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STABILIS Grey College Secondary March 2018
[JourNaL]
The art of excelling while inspiring is
a rare yet very important talent
ReVIEw
Heroes are in a
league of their own
The class of 2018 faces an enormous academic Everest
At the end of 2017 Grey was on its
feet applauding the 2017 matrics
and wishing them good luck on
their journey into adulthood.
Early 2018, however, once the
matric results had been announced,
there was distinct change in overall
attitude towards the class of ’17, so
much so that the 2018 matrics were
told that they “don’t want to end up
like last year”.
Now without justifying the
2017 matric results, is it okay
that our attitude toward them has
changed so drastically? Would
you not still be proud of your
son for making the school team
after finding out he didn’t do his
homework that one time?
The matrics of 2018 feel extra
pressured to achieve good academic
results this year. The cause of this
is of course the frequent check-ups
done by mr Scheepers and mr Els.
While it is nice to know that it is in
your best interest, one cannot help
but feel like you are being compared
to the previous year.
You feel the pressure of also
ending up branded as a bad year.
In truth, academic results have
nothing to do with being a good
or bad year, neither do sporting
results, or cultural results. It can all
be boiled down to one thing, how
you made people feel.
Maya Angelou once said
“People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did but
people will never forget how you
made them feel.” I would like to
adjust this quote to: “You will forget
what Grey said, you will forget what
Grey did but you will never forget
how Grey made you feel.”
The same can be said about
any year group. The quality of
the year group is thus ultimately
determined by how that year group
made the school feel.
It is, however, often the case
that this infectious feeling that the
Grey spirit creates, gives rise to
much more tangible achievements,
like the first team rugby being
undefeated and yes, good academic
achievement.
These are the results of the
matrics trying to leave the rest of
the school feeling inspired and
not merely satisfied. The matric
mindset should thus not be: The
school is watching, what do they
want us to do? but rather: The
school is watching, let’s show them
Plug in all systems: Let the battle begin
If you are a Sword Art Online fan,
then this is the game for you.
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is
a new role-playing game based on
the anime series, Sword Art Online.
The game’s release date was on
the 23rd of February 2017 and
it is published by Bandai Namco
Entertainment.
Sword Art Online: Fatal Battle
was developed by Dimps. This game
was rated a 7/10 by Steam and
66% by Metacritic and is available
on Playstation 4, Xbox One and
Microsoft Windows. The characters
are Kirito, Asuna and a silent
protagonist.
This game is based on a silent
protagonist who begins his day
at Gun Gale Online. GGO is based
on a territory called SBC Flugel.
The territory is locked tight
and can only be accessed by
players accompanied by rare
AI companions called ArFA-
sys. The purpose of these
companions is to unlock
the raid for the players to
complete the game. This can
be done by upgrading the
ArFA-sys.
Kirito’s childhood friend
Kureha is approached by one
of the ArFA-sys and avoids
being noticed by Kirito and
Asuna. This is a race to
complete GGO - but there is a
surprise lying at the heart of
GGO.
I think the fact that
Kirito is not the protagonist
in this game was a genius move
by Dimps. Not only is it a surprise,
but it also makes the game a third-
person combat game, which is very
effective. The graphics of the game
are spectacular and the controls are
simple to master.
There are some weak spots in
the game. I found the storyline to be
very confusing and added to that,
there is no background that one can
refer to for better comprehension of
the story.
Despite the story line, this is
still a good game and I give it a
rating of 8 out of 10.
what we can do.
Let us thus not remember
the class of ‘17 by their academic
results, but rather by how they
made us feel. One should also
remember that achievement is not
only about distinctions, but it is
measured by the quality of the
person who achieves a matric pass.
In 2018, let us not strive only
for great academic achievement or
great achievement on the sports
field. But let us strive toward being
a great year by making the school
feel inspired by what we can do.
Achieve this and 2018 is our oyster.
If you’re a DC fan, this is the
movie for you.
Ben Affleck stars as
Batman in Zack Snyder’s Justice
League and he’s accompanied
by Henry Cavill as Superman,
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman,
Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray
Fisher as Cyborg and Jason
Momoa as Aquaman.
This movie is based on
the DC Comic Justice League by
Gardner Fox. The production
budget for this movie was 300
million dollars.
A ruler named Steppenwolf
attempts to conquer Earth
through the combined energies
of Mother Boxes, but is defeated
by a unified army.
Steppenwolf,
with
a
stronger army, returns to
reclaim the three Mother Boxes
to attempt to conquer Earth.
Bruce Wayne, along with Diana
Prince recruits Arthur Curry
(Aquaman), Barry Allen (The
Flash), Victor Stone (Cyborg)
and an unexpected ally to stop
Steppenwolf from conquering
the planet.
The visual effects are
amazing. It makes you feel like
you’re actually in the scene. I
rate this movie a 7 out of 10.
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