January 31, 2005
By Anthony Klepac
A person should do his best at everything he does. He might get special things if he does
his work. For instance, here I am in Tempe, Arizona, in the car doing schoolwork when I
should be out there on the field having fun playing in a soccer tournament, or watching
my brothers play. But I didn't do my school work, try my hardest, or didn't care. I
thought I would be out here playing in a tournament anyways, but I learned it the hard
way. My soccer team really needed me out there. I would give a hundred and ten
percent of my energy into soccer. I hate schoolwork. I hardly give an effort to it, but that
is what is necessary for my future. I don't want to be a janitor.
If you had a job and didn't do your best or try your hardest, you would get fired on the
first day. My dad has to be at work every day. Even on a Friday, when he wakes up at
1.00 a.m. in the morning to go to adoration at the chapel for an hour, he still gets to work
at 8:00 a.m. I believe that you can do anything you put your mind to, even if you think
that it is impossible. It just takes self-discipline.
Also, if you do your best you might get a scholarship or a promotion in your job. You
might get awards or rewards. A reward for a kid is to stay up late or get a new toy. A
reward for a teenager is some extra cash or special privileges. A reward for an adult is a
better higher-paying job, more money, or more responsibility. When I do my work it
makes me feel good. When I don't do my work I feel like I lied. It also makes me feel
sick.
A person should do his best for himself, not for someone else. I could have gone to a
Phoenix Suns basketball game with my team after the tournament day, but I had bad
grades. I had a couple of hard pages in math.
I couldn't do anything until got it done. It took me only about 40 minutes. But not doing
it cost me a lot of privileges.
I have learned my lesson to DO MY BEST IN EVERYTHING. No one else is going to
do it for me.
Here is a quote from J.G. Holland -"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw
it into the nest."
My best friend likes the same boy I do. Also, this boy likes me. Should I stay true to my
best friend, or should I pursue a relationship with him?
---Kelsey
Honestly, a sincere friendship is one of the best things in this life a teenager can have. If
you are torn between your friend and this boy, then you should seriously consider which
person can offer the most for you. Your friend will most likely be there for years if not a
lifetime for you at any time. The boy on the other hand, could last a few days to ???
There are always more guys out there looking for the same thing you are. What I am
saying is if you have to pursue this guy because he is so gorgeous, sexy, and smart, let
your friend know that what you are feeling is similar to that of what she might be feeling.
If your friend hates you for it, then maybe she wasn’t the “best friend” you thought she
was. If she really can’t get over it, then she needs to do some growing up before she
should even start thinking about dating anyway. In a few weeks or maybe months, both
of you will laugh at the situation; and realize that nothing should come between two best
friends. Good luck, and be grand.
---Doc Martin
Do you have a problem and think Doc Martin might be able to give some advice? Send
your question to Doc Martin at teenzone@infoway.org.
The Mayor’s Teen Advisory Council is working on several projects in the upcoming
months. On February 14, teens will deliver a happy valentine’s day to senior. They will
make the valentines after the MTAC meeting on February 3, and will deliver them to the
Bridge. Our upcoming project for March is one that demands cooperation from teens
around the community. MTAC teens will work with their schools, churches and other
organizations to get donations that will be sent to the troops in Iraq.
If you are interested in helping with these or any other MTAC projects, please contact the
Teen Zone by calling 566-2201 or e-mailing teenzone@infoway.org.
The Teen Zone has a great addition each week! Every week, we’ll ask you a question
based on "The Daily Spark" by Spark Notes. Anyone with an idea can write a response,
and send it to the Teen Zone at mtacyap@infoway.org.
Graduation is not far away, so the Teen Zone asked Seniors to tell us what they plan to do
after Graduation. Kelsea has some big plans:
“Ok, what I plan to after graduation is just to sit back, relax, do NO school, have a
GREAT summer, then just chill for the rest of my life because I GRADUATED!! Naw.
I'm kidding ya. But some of it I would like to do. Like the relax, NO school, and Great
summer part. My real plan is to take the EMT course at the San Juan College next spring,
because that’s when it starts, and then go on from there. I don’t really want to go to
college because....... I guess I don’t really want to. I have changed my mind SO many
times on what I want to do when I graduate. I wanted to be a pilot since I was like eleven,
and then we moved to Farmington and my dad said that it has like a REALLY good flight
school so I was really excited. Then I didn’t really want to any more, and then my brother
started taking a flight class. So ‘bye-bye’ pilot. That was about a year ago. So for about a
half a year everyone was asking me, ‘You graduate this year right? What do you plan on
doing?’ and I would have like a dumb look on my face because "I don’t know." Then
they would ask, "Have you looked into any colleges?" "What do you LIKE to do?" And
then finally when I realized that it would be really neat to be an EMT. Then I could tell
them, ‘Well, I'm really thinking about taking the EMT course at the College.’ So thats
what I plan on doing after I graduate.”
If you could meet one person dead or alive, who would you meet? Would it be a famous
actor or actress, or would it be a great thinker from days gone by? Why would you want
to meet this person? Send your thoughts to the Teen Zone at mtacyap@infoway.org or
for more information, call the Teen Zone at 566-2201.