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Pay Attention

By Alan Tahara

  Have you ever not paid any attention in class when it is time to do your work?  Then I hope that this article will help you.
   When you have someone talking to you, try to tell him or her that you can’t talk to because you’re trying to do your work. If you tell him or her this and it doesn’t work, just try not to pay attention when they’re talking to you. 
  f you try to do your homework but it’s just too hard, try to ask for help or ask for help from your teacher the next day.  He or she will help you.
  If you need help with your work try and ask for help from your parents.  If that does not work do not wait until the last minute to do your work.  Try and make room in your schedule to study or do your homework. 
  Those are some tips that can help with study problems.  Hopefully these tips help you on your homework and tests.

 Dear Ellie,

The guy I am going out with hasn’t called in a while and we haven’t hung out in a while. Should I break up with him?

                                                                From Confused

 Dear Confused,

While having a boyfriend, you can expect him to call, but you also should return the favor and not expect him to do everything.  Before you decide what your relationship is going to end up like, try talking to him about why he didn’t call you or why you two haven’t been hanging out lately.  If he doesn’t have the greatest answer, take it into great consideration on whether or not to break up with him.  While doing that, think about how much you trust him and whether or not you really do.  Also whether you want to just be friends and end your boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, or continue going the way you two are going.

                                                                Love, Ellie

Dear Ellie,

My “friend” is having a party but she didn’t invite me.  I asked her about it because I  heard from a few people she was having one, and she said she wasn’t.  Should I take it personally?                
                           From Left Out

Dear Left Out,

If you spend all of your time together, she might feel that she needs some space away from you, but doesn’t know how to tell you without getting upset.  Don’t take it personally, but try talking to her about it and if she starts to or already is lying to you, just ignore it.

                Love Ellie

Mystery Person

By Raychel Hatzell

   Bet you can’t guess the Mystery Person of this month. This issue’s mystery person is 5’ 8”. She has long curly blond hair and blue eyes. She enjoys staying athletic. Some of the sports she enjoys are volleyball, softball, and basketball. She says that her favorite past time is hanging with friends. She has many pets, which include a dog named Tia and a cat named Mocha. When she gets bored this ingenious young lady enjoys watching TV. One of her many favorite shows is Laguna Beach. She also enjoys reading; her favorite book is They Cage the Animals at Night. She says that she wants to go to college at Stanford. She is not sure what she wants to become when she gets older, but she does know that she wants a successful job that allows her to be interactive with people.  Her favorite food is pasta…of course she is Italian. She says that she enjoys shopping at the mall, particularly American Eagle.
   Okay, there are all of the clues that are going to be told to you about this wonderful young lady. Now, after you guess then look on the next page in order to find out who this month’s Mystery Person

Dear Ellie,

   I have been having some problems with a friend lately. People I know have been telling me that she has been saying things about me. When I confronted her she denied ever saying those things but I have quite a few trustworthy people telling me she started this rumor. Should I take her word for it and believe her over everyone else?                                                                                          Sincerely,  Confused                                                                                    
Dear Confused,

          You should try sitting down with everyone involved in the incident and talking things out. Perhaps people confused what they were saying and what was said.  Maybe this is all just a big misunderstanding. If not you should try and forgive your friend, seeing as she doesn’t believe she said that. If this doesn’t work try talking to your friend by yourself and spending some time together just for you where you can talk things out. Hope everything works out okay.

                                                                                                                                                             Good luck,  Ellie

Basketball

By Sadie Ray

  Basketball, an indoor sport that started with 18 men in a gymnasium at the Y.M.C.A training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, has become an athletic game that now has over 300 million people playing worldwide.  Dr. James Naismith, a physical education teacher at Springfield College, created this instantaneously successful sport. 
   In 1891, Naismith was ordered by Dr. Luther Fulick, head of Physical Education at the School for Christian Workers, to create an indoor game that would interest the rowdy students during the cold New England winters.  He first tried to bring outdoor games, such as soccer and lacrosse, indoors.  This didn’t work because the games were too physical and cumbersome.  
  At the end of his wits, James Naismith recollected a childhood game that required finesse and precision to master successfully.  After brainstorming this new idea, Naismith created basketball’s original 13 rules and later the game of basketball.  The object of the game was to put the ball in your opponent’s goal.  Throwing the ball from any part of the grounds with one or two hands could do this.  Players just had to acknowledge the rules.
  James Naismith’s invention of basketball was soon very popular.  He had changed the face of sport, not so much for the 19^th century, but for the 20^th, and very much for the 21^st.  All of this started as an effort to keep unruly students at bay, and now it has evolved into something much more important than video games or television.  It has become… basketball. 

Dear Ellie,

How important is education to you now and what do you think you will be in 10 years?

                From Josie Adams

 Dear Josie,

School is very important, but to me there are more important things than education such as family and friends. In ten years I think I will be in college or just graduating from either Cal Poly or Meredith Manor.

                Love Ellie