Editorial cartoons by Sophmore Honors

Texting and Driving by Sophie Roux

              Texting seems to be one of the most fun and social activities you can do to stay connected with friends. Pair it with driving, though, and you could be placing yourself in one of the most deadly situations. Your brain can only think about one thought at a time, and if you’re focusing on talking to your best friend, it will take your focus away from the road completely. This is becoming a growing issue with the new tech-savvy generation. A new statistic from massachusettsduilawyerblog.com is saying that texting while driving is as dangerous, if not more, than driving while intoxicated. There are definite ways to prevent a crash due to texting while driving, and the simplest one is just putting your phone away.

            Almost 50% of teens admit to trying to perform this dangerous task, according to textecution.com. It is easy to find those people who drive with their knees, have people steer for them, or text at red lights. Think of how distracted you can become. Even sending a quick message while periodically peering at the road can make you swerve or speed up and not see an oncoming car or person. Many objects come into your line of vision while driving, but your phone shouldn’t be one of them.

            The one piece of information people need to take into consideration is what you care more about: telling your friend about what you did last night or getting somewhere alive. They would be much sadder to find you in a deadly crash than for you not to answer them. One of the biggest issues is temptation. Put it on silent, and put it in your backseat. If you absolutely have to answer the person, pull over where you can give it your full attention. Make your car a no phone zone. Your friends might even look up to you when they notice you are making a safe decision. Just think of how happy they will be when you arrive at their house, completely safe.

Superstition or a habit? by Brendan Cytulik

On my hockey team there is a weird seating arrangement but more of a superstition than a seating arrangement. When you walk into the room there is a bench on the right wall that can fit five people, there is a bench on the front wall that can fit 5 people, there is a bench that can fit 5 people on the left wall, and finally there is a bench on the back wall that can fit 3 people and we call it the goalie bench because me and the other goalie always sit there and one other person sits with us. Every game and practice the team always sit in the same spot and this has been happening for 4 years now so I don’t know if it is a superstition or a habit. There is also a superstition that if you don’t get dressed left to right or right to left you will have a bad game. Every game we listen to a song that no one knows the name too. On the persons I pod we use we call it pre game. We also listen to Herb Brooks inspirational speech that he said before team USA played the Russians in Lake Placid. 

Every time I step into the locker room I can see the wet rubber and smell the stench from the hockey equipment. Once a week we go to the gym together and do a certain amount of workouts in a certain order that isn’t really a superstition but more of a habit. We also watch tape once a week to see what we can improve on and to see how our next opponent plays. We pay attention to the sweet buttery popcorn more than we do the film, which is kind of awkward, but we get done what we have too. After every game if we win we play the song "Run This Town" by Jay-Z and Rhianna but we don’t know why.  Every game we go out of the locker room and on the ice in a certain order and 2 people stand by the door taping of us as we hit the ice. I love my teammates and I would do anything for them because they’re family to me.

A Normal Day (creative writing of the future)

            I came home from work, tired and stressed. I threw off my Michael Kors heels and collapsed on my beige leather Ethan Allen sofa. I closed my eyes, and could smell the warm coffee that my husband was making me in our spacious kitchen. He was tall, had dark hair, jet black eyes and was tan. He had big muscles, which made his hugs the best. We met in college. From the beginning, I knew he was the one for me. We spent long nights talking on the phone and had everything in common. He had traditional parents like mine. He grew up in the suburbs, like me. We both enjoyed the arts, and we were open minded. We were perfect together.

            It was a cool night, about seventy-nine degrees. That was the coolest we’ve had for weeks. There was a heat wave, and we didn’t know how long it would last. Tonight was special, it was a treat, a diamond in a pile of mud.

            I suddenly stood up, and let my feet lead me to my balcony. I saw the beautiful city of Rio, and saw the lit up Corco Bado and felt at home, at peace. After being at an astronomy lab all day, having meeting after meeting, I felt calm. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job. Ever since I was in third grade, I wanted to study science. Even with that, I needed a break from reality. Rio was my escape. In all of my thirty years, I had never seen anything more beautiful.

            As a child, I always wanted children, but as I got older, I found that to be irrelevant. Having nephews back in the U.S was enough. My brother, Diego, went on to have a successful drumming career. He became one of the most famous drummers of the century. He currently lives with three boys and a beautiful actress in his Beverly Hills mansion. Honestly, I have never seen him so happy. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, he was booked for a world tour, and from there it was history.

