I was the the HAECO Invitational recently and I attended my first Page and Grimsley Game, a huge milestone for a high school students. However, I noticed that both student sections were present but not as loud and that many left during the second half as Page went on to dismantled Grimsley, 76-46. The question that I am asking is should student sections stay the entire game, no matter what? Let em just say that I'm not looking to insult the student sections because they both are very great and Smith has no school spirit whatsoever but rather bringing up a point of the "Stay with your Team" Theory. When the score is 65-38 in and it's the beginning of the 4th Quarter, there's pretty much nothing that losing team can do besides pray that a miracle happens but the student section serves a a motivation force that your classmates, teachers, peers are with you every step of the way and that they have your back. It's like a marriage, this student section thing. 'Til Death do you part or 'til losses do you part. Personally, I think that student sections should stay for the whole game no matter what because it shows that you love your school and you support them and not leave them when things look down. However, I'm just an Eagle and this is my opinion
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This isn't your ordinary high school science project. For a regional science competition in Canada, 15-year-old Nicole Ticea devised an early-stage HIV test that analyzes a pinprick of blood to indicate whether someone has recently been infected with the potentially deadly virus. The test earned her first place in the 2014 B.C. Regional Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge. A 10th grader at York House School in Vancouver, Nicole worked with two researchers from Simon Fraser University to develop the early-stage HIV infection test after she conceived the idea last summer, according to media reports. Finding time between schoolwork, the teen created the rapid blood analysis by developing an isothermic nucleic acid amplification system, according to Global News. It's common in point-of-care testing and allows researchers to detect certain targets in DNA -- in this case, HIV infection. The almost-instantaneous test has been likened to an over-the-counter pregnancy test for its speed and ease of use. While rapid testing for HIV -- which causes AIDS -- already exists, Nicole and her team say the test could be particularly useful in areas that lack good medical care. "Nicole’s work really made me realize what a big difference a fast easy-to-administer test for early-stage HIV infection could make in prolonging, if not saving, thousands of lives in developing countries," graduate student Gursev Anmole, who assisted Nicole in her research, said in a written statement. Next, the teen's test will be considered in the national final of Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada on May 22. Two national winners will then continue to the international leg of the competition in June. Eric Ebron, the first NFL player from Smith High since the Bostics. What does this mean for us? Well, it means that we can be something and come from Smith High. I'm not writing this from a personal standpoint, I didn't know Eric at all, but I'm writing this from a motivational standpoint. We all know that our school doesn't have the best reputation out here but that doesn't mean we can be great. Yes, I am telling you that you can come from Smith High and be great. It's not too late. We need people that come from our school to be great. Whether it's from being a star athlete or a political leader. Being a community leader to one of the greatest minds of the century. Smith lacks people who can be great. Who can be successful. Eric just proved the opposite of that which leads me to my next question, How great are you going to be. Kenneth Brown Jr. *The following is from the Huffington Post Teen Section and a section called "The Blog". This piece is from Warren Cassell, Jr, a 14 year-old high school student.*
Oh, the 4th Quarter approaches. It's an exciting time if the year, not only does the school year begins to wind down seniors have graduation and juniors get ready for next year. Also, freshmen and sophomores prepare for their future. It's also a time where we get ready for exams. ( Yay?) As much as we hate them we see them as an obstacle to summer, our future and with that said, We're ready for you fourth quarter. Give us your best shot because we are not giving up.
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