May 13, 2005 - Glebe Report
May 13, 2005 - Glebe Report
May 13, 2005 - Glebe Report
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GCI NEWSLETTER <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
6E1 students get into publishing<br />
BY IAN HOBSON<br />
My Grade 12 Communication Technology class at <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate published a school newsletter in April. All of the students submitted articles for<br />
publication. The students then had the opportunity to do sample layouts of stories written by their peers and so, many different samples of the newsletter were<br />
produced. One of the samples was chosen by a class vote for reproduction and circulation at <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate.<br />
Below are three items developed by the students. Say "Doh" to Uni Tuition, written by Yu Fei Huang and Ann Dinh, considers the real cost of university;<br />
It Works!!! a restaurant review by Jamie Kronick and Cody Elliot and, finally, Curriculum? More Like Curricusuck. In this article students Aman Singh,<br />
Graham Barr and Connor Wilson lament the loss of Grade <strong>13</strong>. The Grade 12s would like to thank the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>'s Editor Elaine Marlin for visiting our class<br />
and offering great advice.<br />
Other articles included:<br />
'Gang CultureAbdul Farhan<br />
.8/3 Women's DayThanh Mac<br />
Candy Store a Mountain of Fun!Lindsay Anderson, Dana Anderson-Croteau<br />
Youth Drowning in...Beer AdsDavid Brousseau, Tor Potter, Scott Roberts<br />
Phys-Ed vs. ObesitySarah Weitzman, Jackie Lafontaine<br />
40 or NotIan White, Theo-Jo Garcia-De Vries<br />
Standardized Tezting iz Bad 4 are EdumacationAlex Bissell<br />
DietsLe Giang<br />
SAY "DOH"<br />
TO UNI TUITION<br />
BY ANN DINH<br />
& YU FEI HUANG<br />
Lisa Simpson's average is A+ + +,<br />
which translates to 100%. She was<br />
mentored by late 077man Bleeding<br />
Gums Murphy. She won the regional<br />
Reading Digest contest; served a brief<br />
term as Little Miss Springfield; co-<br />
invented the Lisa Lionheart doll; allstar<br />
goalie in pee-wee hockey;<br />
discovered Jebediah Springfield was a<br />
pirate; helped Mr. Burns recover his<br />
fortune; passed second grade as the<br />
first female cadet at Rommelwood<br />
Military Academy; became mayor of<br />
Springfield and is doing a better job<br />
than her adult counterpart...and the<br />
list goes on.<br />
The chance of her not getting into<br />
the country's top universities is as slim<br />
as Homer going on a no-fat diet. Her<br />
worries about paying for the tuition<br />
are non-existent.<br />
What is wrong with this pic-ture?!<br />
Lisa Simpson is a cartoon! !!<br />
She lives in a town called Springfield<br />
where stresses and worries disappear<br />
at the end of each episode.<br />
The average student is not Lisa<br />
Simpson and Springfield is not real.<br />
They do not stay eight years old<br />
forever. Us mortals all grow up and<br />
the freedom of growing up comes<br />
with a huge price. Putting aside feeling<br />
stressed-out from work overload and<br />
worries about getting into a first<br />
choice, students are also burdened<br />
with the worries about paying for<br />
their tuition and if they're going away.<br />
Lucky Lisa Simpson, her stress<br />
ends with every episode.<br />
If Lisa Simpson were the real one<br />
preparing to go to university, she<br />
would go bonkers, literally. The average<br />
students today find themselves<br />
juggling between endless piles of<br />
homework and assignments,<br />
part-<br />
time jobs, volunteering, trying ta become<br />
the perfect student.<br />
Lisa Simpson says, "Look at<br />
the facts!"<br />
Fact: The average student entering<br />
university has no clue on how much<br />
their tuition will actually be.<br />
Fact: The average university tuition<br />
has been increasing drastically.<br />
Fact: Tuition is at an all-time high of<br />
an average of $5,678 for a full-time<br />
school year and that price is<br />
considered mediocre compared to<br />
international students; they pay almost<br />
double the amount.<br />
Staying at home? There will be the<br />
cost of tuition and the additional cost<br />
of books, which is about $900 ta<br />
$1,200. That is $6,578 ta $6,878 for<br />
a year. In fodtyears, the total would<br />
add up to $26,3 I to $27,512.<br />
Going away? On top of the costs of<br />
tuition and books, students must also<br />
think about the cost of living in<br />
residence and the meal plans, which<br />
add up ta about $7,651. Students will<br />
