Here it is man...Article #1...News...
Bringing Spring News
With the arrival of the spring semester, many Jamaica High School students will remember the tedious hours they will once again have to devote to the numerous, rigorous classes they have staring back at them on their paper program cards.
"I'm not ready for a whole 'nother semester," said super junior Ralph Blunder. "I feel like Regents week just ended, man. Where's the break?!"
Although many students echo the sentiments of one Ralph Blunder, other students have a much more optimistic outlook on the coming of a new semester.
"I'm excited about new classes! This means new subjects and new concepts to learn about with new teachers!" exclaimed freshman Ralphina Blunder. "There's something nice about new!"
Unfortunately, not all students will be experiencing the same refreshing elation Ralphina felt. Certain students that enroll in year-long electives such as journalism will be stuck with the same instructor, Mr. Cohen.
Despite being the same person he was in 2007, Mr. Cohen did admit to The Hilltopper that he plans on evolving the course for the spring semester.
"Now that the class has a journalism foundation, it's time to up the stakes, up the ante," said Mr. Cohen. "There will be more deadlines, definitely more deadlines--even weekly!"
With that, he also noted that the journalism classroom has been updated with actual working printers and Pentium 4 computers. Due to the new addition, he also has high hopes of incorporating technology into the course by, for the first time ever, requiring electronic portfolios instead of the standard hard-copy versions.
He recommended that students pick up a flash drive from their local office supply store, and that they all sign up for their own blogs at
http://www.blogger.com/. In addition, he also noted students should make use of a handy steno pad like the real journalists do.
"This is the 21st century!" he shouted, getting all worked up in a frenzy. "We need to be technologically literate and actually be journalists online and in print."
And print is what they will do, unless of course they just post online, once they cope with those daunting program cards and start delivering the spring news.
