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Just Take My Homework
By: Ryan Hastings
I do not mind staying up late to complete assignments. I
understand that we have to write essays, complete projects, and do other fun
stuff once we get home. It’s all part of school. Part of the Bishop’s
experience is being awake at two in the morning and screaming at your stuffed
animals to shut up so that you can focus on what you are doing. However, if I stay up late doing an
assignment, I expect it to be collected the day it is due.
The worst thing ever, even worse than punching the straw
through the Capri-sun, is when you get to class after slaving over that essay
you procrastinated on for four hours the night before, living on Swedish Fish
from twelve to two, is to hear your teacher say “I’m not going to collect it
today.” It makes me want to walk up and
take a nap on the teacher’s desk to demonstrate the sleep that they cost
me. And hearing all the stories of
people who didn’t finish the assignment because they were “too tired” and just
got lucky…agony. I’m not going to lie; I
do occasionally benefit from these pushed back due dates, but more often than
not they just amount to stolen sleep. It is not fair to us students when
assignments get pushed back at the last minute. This is not necessarily an
epidemic at Bishop’s right now, but it is something that happens every once in
awhile. So for future reference, just like most students do, teachers need to
stay true to their due dates and take our work when they say they will – no
surprises. Unless that surprise is a
cancellation of finals, we’ll take that.
Add Me on Snapchat Obama
By: Dan Forssman
Yesterday, at Nelson
Mandela’s funeral, Obama made some interesting choices. First, he shook hands
with Cuban President Raul Castro, which John McCain naturally likened to
shaking hands with Hitler, a perfectly reasonable analogy. However, I am here to
talk about a different issue: Selfies.
Just when I thought selfies
had been lost in the freshmen girl Instagram archives, Obama decided that it
was time to bring them back. He posed for a selfie with British Prime Minister
David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Yes, during
the funeral of world icon Nelson Mandela. And as Obama snapped his selfie,
Michelle looked less than pleased to his right. I think she was jealous of the
attention Barack was giving to Thorning-Schmidt because at some point later in
the funeral, Barack and Michelle switched seats. Michelle has to realize that
if she isn’t putting out at a funeral, Barack has to go for option two.
Anyways, Obama’s stupid-looking
face in the photo (is that libel?) tipped me off that it was for Snapchat.
Probably sending Sasha and Malea a snapchat with the caption “#funeralselfies”
or Bill Clinton one with “Lewinsky has nothin’ on this Danish babe.” Either
way, what Obama did was rather childish. Of course, the [conservative] media
will take to its sensationalist leanings and rip apart Obama on this issue.
While I do not think harping on his selfie is necessary, I am interested in
what his Snapchat username is, so that I can teach him a thing or two on how
and when to take selfies.
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