Opinion

Why Uggs are better than crocs

By : Anais

Uggs are high quality sheepskin and fur made shoes established by a young Australian surfer in 1978. Some of the shoes that Uggs include are slippers, boots, sandals, loafers and more. In my opinion I think uggs are better than crocs because they look better, are warmer, and they have more styles.

The first reason why I think Uggs are better than crocs is because Uggs look better. For example, crocs are just made of lite foam which feels and looks like rubber, while Uggs are made of real quality sheep fur and skin. Uggs are also a lot less cheap looking and look more expensive.

The second reason why I think Uggs are better than crocs is because Uggs are a lot warmer, like I said before Uggs are made of real quality sheepskin and fur so you get a lot of good warmth especially in the winter and fall months. Crocs do have some styles with fur inside but since the outside is basically like rubber, it's not as warm as real sheepskin and fur.

The last reason why I believe that Uggs are better than Crocs is because Uggs have a lot more variety of styles, Crocs only have a few styles revolved around the same original crocs style while on the other hand Uggs have like over 200 styles ranging from slippers, boots, sandals, sneakers and more. So if you don’t like the look of the generic croc style look at the Ugg website and you will definitely find a style you love.

In conclusion, I believe that Uggs are a lot better than Uggs because they look better, are warmer, and have more of a variety of styles.

 Animal testing

By Millie

Animal testing has some positive impacts and negative impacts on the world. We use animals for medicine, medical procedures, and makeup. There is evidence of abuse for example forced swimming, no food for weeks, cutting animals alive. This is full-on abuse, there should be a different way to test. This guy is creating fake organisms to test on this a good way we should make this official.

Should we have phones at school?

By Ayla

I believe that we should have phones at school, one reason we should have phones at school is because it will give kids who don’t want to do their work a reason to work because you can have your phone once you finish your work.

Another reason why we should have phones at school is because our brain needs a break, we could have our phones during lunch. My last reason why I believe we should be able to have our phones at school is because what if someone breaks into the school? Wouldn’t you want to say goodbye to your family? But without the phones at school we can’t do that. If anything changes I would vote for at least phones at lunch or we can keep them on us. The no phone rule has gotten very strict around the district. I think teachers need to loosen up on the rules.

Why schools should have more breaks, or even longer ones.

by John C. 

  I feel like we as students should get either more breaks or longer breaks since students are usually not sleeping well due to having to wake up even earlier than before and that just puts a lot of stress on the students themselves. Plus if students have less stress inside them, they could also act better in classes and pay attention instead of trying to get everyone’s attention. Additionally, teachers could also have more time to spend with their family’s and also have more time to themselves without having to think about grading tests, finding out what they are going to teach tomorrow, while their stress levels also decreased drastically due to not dealing with students all the time. This should also apply to all schools (before college) since students still need to adapt to the fact that their body’s have to wake up early almost every weekday, so we should be having either longer or more breaks over the school year. Even if you can’t add more breaks, we should be able to go into summer break earlier too.

Why We Should Have Better School Lunches

I think that we should have better school lunches, and here’s why. When I got school lunch, a lot of it wasn’t the warmest and it almost never looked appetizing . It also was never enough food, like we only got 5 chicken nuggets but some people wanted more and they couldn’t get it. That was in elementary school and now in middle school, kids get that same amount of food and if kids get better/more food they might pay more attention in class and do better in school.

Less School is Better for Students

by Kat

We should have less school. This is for many reasons, like how the amount of time spent in class doesn’t equate to the amount of learning you do. Having unnecessarily long school days has an affect on all aspects of your health. Learning is important, and being burned out wont make that easy. Having hobbies and a creative outlet will. And this is why.

School is too long. It is tiring and it is not enjoyable. That isn’t a way to learn. With shorter days, you will be less tired, and more productive. Actually, based on research from the National Library of Medicine, “burnout has been found to be associated with cognitive impairment with the predominant deficits concerning executive functions, attention and memory”. When you feel tired, you will likely take longer to finish work and make more mistakes. Being energized helps you be more productive, AND, helps you retain memories. Meanwhile, having shorter school days will help you stay energized. That is why we need them.

People have many hobbies, whether that is playing an instrument, painting, dance, or whatever one likes to do. But school takes up time. This leads me to two points—one, children will not have time to express themselves. A study from the National Institutes of Health found that “engaging in leisure activities can reduce stress, improve cognitive function, and enhance creativity”. It is especially important to know how to express yourself as a child, that will help you in the future to have a better sense of self and have more joy in all you do. 

Two, extracurricular activities are also hobbies. Though, when doing things like playing a sport on a team, you have more specific times to do that than just something for when you’re bored or have set for yourself to practice. Extracurricular activities are important yet can also take up time. With school and whatever extracurricular activities one chooses to do, you will be burnt out. Which leads back to the first paragraph. It’s either you don’t get to express yourself, or it becomes difficult to learn because you want to. Because of long school days, it is a lose-lose situation.

We should have less school, and I hope you understand why. Having long school days is bad for students. And, really, the school, too. It affects students' health. Learning is important. That is why we should have shorter school days.

Opinion 

By Cat

The USA women's National soccer team is the best soccer team in the world. Some of their players were Alex Morgan,Mia Hamm,Megan Rapinoe,and Hope Solo. You may be asking yourself if the USA women's National soccer team is any good. Well..actually they have won 4 world cups, 7 Olympic gold medals, 5 were gold,9 CONCACAF W championship titles,and 1 Gold cup title. Also as of August 2024 Us is ranked 1 best soccer team in the world.

The spinny chairs 

by Will B.

In my opinion I think there should be more spinny chairs in the school then regular boring chairs. Because spinny chairs are so much fun and your butt does not hurt. Also if a kid is not being safe just replace it with a regular chair. A spinny chair allows you to have so much more room then a regular chair. I get that regular chairs are less money but everyone wants a spinny chair so raise money with a fundraiser.

recess

By: Jensen Morrical

In my opinion we should have a 30 minute recess. A 30 minute recess would give us more time to spend time with friends and do the things we like. we would also get more sun which gives us vitamin D, and we would get fresh air. Many people like having more recess time, and 15 minutes is not enough. Recess also improves your memory and your physical activity. It can also improve attention and concentration. That's why we should have a 30 minute recess.