      

My neighborhood by Brendan Cytulik

          Hallett Road.  Where you maybe see five cars a day. Only the cars of people who live there, and an occasional car of someone lost.  There are seven houses on Hallett road.  The bluish-greenish one, the yellow one, which is mine, the red one, the tan one, the light blue one, and the one I can never really tell the color of.  Seven houses, fourteen people split between them, some normal and some not so normal.  There are the Meadows, who I rarely see, then there’s the Welch’s who I see everyday, Donna the big lady on the street whose dad died and left her with the house.  Then the weird lady whose name I can never remember, who is always gardening or walking her rat dog.  Then the rookie on the street who is like a unicorn cause I’ve never seen him.  Then the Bolanes who have lived they’re as long as us and also has son my age that I’ve been a friend with almost my life.  My street looks like a house you would see in 50’s movie all dolled up.  I love my house and I am very grateful for it.  I’ve lived there for almost fifteen years now and I would like to spend the rest of my life in it. 

Haikus by Luke Halberstadt

Music

Music feeds the soul

Beautiful brass and piano

Woodwinds and high strings.

Commonly Known Mystery

True or false alone,

He crunches his own digits,

Sleeps but not tired.

Terrifying Cats

Blue-green eyes glaring,

Big cats I fear to think of,

But here, O my, LION. 

Football by Bhavik Jain

 

In the fall,

A new sports season starts.

It is fun and entertaining and very exciting

It is fun to watch your favorite team win every game

And it is also sad to watch them loose, but fun to see them,

Try a lot harder in the week that follows, because they know their

Fan are watching their every move and they don’t want to fail

Because if they fail they won’t make it to the playoffs,

And if they don’t make the playoffs it will break

Their and their fans’ hearts and loose

Their trust and support

Football

Love And Expression by Phillip Raphael

In my life I have never loved a girl the way that I love you.          

 I like you more than I like myself oh yes! I do          

Baby, I ‘m crazy for you.                          

 You’re really precious to me oh yes! You do!              

Because I love you like you’re the brain in my head.             

Loves like you are the mattress and I ‘m the bed.             

Like you’re the motor and I’m the car.            

 It looks like I ‘m the sky at night and you’re the shining star.                

This love I don’t know how best I could express.             

You’re the first girl who makes me feel love this way.             

 I don’t know why this feeling I feel for you got bigger  every day.        

  Without you in my life all the happiness in my heart seems so far away  

  When you’re next to it and me I feel my heart is beating say babe please stay! Stay! Stay.

Ode to My Water Bottle

Ode to My Water Bottle
Kimmy Cohen

Ode to my water bottle.

Your purple shell is what I hold,

You help me stay hydrated all of the time,

Your water always stays fresh and cold.

Ode to my water bottle.

I carry you around throughout the day.

You are useful, yet extremely fashionable,

And I would cry if you were ever taken away.

Ode to my water bottle.

When I misplace you, I feel so depressed.

I get scared I have lost you, and you will never be found,

But when I do, I realize I’m blessed.

Ode to my water bottle.

At the gym, my best friend is you.

When my thirst happens to be rising,

You never fail to know exactly what to do.

Ode to my water bottle.

Without your presence, how did I manage?

With you, I am completely a whole,

But without you, I’m at a disadvantage.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to another great year at FHS. Students in my classes will be posting poems and writings throughout the year. Be sure to become a follower and you can comment on their work. Positive and constructive comments only please.

Enjoy!


"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion"   
H.D. Thoreau

I Will Not Give up My Dream

                    I gave you all my love

                    You just kicked them away.

                    I gave you my heart

                    You just threw it away.

                  

                    I tried to be nice to you,

                    You just push me away.

                    Even you reject me,

                    I hope that you will understand me another day.

                  

                    If you are locking for a hot and handsome boy,

                    I know I am not.

                  

                    If you are looking for a rich charming prince

                    Who can give you everything you want,

                    Trust me sweetie I’m not.

                  

                    I’m nothing else than the boy, who’s crazy about you,

                    Who is always caring about you.

                  

                    I will never give up anything,

                    You can do anything

                    Or anything can happen to you

                    I will still love you.

                  

                    Don’t tell me that I’m not your type,

                    Don’t tell me that you get another.

                    You know with you I feel better.

                    I hope that you understand me sooner than later.

                            

                     Every day for you I feel something new.

                    You’re on top of my heart, but you so mean to me, before if I ever knew

                 

If when you get trouble, if I can be the one that can make you feel all right.

