Homework

For our blog project we did it on the way we felt about homework and they way a couple of teachers felt about homework. The two teachers were Mr. Mast and Mrs. Orr. First we asked the teachers how they felt about homework. Mr. Mast said he thinks that without it, students are not able to learn and master concepts. Mrs. Orr said she thinks it is important to do individual work but too much can be stressful. We think it refreshes our mind but we shouldn't have too much of it. Another question we asked is how long do you think homework should take. Mr. Mast said he thinks it should take 20-30 minutes a subject. Mrs. Orr said she thinks it should take 2 hours a night at the most for all subjects. We thought it should only take 20-30 minutes for all of it. Mrs. The next question we asked was should we have it or not. Mr. Mast said definitely. Mrs. Orr said yes but not every night, especially Fridays. We said yes but definitely not on weekends. The last question we asked is do you think it helps us get better grades. Mr. Mast said yes if you don't do homework you will probably not do well on tests or quizzes. Mrs. Orr said "I think it helps teachers more than the students". It can help improve grades. We said that it helps us on class work and tests or quizzes. That is how Mr. Mast and Mrs. Orr felt about homework. It is also how we felt about homework.

Jake V.
Jacob F.
Christian W.

School Issues

Some school issues are Teachers and their anger problems, cell phones, and dressing out. Teachers can get angry very quick and lose their temper. When a student asked a question he/she got very upset and told the student not ask a stupid question or go to iss! teacher shouldn't take cell phones because they are for emergencies only and should be on when the parents can't get though to the school. you should have to put the cell phones on the desks. Some students think dressing out is an issue because it takes too much time to get dressed. Also students don't have time to get to other classes on time. Girls think it's nasty and sweaty. Girls and guys don't like getting dressed in front of each other.

Heather, Courtney, Zach

Schoolwork Before Sports?

Tuesday January 15, 2008- the 8th graders of Payson Seymour Jr. High had a very important basketball game, 8th grade recognition. This should have been a memorable night, but became stressful when we were assigned an unreasonable amount of homework.
As they say, "school comes first". Sports are optional, but having homework in all subjects is a little much. Playing sports not only keeps you fit, but can help you get scholarships. Hard work is essential, but homework can hinder our performance.
Although sports are fun, schoolwork can get you farther in life. In 50 years, is it really going to matter that you were the star quarterback? When you are 65 years old, you will probably be sitting on the couch, reading a book.
As young as we are, we love playing sports. We realize teachers give us a lot of homework on game nights, but education is one of the most important life lessons.

-Hannah M.
-Catherine R.

Breakfast

Breakfast should be served at both schools so the people who eat breakfast don't freeze to death. The school will also make more money. This way its a win-win situation. You could use the multipurpose room for this. The students will be happy and the school will have money to support us. We should follow Central Jr. High's example.
Kalab Hill
Ben Walker
Chris Sherwood

Cellphones in School?

Should cellphones be allowed in school? Everyday when you go to school everyone has their cellphone. We believe that cellphones should be allowed in school but left in your lockers and off. You can have them with you, and on, before school, during lunch, and after school. The most frustrating thing to a teacher is when a cellphone goes off in class or a person is texting in class. We took a guess that about 75% of high school students have cellphones. They are thinking about putting pay phones in the school. Do you think cellphones should be allowed in school?

Harlee F., Dallas C., Gage M., DJ S.

School lunches

Most people love school lunches but we think we should have more of a variety for our lunch. They should change the lunches sometimes. During lent they always have meat. They should have fish sticks. We also think we should have breakfast. Some of us might not have time to go over to the grade school to eat breakfast. We think we should get different food like ravioli, pizza, and other food. That is why we need more of a variety at lunch.

Tiffany V.
Melissa W.
Gretchen M.

Junior High Lunches

This is crazy! Junior High is getting extremely bad lunches and it is incredibly expensive. They charge $3.75 for one soggy meal and sometimes you find hair in your food. Talk about gross! the only good meals we get are chicken strips and chinese. We should be able to order food from the fast stop like the high school. That is unfair. So in conclusion, junior high gets the short end of the stick when it comes to lunches. What do you think?

Aaron E.
Landon E.
Dylan E.
Tyler S.