St. Robert CHS Student News
Serena Ahmad (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Media plays a significant role in shaping electoral and political views in today’s society. It provides insight into a candidate’s qualities to ensure a successful election result. The usage of it in elections reaches a wider audience, thus heavily influencing many individuals’ perspectives on politics. This is derived from factors such as social media and the distortion of candidates’ portrayals.
Parnian Esmaeilishayeh (12) | STAFF REPORTER
Research is a fundamental factor in academic society. It allows society to progress, leading to discoveries in many industries. However, it is arguable whether the primary purpose of research is to resolve practical problems or to contribute to human knowledge. Resolving practical problems includes developing vaccines, enhancing cybersecurity, or providing better food preservation and distribution methods. On the other hand, the contribution to human knowledge would be the development of scientific theories, like quantum theory, the theory of evolution, and many more. However, all research, even those that contribute to human knowledge, leads to advancements toward solving practical problems, as seen in the medical, technology, and astronomy fields.
Eva Guo (10) | STAFF REPORTER
The purpose of school is to prepare children for a prosperous adult life, so why is it that many students upon their graduation find themselves with no idea of how to change a tire, file taxes, or do something as basic as cooking for themselves? Instead, the invaluable knowledge that they are equipped with is that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, thus why all schools must offer essential life skills courses.
Angela Xiao (9) | STAFF REPORTER
As the date for the upcoming election is approaching with anticipation, the importance of voting is voiced now more than ever, but a question remains: should the voting age be lowered so that a younger age group can voice their opinions? If we can’t trust teens with substance use or driving, what makes us think that we can trust them with the future of our country?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
In Canada, significant disparity exists between urban and rural settings in both educational opportunities and access to information. As such, rural communities face the dilemma of an uninformed demographic surrounding social issues, such as crimes and violence, resulting in an increased violence rate and a lack of safety in comparison to urban areas. So, what are the impacts of this dilemma and to what extent does it alter communities across Canada?
Parnian Esmaeilishayeh (12) | STAFF REPORTER
The primary point of incarceration is to rehabilitate individuals and help them reflect and recover from past mistakes. The justice system is to offer fair judgement to ensure that upon return from imprisonment, prisoners are “transformed”. However, we contradict this concept by limiting those who underwent such rehabilitation treatment and rejecting them, even though by law they are no longer considered criminals. If the core value of incarceration is to guide those who have made mistakes to become beneficial citizens, then why are they facing lifelong barriers that prevent them from truly getting a second chance? Formerly imprisoned individuals face limitations with employment, housing, and education, making their lives harder instead of providing new beginnings.
Serena Ahmad (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Society has distorted the portrayal of mental illnesses through the increased usage of media. This has resulted in the term becoming desensitized amongst younger generations, evident through how individuals commonly misuse it. This crisis is often derived from the trends of self-diagnosis and the romanticization mental illnesses.
Sarah Morra (12) | STAFF REPORTER
Imagine a young girl, a poverty entrenched woman, a victim of assault, who is now having all previous identity stripped from her just to be replaced with the title of “mother.” She is not allowed to carry out her desired, ideal future for the sole fact that someone else believes her reproductive cells will turn into a human being, when they are not yet one. That is now all that society sees for her, a future that is being foretold. It is one that has not occurred yet, but throughout history has been forced onto millions of women and girls.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
As the country with the highest rate of gun violence and deaths in the world, the United States is often torn between those wanting to implement stricter gun control measures and those who claim its ineffectiveness. This article aims to reflect upon the dilemma: are stricter gun control measures effective, and will they reduce violence in the United States?
Angela Xiao (9) | STAFF REPORTER
AI has increasingly become a crucial part of our lives, particularly in schools as it is used not only by students but by teachers, too. As AI continues to advance, we see teachers rely on it more frequently; however, teachers using AI to do everything from grading assignments to preparing lesson plans is simply unacceptable.