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. 

Generation Me By Julia O'Gallagher

Let's face it, our generation is way more selfish than the one before us. What happened to spending time with family and taking pictures just for souvenirs? 30 years ago the concept of a selfie didn't exist, today that's all we hear about. Some of the products we use these days seem to suggest being self-centered. Being self-centered doesn't lead anywhere, it only shuts you out from reality.

You might think I'm crazy for saying this but, kids these days have it made. Teenagers especially, are often way too caught up in there own lives to care about others and what goes on around them. You'll notice that lots of people our age don't pay attention to what goes on around them. They're too busy updating their Facebook status or checking how many likes their picture got on Instagram. The most common devices around us also seem to have an effect on us: iPods, iPads, iPhones, etc. The name says it all. Even songs we listen to have lyrics are less and less inclusive. They have been studied and they contain more "I" and "me" in them than "you" and "us". If these facts don't say selfish, what does?

The next thing I want to talk about is our generation's attitude towards others. We don't say thank you to bus drivers, cashiers or teachers. We don't hold the door for the person behind us and we act without thinking about how it will affect others. I have seen this so many times since I have been at school: "But, I have the right to do this" students say this all the time to teachers or other adults when they get in trouble. You might have the right to do something stupid but, you really don't have to. Not saying "thank you" can make you look too self-centered to care anything or anyone besides yourself. Not holding the door for the next person can also give people around you the feeling that you don't care. What do you do? Do you ignore others or do you thank them for what they have done for you?

To finish off, our generation is selfish, rude and can be ungrateful. Instead of the "I" in iPod, why not use "we"? All I want to say is to take off your earphones and look up from your phones. Share a smile and say "thanks". Just that could make someone's day.

Our big obsession by Alicia Avery

Are we too obsessed with celebrities? They are just normal people who need attention. Many children want to look like them but are we really obsessed? Whenever I hear today's music, I figured that they only talk about drugs, sex or cars. Now, I know that not everyone likes Celine Dion but she is one of the artists who always has a deep meaning in her songs. So, are we too obsessed with all this celebrity thing?

I always ask myself why people care about things like beauty, popularity and if you are thin or not. I have better things to do such as doing my work in school and pursuing my dream of becoming a singer. I want to become a singer simply because I really enjoy singing and I want to do what I love everyday. Not because of fame. Why is our society obsessed with celebrities? My opinion is that people wish they had the "celebrity life", a life where they can have anything they could ever want, popularity throughout the globe and the most expensive things money can buy.

Teenagers are being affected even though they don't know it. I've heard many girls saying that they are too fat and wish they were skinny like Paris Hilton and others who have lost a lot of weight and who are now really slim. Teens all over the world are influenced by actors, singers and models. They want to dress, talk and act like them even though they don't admit it. Some would be ready to do anything to look like their favorite celebrity including plastic surgery. When you get plastic surgery, there's about 85% chance of you regretting to have done it.

One thing that really bothers me is this magazine called star. It only shows stories about celebrities! They never show or write the lives of everyday people and the problems they go through. It is as if celebrities were the only ones to have hard lives. To this magazine, they think that fashion and how you look is the most important thing. They judge artists on how they dressed, they comment on their faces and compare their dress to another
by saying mean things about it. They comment on non-important things of everyday life but we still read this magazine and love it. We give ourselves permission to judge people we don't even know and that we have never even spoken to.

My answer is yes, we are too obsessed about celebrities, people who care only about themselves and will never do anything to help the people in need and less fortunate. Of course, there are some exceptions such as Angelina Jolie who does contribute her time to help the people in need around the world. So, instead of trying to know more about celebrities` lives, spend your time in your community to make our world a better place. Instead of caring about them, be a celebrity in your own community.

Time consuming, and almost useless, is cursive worth to learn? By Mika Dopheide

When you were in third or fourth grade, we all learned how to write cursive. But, how often do you use it? Elementary schools shouldn't be teaching cursive writing. Schools in this generation are teaching cursive, in the third grade. While in the past this skill was mastered throughout grade three up to six. Schools simply don't have time to teach this skill, students need to learn real subjects. The younger generation in the 21st century don't need cursive, with all the smartphones and computers we now use.

In the 21st century, is cursive a necessary skill? Kids have the power of internet and technology in their hands. Therefor, it isn't a useful way of writing. On computers, people all use the standard English alphabet (I'm pretty sure you know that if you're here). I remember my teachers trying to "fool" us into learning cursive, saying it would help us when taking notes in high school. But they never quite imposed on having us write cursive. It was a waste of time for both the teacher, and the students.

Secondly, schools don't have time to teach cursive. Teachers want to use their time on real subjects, what's going to help their students in the future.[Again] I remember my third grade teacher giving us five classes (approximately) to learn the whole cursive alphabet. My peers and I were getting nervous, thinking there would soon be a test. But the test never came. Our teacher had probably thought it was a waste of time, and rushed the chapter. She had never really taught us how to write cursive, all she did was give us worksheets. Truthfully, I don't even remember how to write cursive!

Ultimately, cursive has never served me. My teachers, just disregarded cursive in their learning. It also never helped me when taking notes in high school. Therefor, cursive writing shouldn't be taught at all. It wastes precious time for a students learning. It also isn't a relevant skill in the 21st century. I wonder if our standard alphabet will be "extinct" like cursive, in the future!