find themselves spending about<br />
$1,000 on things such as<br />
transportation, entertainment and<br />
other extra costs. In a year, that will be<br />
about $14,229 ta $14,529; in four<br />
years, the total university experience<br />
will cost about $57,000 to $60,000<br />
for students going away.<br />
Unless their parents are rich or<br />
they live in Springfield, senior students<br />
find themselves carrying a heavy debt<br />
load.<br />
Like something Lisa would say:<br />
OFFBEAT takes New York!<br />
Photo: Fred Daly<br />
GCI's stomp group, OFFBEAT, came back victorious from a recent<br />
competition in New York city with high marks: 98%, 99 %, 99%, the gold<br />
medal and a trophy. The above photo shows the group outside Columbia<br />
University just after its performance at the Heritage Festival.<br />
"With every problem cames a<br />
solution." Luckily for students they<br />
have various ways ta clean up the<br />
financial messes. Solutions include<br />
scholarships, bursaries and loans.<br />
Teachers, governments and schools<br />
encourage students ta apply for things<br />
such as scholarships and bursaries, but<br />
they're not for everyone. Unless that<br />
student has outstanding marks, great<br />
school involvement and extracurricular<br />
participation, then the<br />
scholarships available are very<br />
minimal. Students who get involved<br />
have to juggle their time, which might<br />
cause marks ta suffer; without<br />
outstanding marks, a student can not<br />
be qualified for certain scholarships.<br />
It's a vicious cycle.<br />
The scholarships remaining are<br />
targeted towards minority student<br />
groups, such as students who are<br />
differently able, have special needs or<br />
belong to a particular organization.<br />
That leaves the average student out in<br />
the cold.<br />
But of course, there are also the<br />
bursaries. However, they are mostly<br />
for students with financial needs.<br />
What about students whose parents<br />
are well-off but refuse to pay their<br />
tuition? These students will be faced<br />
with huge financial problems as well.<br />
For the students whO feel that<br />
scholarships and bursaries are not for<br />
them, there are also the choices of<br />
getting students loans such as Ontario<br />
Student Assistant Program or bank<br />
loans. Depending on the<br />
circumstances, loans may vary from<br />
$7,000 to $40,000.<br />
Research conducted in Economic<br />
CLA4U have shown that students<br />
who graduate with an average debt<br />
load of $25,000 are slower in starting<br />
a family, buying a house, etc., because<br />
the strain from the debt is too much.<br />
This reason makes the OSAP route<br />
undesirable.<br />
But of course, students can always<br />
go with the part-time job route.<br />
According ta statistics, a student who<br />
works part-time can earn up ta 73 per<br />
cent of the tuition money, but the<br />
percentage varies depending on the<br />
student's wage and hours. However,<br />
the biggest problem that teachers<br />
have been noticing with students who<br />
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Illustration: Yu Fei Huang<br />
work part-time is that they don't have<br />
time ta do school work and marks<br />
suffer.<br />
These solutions may seem like<br />
problems more than solutions, but<br />
the key is ta weigh all the costs with<br />
the benefits, or think of strategies ta<br />
pay for the university tuition. A<br />
strategy that students can use is to get<br />
an OSAP loan whire working a parttime<br />
job; the money earned should<br />
be saved up and paid in a lump sum<br />
for the loan. That way the debt won't<br />
be sa immensely huge and students<br />
can get rid of some of the debt once<br />
they graduate.<br />
However, students should not let<br />
these financial problems scare them<br />
away, because "money isn't<br />
everything," said Ms. Simpson.<br />
University gives young adults the<br />
opportunity ta be independent, gain<br />
life experiences and make new<br />
friends. Putting aside the financial part,<br />
going ta university is one of those lifealtering<br />
experiences, in a good way.<br />
Students should make the best of<br />
their time in university and even go<br />
crazy once in a while. Hey, Lisa did<br />
(who can forget the episode with her<br />
running around like a savage?) and<br />
she is still as perfect as ever.<br />
"We love you Lisa Simpson!<br />
You're one heck of a role model!<br />
(for an eight year old...)."<br />
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