St. Robert CHS Student News
Sara Khan (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Written February 2023
While St. Robert’s may be best known for its focus on academics, our Arts Department certainly cannot be discounted. The Arts in our school are split into Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. To promote our Arts courses, the Arts’ Council recently hosted Arts’ Week during the week of February 13.
Sara Khan (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Hello everyone! My name is Sara Khan, and I am a grade ten student who will be writing for the school events section. This is actually my second year in The Axiom, so you might recognize my name from the editorials section of last year’s articles. This year I’m excited to try writing in a new section and improve my writing skills even more.
Sara Khan (10) | STAFF REPORTER
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, also known as CUPE, recently went on strike this November. CUPE represents workers in many different fields, but recently the early educators and educational assistants’ union went on strike requesting an 11.7% increase in pay. The provincial government attempted to pass a controversial bill preventing them from striking, which was eventually cancelled to foster future negotiations after backlash. This strike directly affected our school, since we rely on educational assistants for a number of things.
Sara Khan (10) | STAFF REPORTER
The St. Roberts cafeteria food is a controversial subject among staff and students. There are usually about 7 dishes on the menu at a time. Every day, there are chocolate chip cookies, pizza, french fries, and spicy beef patties available, along with other alternating dishes. The main point of contention is the price of the food. To put things in perspective, one serving of fries costs $4 and one cookie costs $2.
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
By this time, everyone has heard about the dangers of using too much technology. Between the eye strain, headaches, bad posture, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more, one might wonder why so many still manage to unwittingly get addicted to their devices. Using technology, of course, still has a myriad of benefits. The modern computer could be considered one of mankind’s greatest inventions, due to all of its possible uses. Nearly everyone has one, whether it’s for research, communication, entertainment, school, or work. So much can be learned and accomplished with just one device, and children often use them to learn and play. However, is it worth exposing children to these possible side effects?
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Due to recent events, more and more conversations have been conducted over rules of war and what is acceptable in international conflict. Using the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as an example, we can see that citizens of a country are not always in full agreement with the decisions of those in power. People are often drafted for war for a cause they don’t believe in, because of the choices of their superiors. Citizens are often put in harm’s way for arguments they had no part in, which drives one to ask the question: should tension between governments lead to actions that may harm citizens?
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Endangered animals are species that are threatened by extinction, almost always directly because of the actions of humans. When an animal is listed as endangered, there are typically safety measures put in place to prevent the species from going extinct. Some of the precautionary measures taken are protecting the animal’s natural habitat from humans, rehabilitating injured or diseased animals, expanding growth of habitats, and more. Some propose the idea of shielding these animals from natural causes until their population is no longer considered endangered. However, others say that it is unnatural to do so, and not our responsibility. What is the best course of action in such a situation?
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
The Olympics are the most famous, most extravagant sporting event in the world. It is hosted every two years, alternating between summer and winter. It has always been considered a massive honour, but recently some have been considering them more trouble than they’re worth. The Olympics rake in money from ticket sales, sponsorships, tourism, broadcasting, licensing, and more. However, the revenue is nowhere near the amount of money it costs to host the Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics cost around 2.5 times more than the revenue of the event. While hosting the Olympics is still considered a great source of pride, people wonder whether it’s worth the immense cost.
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Mankind has always had a tendency of idolizing successful people such as warriors, scientists, philosophers, presidents, and more. It helps give us a goal to work towards, and an idea of what we want to become. These figures are often honoured with memorials, like statues, plaques, and sometimes having something named after them, like a building. The problem arises when such prominent people make controversial decisions later in life, or when times change and their previous decisions are looked down upon. In those situations it becomes unclear what to do with their memorials. Should they be left up to honour their previous accomplishments? Or should they be taken down to discourage the idol’s misdeeds and show support towards the offended group of people?
Sara Khan (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Technology has come a long way in these past years, so much to the point that people are wondering if we could simply entrust responsibilities to computers so that people would not have to perform them. Recently, there has been debate over whether or not people should have to learn to solve complex mathematical problems if computers can just find the answer instantaneously. The problems in question are often found to be frustrating, and are taught in the later years of high school.