If when you’re in the darkness if I can be your shinning light.

If everywhere you go I can be the one that fallow you day and night.

                       Trust me my life will be shinier than sunlight.

Philippe Raphael

                  

         

                  

American Sweetest Dream

                        You came to me like a sweet dream.

With you I feel happy like a child who drink his favorite flavor of ice cream.

                         When I’m with you I never want to go.

I have feeling for you I hope that you know.

Just your smile makes me feel like I’m in the heaven.

I ‘m ready to stay with you until the end.

When I left you after one second I’m always want to see you again.

When I’m next to you all my mind tell me to stay.

Without you everything about me seems not okay.

My entire mind is in your side. I need you by my side.

I want to be yours, and I want you to be mine.

Trust me honey when you ear me say.

You are my American sweetest dream.

If when you get trouble, if I can be the one that can make you feel all right.

If when you’re in the darkness if I can be your shinning light.

If everywhere you go I can be the one that fallow you day and night.

Trust me my life will be shinier than sunlight.

Philippe Raphael

I will Not Give Up My Dream

I give you all my love

You just kicked them away.

I gave you my heart

You just threw it away.

                  

I tried to be nice to you

You just push me away.

Even you reject me,

I hope that you will understand me another day.

                  

If you are locking for a hot and handsome boy,

I know I am not.

                  

 If you are looking for a rich charming prince

 Who can give you everything you want,

  Trust me sweetie I’m not.

                  

 I’m nothing else than the boy, who’s crazy about you,

Who is always caring about you.

                  

I will never give up anything,

You can do anything

 Or anything can happen to you

I will still love you.

                  

 Don’t tell me that you are not my type,

 Don’t tell me that you get another.

 You know with you I feel better.

 I hope that you understand me sooner than later.

                            

Every day for you I feel something new

You’re on top of my heart, but you so mean to me, before if I ever knew.

I wonder why you can hate someone who is nice to you.

I bet you could be nice to me if I was a jerk to you.

I can’t take this anymore. Everyday I love you more. You still be the one that I  looking for.

You can do everything you want say whatever you need .all I know is baby: I will never give up anything.

Anything can happen to me. I will not give up my dream. I ain’t give up my dream for anything.

Philippe Raphael

Wonderful Girl

If I were someone like you I should thank God everyday

For everything he did for me. People may think, may say

Everything about you, you will always look great for me.

They used to say nobody is perfect. For me, you’re more than perfect

Maybe you don’t know how nice that you are. If I were God I should give

you  the universe and a trillion shiny stars.

Philippe Raphael

Mom Always Being Mom

Hold an offspring nine months in your stomach, it’s a miracle.

You put your baby on the earth, even though you do not feel comfortable.

For being a good Mom is never easy. For your child to have success, you will always be busy.

A good Mom always wants the best for you,

even if she is always severe to you.  You are lucky, even though you are not understood. When you did something wrong, she’s always there to correct you. Even if sometimes she punishes you. She loves you.

I hope one day you will understand.

Even if she’s poor, or rich, even if she’s nice or mean.

Even if she cares or doesn’t care about you. She holds you for nine months in her stomach, she is still your Mom. Even if she dies or is alive. Even if she is with your dad, or with another man.

She always means the best for you. A Mom will always be a Mom. Mom is always being mom.

Have a Mom in good times or times that are bad. Doesn’t matter what trouble you have, she always is there to help you. Even if she doesn’t give you tenderness, she tries her best.

Have a Mom who always understands you. Have a Mom who always plays with you. She’s comfortable with you. She shows you how much she loves you. That Mom is one of the best. Never try to make her disappointed, fight for your success. Show her respect. 

         

Every Mom deserves love.

They deserve respect.

They deserve everything good in life.

For what they do in the society.

         

 By Philippe Raphael

Now You’re Gone

Since when I was a child I used to hear people say that we are passenger. Our life is not forever. Remember that you were dust you will end up as dust. God is the only man that you can trust.

                   

He gave you life the most precious gift that’s not forever.

Nobody can live forever. Our life goes fast sometimes it’s crazy when you thinking about your past. On a Thursday afternoon your gone life goes on.

God gave, God did take. He created and he did make.

            People born and passed away everyday. He has the power he   
           did  everything on his way. Today is your turn I don’t know if tomorrow
           will be my turn now you’re gone.

Philippe Raphael

I’ll Be Honest

When I’ll tell you, you’re the best.

You’re the sweetest and the prettiest

Girl ever, the man you love should be the luckiest man ever.

