BHS News Show - Monday, February 1, 2016

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Despite new laws, bullying still prevalent

OPINION

BY BRITTANY MYERS, Freshman

Bullying isn't just about stealing lunch money anymore. It´s more about self-esteem, self respect, and intimidating others. Earlier this week, Fox News in Lakewood, Colorado, reported that a 9 year old tried to take his own life at his school due to bullying. Today, multiple news outlets reported that bullying could leave lasting mental affects on it's victims.

The Victims and the effects

Bullying is probably one of the most underrated problems in the school system. Year after year there's a suicide or someone out there contemplating it, children and  teens self-harming themselves, diagnosed with depression--the list goes on and on. But why isn't there anything being done to stop it?

Many students who have been victims of bullying may resort to skipping classes, avoiding certain places, or even skipping school altogether.

Newspapers were here yesterday and will be here tomorrow

OPINION

BY JAMES COLLINS, Junior

BLYTHEWOOD-The first newspaper in the US was printed on Sept. 25,  1690, called Public Occurrences written by a man named Benjamin Harris. This newspaper contained three printed pages and one blank. This was the only source of information and news given to the public during this time.

Nowadays people have so much technology to use the newspaper is often forgotten about or thrown aside. People usually find it more convenient to read the news online and able to have updated news all the time versus finding a newspaper to read.

Crawford Collins, the owner of First Choice Distributors (a newspaper distribution company) has been working with The State newspaper for over 10 years, “I find that now it seems that the newspapers are being sold to mostly older people like maybe age 50 and older. People nowadays want instant news that they can access whenever they want,” Collins said.

Art should be part of everyone's education

OPINION

BY JAZLYN GALLISHAW, Freshman

“Success can be more than owning a second home by the beach,” Actress Phylicia Rashad said. Most schools try to gear their students to go to college or join the military, but some students want to pursue the fine arts.

There are two reasons why students should have more fine art classes; they create jobs students don’t know about and they can bring out the creative side of someone or help relieve stress.

There are also many studies saying that students that take fine arts perform better in reading, math, and writing and it allows students to connect to the larger world around them.

Stress Overload

OPINION

BY CARTER PARKER, Freshman

BLYTHEWOOD-- NPR reporter Patti Neighmond says most students are pressured by mountains of schoolwork assigned to them, which leads to becoming overly stressed.

While some students have recently proposed the idea of reducing homework and schoolwork, nobody has gone through with it yet.

Schools should reduce homework and school work to lower the stress of the students.

Blythewood High School Nurse, Connie Taylor, stated “If a student comes in here in regards to feeling overly stressed we would ask them if they would like to stay in our ‘quiet room’ and the assistant would speak to them and process what they’re stressed about.”