A Break?
Written on January 28, 2010 by moe2love
Filed Under: Announcements
No, NOT of a Kit Kat bar, although it is very delicious (but definitely not nutritious – see my article on the nutritional value of chocolate)
Teen Publish has taken a little bit of a break – no new articles published since last week, although we have received a couple drafts (which were all fantastic ideas and writing – I’m looking forward to seeing the finished work). I apologize for the lack of activity – this past week has been insanely busy for most of us, and it can be very difficult to write with so much going on. I promise that we will begin activity soon enough with as much flair as before – and if any of you haven’t started writing articles yet, keep in mind we can use all the contributors we can get.
I do have one bit of advice, though. In most high schools, right around now preparations for the homecoming skit are going on. As a high school student, I suggest that you should participate because the interclass competition can be very fun, and putting on a successful skit is a rewarding experience. You will get to meet new people and have fun working together to build something. Join even if your class’s practices have already started – most of the time, they’re willing to take on more people to help anyways.
With that in mind, I hope you all have a good weekend.
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That aphorism Friedrich Nietzsche had created over a century ago was all I needed to recover from a heartbreak I had suffered about two years ago. The same words brought me back from depression every time I had failed in something I tried hard to do, every time people demeaned me (including parents), and every time I had lost hope for the future of my life. Every time my life looks bleak, all I do is think of these words and I can pick myself off the floor from where I fell, and keep on going. Quite frankly, this phrase is more than a phrase to me; it’s a way of life.
Okay, so maybe the flu has some downsides, too: fever, aches, sneezing, coughing, even nausea depending on the severity of your bug…but I digress. The truth is, unless you were really unlucky and got H1N1, your symptoms probably didn’t last longer than a week or so, right? Well, there’s another flu out there – a mental one, and this one can last for weeks, even months. The symptoms for this flu are often mind-boggling obvious, but since people rarely tend to watch for them, they can wreak astronomical damage on a person. Those symptoms include: lack of interest (in school), procrastination, spontaneous napping, elevated count of SparkNotes visits, diminished grade count, and an interest in the internet, games, TV, or any fun activity that borders addiction.
Who knows? Maybe you have a great loving relationship with your parents. Maybe you’re comfortable enough to talk to them about anything and you have the ideal family you see on TV that gets together and does everything together. But for everyone else (not to point any fingers, but this is a trait of many Asian families, one of which may be mine), our parents are either too strict or too overprotective. But for those of you that go crazy every night wondering how you’ll survive, don’t fear! You are not alone! I have gone through all of this and I have some tips on how you can maintain your sanity!
The past decade has marked a period of change for many Americans, and for many around the world as well. According to Time, these changes have resulted in probably the worst decade since World War II; in fact, the magazine pessimistically calls it “The Decade From Hell”, and says it points the way to an even worse decade in the future. In the past 10 years, we have had wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, the disintegration of the American auto industry, and a rejection of human rights in Guantanamo Bay. TIME seems to have it right when it calls the past decade “The Decade from Hell”, but what do you really think? Has the past decade really been that bad, especially considering some of the worst times we’ve had since World War II?