My life will be better if you and I stay together forever.

        For me you’re the most beautiful creature.  

                    I can compare you to the most beautiful nature.

                    Falling in love for you it’s my pleasure.

                    I want to be with you in the future.

                    You’re so precious to me. If I’m in love with you

                    I will hide you where nobody can find you like gold

                    And treasure.

                  When my entire mind is in obscurity.

                  When I hear your voice my entire entire mind is bright.

                  When I’m in the darkness you’re my sunlight.
                  I love you more than everything .
                  I bet God will kick me into hell if love you is a bad thing.

                         I don’t love you only because you’re so pretty.

And I don’t love you only because you’re amazing

And you got a lot of quality. But I just love everything about you.
For me the best success in life is to be in love with you.

I love you with my entire mind and all my heart. Please don’t let me fall apart.
Darling, sometimes you make me lose all my control. I love you with all my soul.

With you I have the best time of my life. 

Trust me sweetie when I’ll tell you that you make me feel alive.         

Philippe Rafael

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see” H.D. Thoreau

I think it means when you look at something don’t judge it by the look of it. “Don’t just a book by the cover.” I think a lot of people do that, like if they see someone for the first time if they think that person is ugly they won’t even be friends or talk to that person. When they get to know that person it might turn out they were wrong about them.

Derson Petit-Homme

"Friends...they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams." H.D. Thoreau

I think this quote goes with me and my personality because I don't have love and the care that I want from my family so I prefer to share my love with my friends. My mom and my sister are the people I most love. They have time, but they never have time to share or show me love.

All of my friends tell me it doesn't matter if my relatives love me because they love me and can give me love without asking them. They say maybe it won't be the same kind of love that Iwant but they can give it to me because I am a nice girl and I act mature. But deep, deep inside of me there is a big space of sadness and suffering. The good thing is that I have friends that can replace that space that is full of sadness and suffering.

Anonymous

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant."
H.D. Thoreau

I think he means don't judge a person's life if you don't know what they've been through because you have to walk in their shoes to really know how it is to be them and how difficult it is. Sometimes people see others complaining about their lives and they say " Why are you complaining if you have a perfect life." Maybe that person doesn't like to talk about their life or show their emotions so you can't notice that this person has problems. You need to be them to know, you need to walk in their shoes to know what it is like to be them.

Giselly Gomes

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a drifferent drummer. Let him step to his music which he hears, however measured or far away." H.D. Thoreau

Different people have different tastes. Do not judge people by their taste. And one who tastes differently, just do not give any kind of attention or judge. Just taste it, let it fly and you'll find yourself.

Hoang Nguyen

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined" H.D. Thoreau

I really like this quote, it just really shows reality in it. This quote to me means that we all need to go confidently and straight in the right path of our dreams. We can never let someone change and make us go in the wrong direction, by making us feel that we are not capable to accomplish our goals. We need to show those kind of people that we are capable in everything, we just need to work hard to make it happen. We have the power to make our dreams come true, we just have to listen to our heart and do what it is asking us to do. Our heart is the only one who knows what path we need to take.

Vanessa Araujo

Inspirational Quote

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." H.D. Thoreau

This quotation means to go in the direction of your dreams trusting in yourself. Live and do the things that make you feel happy, make things happen that you dream about no matter how hard you have to work, believe in yourself. I've been trying to go confidently in the direction of my dreams since I was a child.

Eventhough life is like an ocean, with waves that try to take away dreams, I am the rock on the sand. The waves may pull the sand, but the rock stays firm. Sometimes the waves cause a lot of pain, but they cannot kill a rock. Be there strong, moving each day a little bit the way you've imagined, and one day that rock might be a mountain and the ocean will be under its feet.

Hellen Silva

Inspirational quote

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." H.D. Thoreau

It is not wrong to put all our dreams in the air and try to build many dreams at the same time because they have to be there to give us motivation to try to make them reality and defeat all the struggles. We have to create the base or strategy to do it. We have the think that our dreams are the goals of our life. I know there are many things against us but that is a bet that life does to make us persevere or to let us know how much capacity we have and how optimistic we are inside. The principle thing is to believe in yourself.

Patricia Salmeron

Love is valueless

Love doesn't cost a thing. If someone wants to have love they need to pay and sacrafice a lot. Love appears everywhere on the Earth: in relationships, friendships, nature, human beings, and souls. Everyone has love, but somehow some people don't know how to show love.

Hoang Nguyen