Cheerleading: Sport or Activity? By Christopher Cusson

Every year, cheerleaders get concussions, break bones or even die. All this due to the lack of good staff and training. Cheerleading should be recognized as a sport. They do compétitions and contests, the cheerleaders are skillful and athletic. Also, by recognizing it as a sport, it would allow teams, or squads, to have good coaches and Equipment. I have a sister that did cheerleading, but she didn't have a specialized coach this year, so there is no cheerleading at her school this year.

First of all, many people say that cheerleading is not a sport, because they wear makeup, and say tey don't do much physical activity. These people don't even deserve to be taken in consideration, because makeup is part of the uniform, and the cheerleaders work so hard you can't imagine how strong they are.

Secondly, in the dictionary, sport is defined as "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess, and OFTEN of a competitive nature." The cheerleaders surely do have skills, and many squads do compete in events and contests. Some squads don't but, OFTEN they do. So why not call it a sport?

Lastly, by recognizing it as a sport, we are opening a doorway to sponsorships and the opportunity of having specialized coaches and staff at schools. This would allow the cheerleaders to have good coaching, and prevent them from getting injured during a stunt which they are not ready for, or need more practice on.

As you can see, there is no reason why cheerleading is not a sport, so this is why we should recognize it as a sport. The athlètes are skillful and the activity is competitive, but it also would prevent them from getting injured during practices or compétitions. Let's not wait for another cheerleader to break her neck or get a concussion, let's recognize the sport of cheerleading!

What Do You Think Is Annoying? By Xavier Simard

    Are there things that annoy you? Do you want the annoying things to stop? Then make a complaint or write a blog about it.

    I am introducing 3 things that I find annoying: Teachers, disturbing/loud sounds, and people.

    I think everything is annoying. Teachers never stop talking and its always work work work, so I find them annoying. Sounds are annoying because you can't sleep or focus, and things like loud music can hurt your ears. People and sounds are annoying because lots of things like loud music or people talking non stop loudly, or parents or people yelling at each other makes me angry and makes want to go shut them up while trying to fix their problems, which I usually do for my family who yell at each other sometimes, this is one reason why sounds and people are annoying.

    Are there things that annoy you? Like not understanding what a good friend of yours says or what he/she finds cool for example, or sounds or people that are annoying? Then you should tell them to stop or lower the sound, or ask your good friend to have him/her help you understand, you'll feel a lot better then taking out pent up anger and going into a short frenzy on them. Writings things that annoy you and posting it online can help release anger too (probably), and have people understand you better.

    Are there things that annoy you? Do you want the annoying things to stop? Then make a complaint, write a blog about it, or do something about it. The 3 arguments I introduced are things I or other people also find annoying, like teachers, sounds, and people. I think if there was something that annoyed me, I'd make it stop, polite or not, or endure and ignore it.

What do you know about the world by Marc-Antoine Déry

What do you think about getting about other people in the world ? 300 000 civilians are stuck in a rebel-held area in Aleppo, Syria, but did you knew it it. In all most every part of the world tradgedie, sadness, luck, violance and goodness are happening every day and all most 50% of the world don’t know about it. At first Tony Maddox the executive vice president of CNN said that in only 3 mounth he full the year planning. Because that he found so muche vent in other country. And because if we are inform of some tradgedie we could  help solving them. ‘’This is the first time when the judicious investment we’vemade in a proper international infrastructure are paying off, ‘’ Mr.Maddox Said.

In this world their is more n 50 country but more than 80% of the population don’t know more than 30of them. Did you know that in china a 6 years old boy was crossing a street and got hit by a car and no one was helping him. But every one were walking beside him like if they didn’t saw anything. I persenelly don’t think that this is even possible. I found strange that if you know that their is more than 300 000 civilians that are stuck in a rebel city you don’t give your best to help them out. And like Tony Maddox was saying there is so information that need to be eart but no one cares about them.  I found this sad for those people that cannot get ear when they want to say some thing importent about something that they found strange or sad.

Their is a lot of country, city region that are mistreted by bid company and powerful people. In soem country city are even controlled by company because they have money. And what I think is the worst in thst situation is the fact that they also control the pupolation of that city. In some country it’s even worst because people are loosing their right’s becauser of those incomprensive act. Like Tony Maddox was saying some time’s a simple act form an outside person or group can save a situation.If you check out this link (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/business/media/21press.html?_r=0) you will see what i mean.We could be in power to help them out but we are not informed of what is going on in the world. I fin dit really stupid that because we are not informed we cannot help other’s.

I think thet it is stupid that some of us are stop to help other because they are not informed enought. In conclusion some of us are mistreated all around the world by companies and people with power. But becasue we are not informe about what is going on in the world we can’t help them. 300 000 civilian are stuck in a rebel-held area in Aleppo, Syria, but did you knew it.

Caring about celebrities by jade b-v

Celebrities are normal people like us. The fact that they have a higher class job makes them more popular and important to the society. Why do we care ao much about them? People absess over them because of their looks, physical appearance, their popularity ect. Some can obsess so much to the point where their life depends on them. Here are three arguments of mine on this topic.

These stars are seen all over the news. I realise that other things are forgotten because of then such as; disasters, deseases, ect. We are becoming more careless of these important events. Why should we care more about them rathet thab real important new? I think that our society is becoming obsessed with them. The fact that we are intrigued by their personal lifes makes us forget about important things.

