important thing in the world. He
was concentrating on it so hard,
trying so hard not to think of his
former students, trying not to
remember the star ball player, just
drafted by an American College for
their baseball team. He'd had such a
bright future
We take life for granted, don't
we? When we fail a test or lose a
game, we complain about how
crummy our lives are. We say "life
sucks" and•wallow in our misery.
But when a tragedy like this occurs
it all becomes insignificant. We've
forgotten just how precious life is,
we've forgotten that it can all be
just ripped away from us in the
blink of an eye. We've forgotten
that it can happen to ANYBODY!
And at ANY time.
We seem to take for granted that
we'll live to the ripe old age of 80
and sit sipping tea in our rocking
chairs on the porch, but we may
not!
When death hits so close to home
it is scary. We've forgotten that
death doesn't only happen in the
novies and this is a sudden in-
Luckily all of these attempts
were just attempts, no one was
killed. But the deaths of his fther,
who died in 1968, his mother's
fiance in 1976 and his mother in
1981 were reopened for
investigation. Was he involved? No
charges were laid but it makes one
wonder.
Legs look stylish covered by
vintage hip-huggers.
The best footwear are "Airwalk"
or shiny shoes. The best fabrics are
anything shiny and disco-esque
polyester.
TOP 10 FASHION TRENDS
10. cartoon characters (think
Mickey Mouse and Sailor
Moon)
9. butterfly clips
8. yellow happy faces (on neck-
laces, t-shirts, wallets, rings and
book bags)
your-face reminder. Not only are
we struck with the devastation of
losing someone so young, we lose
our comforting sense of
immortality.
I would just like to say goodbye
to Neil, Pam and Brian; the world
will miss you. Good luck to Sarah,
Brandon and Mark; I hope you'll
recover, and I send my condolences
to all people touched by this
tragedy.
Anyway, next time your parents
do something you think unjust and
you want to nominate them for
"The Worst Parent of the Year",
sorry, they probably won't win.
Think of David Crist. He'd likely
have them beat.
7. bright nail polish colours
6. "Airwalk" shoes
5. leather trench coaches (mid-
thigh length)
4. metallic nail polishes
3. hip huggers
2. shiny shoes/boots
1. polyester (shirts, pants, etc.)
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