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If you guys truly believe that you are right in you convictions, and see nothing wrong with what you are doing, the least you could do is a grow a backbone and use your real names. Guestbook Entry Speaking out against anything anywhere is liable to you in trouble. Plus the fact we're not 100% sure the school can't expell us or something for this. So to be on the safe side until then, we're using aliases. We will be revealing our identities at some point though, we promise. Jonathon Simmer I cannot believe that you at the Northside Times honestly believe that what you are doing is good thing. You are not helping anyone by slandering Woodruff and the majority of its student population. You write as if Woodruff is the only school with problems of student apathy, racism, and the like. The fact is that it is commonplace among schools everywhere, not just Woodruff. It is not Woodruff’s problem; it is this country’s problem. Not only that, but you have no right to comment on someone's lifestyle and choices, because you yourself have no idea what that person has been through that has led them to their current state. As Atticus Finch said "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it". Maybe some students are apathetic, but I'm willing to bet that more of them are in their situation due to parenting, family problems, and social circumstances that are out of their control. Kelsey Johnson; Class of 2005 Well Kelsey, you've brought up several good points. Yes, the issues addressed here are issues elsewhere as well. But I'm sure you could agree that the drug, alcohol and violence problems, as well as teenage pregnancy problems seem to occur more often at Woodruff than at Richwoods or some of the other high schools in the area. When student safety and well being are compromised because of these problems, I think that it becomes fair ground to speak out. If I remember correctly, you had no problem speaking against someone's lifestyle and choices if it came to drugs, sex, alcohol or violence. Yet we can't in a more public forum? You would much rather us keep quiet than to speak out against drugs, sex, alcohol and violence? Seems logical to me. I'm glad you've brought up the point of not knowing what someone is thinking without being in their shoes. How sure are you that some of us on staff haven't been in their shoes? If you read the front page carefully, under "Mission Statement", you would've read the following: "We write what we do because we were in these people's shoes once. Through many stumbles in life we have learned what is truely important and we hope other's follow our example and change themselves for the better. Some of the members of The North Side Times staff have attempted suicide, drank underage, experimented with drugs, had pregnancy scares, committed violence against others and have been all around disrepectful. We know that the negative consequences are never dwelled on and that as teenagers, we think we're invincable. As a society, we do whatever is pleasurable, what Freud called the "Id complex". That is why we're here, to show why certain things are just plain stupid and shouldn't be done, why certain issues should be resolved and show why certain people should just grow up." See, as it says on the front page, we have been in their shoes. We do know what they're thinking. While you say it's a bad thing to speak out against these issues, it'd be worse to allow them to continue without addressing them. We may not have good solutions but at least we're addressing the problems. Woodruff hasn't gotten any better since the days you were here, and it doesn't look like they will. Why try to impede change if it's change for the good? Jonathon Simmer; Editor |
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