3November 2016OpinionD o w h a t m a k e s y o u h a p p y

By Eastyn KlinkStaff Reporter

Students at Scotus are pushed toward participat-ing in sports throughout high school. At the end of the school year, there is a whole ceremony dedicated to athletes. During that banquet,

those students who have had success in athletics are hon-ored. It’s great to recognize these student athletes, but it’s not all that matters.

Life is not all about sports. If a student does not enjoy being involved with a sport, he or she shouldn’t do it.

High school is only four years. Those years should be some of the greatest moments of a person’s life. It is about making great memories, getting prepared for college, and being involved in what makes a person happy. Many students choose sports as an activity to do during high school. The athletes at Scotus practice every single day and play or compete many times throughout the season.

During those practices and games, some athletes make their best memories, but for other athletes, those practic-es and games are the worst part of their day. An athlete shouldn’t have to remember those couple months of a sport as misery; they should be making fun and happy memories in that period of time instead.

Some athletes are forced by their parents or begged by their coaches and friends to go out for a sport. But why? A person’s future does not depend on his or her success in sports. Life is about being the best version of a person’s self. Ten years from now ath-letes’ bosses or employees are not going to care if they were a starter on their high school

football team, or if they set the record for the amount of three-pointers during a bas-ketball game. Those bosses or employees are going to care about who they are at that moment, not who they were in high school.

If a student loves playing or competing in a specific sport then he or she should do it! Sports can be a great experience, but they can also be an awful experience. A student’s happiness is more important than his or her involvement in sports. People should not think less of a student just because he or she decides to not participate in a sport. Students should enjoy every day of their high school experience because once high school is over, there is a lot

more to worry about. If stu-dents are miserable every day at practice and hate games or competitions, they shouldn’t waste their time being un-happy. Students should stop putting themselves through torture and change what they do in order for them to enjoy their lives.

It is good to be involved with different activities in high school, but sports are not the only option. If a student doesn’t enjoy sports, he or she has other activities to choose from. At Scotus, students can choose to be involved with cheerleading, flag corps, one acts, chess club, musical, mock trial, speech, and more. Activities teach students to be disci-plined, organized, dedicated,

hardworking, and many other life skills, so it is great for students to be involved with whatever they enjoy.

Coaches and parents believe that if a student has played a sport his or her whole life, then that student needs to participate in that sport during high school even if he or she does not enjoy it.

Those coaches and parents need to realize that high school sports are not the most important thing in life. Yes, sports teach athletes many great qualities and life lessons, but if the athlete is miserable while participating in that sport, then it’s not worth it.

Do what makes you happy.

It’s not the end of the world as we know it

By Kira DreherStaff Reporter

Are you one of those unlucky kids after first period who has to deal with the huge horde of band kids coming down the hallway? Is it even worse to get by them when they, as a group, are singing

the same song that stuck in their heads just as the bell rang, and then you get it stuck in your head? Right now, do you have a saying or a song or an argument just stuck in your head that you cannot get out? You just keep humming it or hearing it in the back of your head, and it drives you insane?!

When you have a big argument with someone or think something dreadful is going to happen, that’s all that is on your mind for hours. It keeps you up at night, doesn’t it?

I want people to realize that what they are going through is normal, especially in high school.

Ever wonder why you get a song or an argument

stuck in your head that, no matter what you do, you can’t get rid of? It happens to the best of us. I always get something on my mind that for the life of me I can’t get rid of, be it a song from band or what a teacher yelled at me for that day. So why do we get things like that stuck in our heads? It’s because our minds are still in that situation, trying to figure out a way to finish the song or think of the greatest come-back. That little scuffle you had with your friend ends up becoming the end of the world. I sometimes end up sitting on my bed, thinking about how a little situation seemed to blow up to some-thing so much worse. Just know everything is worse

when you are tired then what it is the next day, so it’s not the end of the world as we know it.

For some students, high school is not a memorable time in their lives. For others, it is the best time of their lives! The rest could care less if they were there or not. Either way, memories are a large part of our minds that prove how wonderful or terrible something was. Our minds sometimes have a habit of changing our memo-ries slightly, even without us knowing it. That’s when we get people who seem to be exaggerating the most simple of situations. I can name one person off the top of my head that has the most outrageous stories I have ever heard. Our

minds try to be funny that way to make us second guess ourselves. Totally normal!

Our minds not only change things to be funny, but also help us through tough situations. Our con-science is a large part of our minds. For those of you who don’t know, your conscience is that little voice in the back of your head that tells you right from wrong. Most peo-ple don’t seem to have one or choose to ignore it with the choices they make, but we all have one. Ever get that un-easy feeling in your stomach after you lie or do something you know you shouldn’t have done? That’s your mind yell-ing at you for being so dumb. So take responsibility and ad-mit to yourself you screwed

up and move on, knowing not to make that mistake again.

It’s not the end of the world though. It’s ok to have this happen! Let it happen, and when it gets too bad and you can’t take it anymore, there are plenty of people to help you through it. I can confess that I have had to go in and get my mind straight-ened out so I could continue on with life and school.

So next time you’ve got that annoying song or a little argument stuck in your head that ends up blowing up, let them come. It happens to everyone and there is no need to be ashamed. We are human and we make mistakes. Take a breather and let the problem work itself out.

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