We all know that celebrities have great bodies. When exposed to people, mostly teens, it lowers their self esteem. I've heard about girls thinking that they are fat when thay arebperfectly fine. Everyone is perfect the way they are, so why change yourself? Celebrities mostly advertise by showibg their "perfect" body. I think we should have bigger sizes women to advertise  to boost up our self confidence. Our society these days only care about physical appearence!

I think that we care so much about celebrities because we are intrigued by their life. I also think that we take them as role models. It's nice to care about them but we shouldnt go that far when we care for them. They are not the most important people in our society! We
should'nt forget that.

Travelling Influences Thoughts by Vincent Leclerc

People mostly travel to see ancient architecture or to relaxe on the beach but do see what is happening on the other side of the street? Always seeing the good side of a place can influence the vision of everything being perfect but seeing the truth may get the peoples attention to help them. Discovering new land gives the privilage to learn and explore the world you live in. Travelling gives the opertunity to see and experiance different cultures. Also, it affects the humans thoughts of how to adapt to an environment.

If you ever visited a country far from your home land, you could see and feel the citizens culture. For example, going to China and seeing their God makes us maybe curious and interested to learn about how they see him and what has he done too change the communities lives. In Cuba, the society doesn't eat the same things as Canadiens eat. They cultivate different fruits and vegetables since their climate opertunates them. They also don't have as much varriety of alimants as we do. When seeing these little differences, our brain gets a better understanding of how good it's to be home.

Lastly, people do not realize how moving into an other country has changes. One of the major change is the climate. Compared to Quebec, Mexico is much more worm and humid. Human wants to live in a hot environment but does not know the consequences that comes with it. Most of warm places has bigger bugs and different disasters. Also, there is the smell! Some countries smell humidity, healthy, relaxing, polluted, or the Ocean. All these little changes could convince someone to never live there.

As you may consider, most people see the good side of somewhere and gets the impression of living in a well treated world. Travelling gives you the opertunity to discover new cultures and see how different climates may influence a lifestyle. If you ever get the chance to go on vacation, will you go see on the other side of the road?

Confident or Too Confident? by Tara Duquet

You might think being confident is great, but this generation has caused issues because they love themselves too much! Today, people are more self-centred than people in previous generations. Some people are even posting pictures/videos of them on social media saying they are better than everyone else. Because of changes in types of pictures posted on social media and an increase in bullying, people have realized this generation is different from the 80's generations.

First off, teenagers and young adults in the 80's generations did not have as much technology as we do today. One reason why I know this generation is more self-centred than previous ones is because of posts on social media like facebook, instagram, twitter, etc. Many boys and girls — mostly girls — post pictures of them showing off their bodies. Some people even post naked pictures! Yes, a picture in a swimsuit on the beach is fine, but nowadays young girls post pictures of them outside during the winter only wearing leggings and a crop top! That's what I call: TOO MUCH!! One of the worst parts is that parents have nothing to say about their children posting these kinds of pictures on internet. Another thing our generation is posting on social media, but are less common, are videos of them telling others that they are better than everyone. As a parent, I could not stand to see my children posting these kind of things. 

People who don't like themselves are less likely to bully others. But in this generation, people love themselves more than before. This is why bullying has increased a lot in the last three decades. According to the NCES — National Centre for Education Statistics — since 2003 bullying percentage has increased of 24.5%. Only in the past 12 years! Imagine how much it has increased since the 1980's! Today, people don't only bully for fun, people bully because they literally think others are nothing. Bullies may also be some of the people that show off their bodies on internet. 

This is why I know people love themselves too much. It is sad how today, people are more self-centred that people in previous generations. Next time you are around teenagers or young adults, look at how they treat everyone, and look at what pictures they post on social media. To you, was the 80's generation better or worse than the one we live in today?  

A Waste of Learning Time by Maxime Paquet

Cursive writing, was it a fun and exciting  subject to learn about and more importantly, was it worth learning? The answer is probably no. Cursive is not necessarily required and/or useful in adult life. It wastes a part of elementary school that could be used to learn other things or improve other subjects. Cursive writing is rarely used in other years of our life other than elementary school.


To start off cursive is a waste of time. This time could be used to improve other learning subjects. Elementary school students could even learn other subjects. When I think back to cursive writing I can only remember checking the clock since it was such a boring class. After grade 4 I never heard of cursive writing nor had to write in cursive. Our cycle 2 teacher said it was important and would be greatly used in high school. My cycle 3 teacher did not even mention cursive ounce! So what use those it have? If it would still be used this blog would not even had existed.

Secondly when we enter high school it is not even used. We can choose to write like this but it limits to that. How can it be on cycle 2 subjects if it is not used later? Most people don't remember how write in cursive. Cursive writing is also more complicated to learn and harder to remember. As the way life goes, it is so not used that it will probably not be taught any more. If people don't use cursive, they will forget how to use it.

To conclude, cursive wastes learning time and is not of a great use in the future. Cursive writing wastes part of the learning time and is not required in adult life. The first reason is I consider it a loss of time. The second reason is it only relates to cycle 2. How great, wasting time, scratching our heads to learn cursive while it is not even used.