Harmony School of Discovery
Volume 2, Issue 2
HSD
Tiger News
May 29, 2014
2015 Seniors
By: Isabel Williams
Inside this issue:
Columnist
Paul Palacios
2
Ask Nery!
3
Columnist
Tonya Dancer
5
Sports
7
Comics and
Games
8
Wednesday
Reminders
10
The eleventh graders are
now officially seniors.
The senior class
will be the first class to
graduate from HSD which
means they will be remembered as the pioneer class,
the inaugural group and
the leaders of the school.
The leaders of the school
hold a lot of responsibility.
This senior class will forge
a new path for the underclass to follow. This class
will demonstrate strength
in accomplishing goals,
display positive attitudes
and give guidance to the
underclassmen. Being a
senior is not just a grade
level, it’s the beginning of
being an adult and a role
model.
"We do not need
magic to change the
world; we carry all the
power we need inside ourselves already: we have
the power to imagine better.” JK Rowling has a
point that should be utilized by the senior class.
Becoming
an
adult
doesn’t mean you have to
solve the world’s problems, but it does mean
you should strive to make
it a better place.
4
The Obesity
Epidemic
With
the
2014
school year coming to a
close it only takes a minute
to look back and realize
that time has flown by faster than expected. The kindergarteners finished their
first year of school, eighth
graders are now high
school students otherwise
known as Fish, and Harmony School of Discovery has
its first
senior
class.
How not to be a Procrastinator 101
By: Alma Choukair
“You may delay, but time will not,”
said Benjamin Franklin. Procrastination;
we’ve all been there before. Whether it
was putting off a five page essay or simple
math homework, you’ve procrastinated.
The act is so simple yet so complicated.
Why do we opt to do things at the last moment, when we are given a long time span
to complete the assignment? There’s not
just one reason behind our sluggishness,
but a variation of diagnosis.
The big question is why do
we even procrastinate? One
rationale for procrastination,
given
by
www.psychologytoday.com,
is fear of failure. You start
putting things off, in fear you
may not do an exceptional job. Another
reason for procrastination, which was surprising, is fear of success. You’re avoiding
your true potential by staying clear of more
challenging entities. For all those perfectionist out there, your problem is in your
title. Being a perfectionist, you want everything to be perfect. If every detail is not
precisely where it should be your assignment won’t be completed at all. In any
case, the outcome is all the same; nothing gets done. Not only is progression
not occurring, but you also feel shameful
about yourself for not accomplishing your
task in the allotted time.
There are a few ways you can break
your idiosyncrasy of procrastination.
Some scientists, like Jeremy Dean, believe you can shatter a habit in 21 days.
It may not work for everyone, but don’t
fret for there are other alternatives to
“curing” your procrastination. First, make
a checklist. When visualizing everything
needed to be completed, completing the
task becomes attainable. Second, do the
complicated things first. Getting the big
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