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Lunch and Learn series aims to make job searching easy The Lunch and Learn series is a new program during power hour to help students find subjects of interest that await them after high school. Counselor Chris Wood said that the counseling department wanted to start this series because there are students who would like to job shadow but don’t have time in their schedule or can’t leave the building. “The goal of the Lunch And Learn series is to give you general information about the job in that field,” Wood said. “Kelly Kobliska, the Cedar Valley Career Connections individual at Hawkeye, gave me the idea of the Lunch and Learn series to promote job shadows. We want to bring in career speakers once a week or once every other week during power hour to talk about what their jobs are like and what it takes to get into that field.” Beth Johannes from Black Hawk Grundy Memorial Hospital came and spoke this past week. “We targeted the science cluster first because it is the largest percentage of what our students show interest in based on the career cruising tests we did last year,” Wood said. Although last week’s Lunch and Learn didn’t pull in large numbers, Johannes agreed to do job shadows with some of the students that attended.
Wood said he would love if each student would be able to participate in a job shadow. “If you go into a job shadow you thought you were going to love and you hated it, that’s the biggest success because you won’t waste your time at college doing something you thought was going to be great.” Wood added that 25-30 percent of students that go on job shadows end up disliking them, but it rules something out they thought they were going to like. “Usually the students that end up disliking their job shadows find something they enjoy, so then they do a different job shadow,” he said. “Each month we are going to have a career theme, and then each week different types of jobs in that career.” Wood said that he is open to having speakers of all career fields come in and talk. He is hoping to get the series rolling by the middle of January and will be taking suggestions once second semester start. Wood said he hopes that as word gets out, the Lunch and Learn series will continue to grow, as it is an easy way for students to get a taste of what’s out there after high school. By Staff Writer Emma
Finsta finding social media fans for those sharing ‘silly’ sides
Social media is everywhere you go, and if you look away for one second, something new pops up onto your news feed. The newest crave in the social media world is Finsta (aka fake Instagram accounts). Finstas are joke accounts on Instagram that are beside your “real” account and aren’t meant to post aesthetically pleasing or attractive pictures. With Finsta, there are no judgements, no posed pictures and everyone posts whatever comes to their minds. Finstas allow people to express themselves in a comfortable, fun environment. Class President Jorgensen overheard from her cousin and her close friends how fun having a Finsta account was and she wanted to experience one herself. Jorgensen said, “This is something that I would enjoy doing, just being silly and being able to post really dumb selfies. I wanted to be funny and express my creativity. That is why I created a Finsta account.” Junior Sydney Brustkern also created an Instagram because she overheard how much fun her friends were having with their Finstas, and she wanted to discover the trend for herself. Brustkern said, “It wasn’t really popular, but then I got one, and now I know a lot of other people who now have one. It’s really fun, and, person-
Reading Between the Lines
The days where one can climb up in a loft and sit on a comfy cushion or have fun book hunts may be over, but don’t lose hope on carefree elementary days. One can still find a good book and read in peace at the CFHS library. Media specialists Kim Traw and Kristi Anhalt see 100 to 150 students a day. Some of the students are regular “customers” coming in to snuggle up in a cozy spot in the corner and read and some of them are just there to check out a book and make their way back to class. Anhalt said, “Students do want to read, they just don’t have time to read. I have noticed students pick up books at the beginning of the year, and then I hear from the students that they don’t have time to read. I also notice they pick up books right before breaks, and many of them like to check out a pile of books for the summer.”
GRAENING
As students make their way through high school, homework increases, and it is hard to do the free reading that students once had time for in junior high. Junior Josh Ochoa said he reads “not as much as I wish I did. I probably read two or three books a year,” Although students may not be doing free reading, they still venture into the library sporadically. Most of them do so to check books out for classes and to use the printer/copier machine. Senior Sam Schmitz said that the library is where he goes for books needed in class, and he visits the library one to two times a month. Other students, like sophomore Astoria Chao, visit the library about twice a week for a variety of reasons. “I go to hold volunteer club meetings, check out books and print papers,” Chao said. Students find it easy to go to
ally, I think it is better than ‘rinsta’ (aka real instagram).” Senior Summer Pieters created a Finsta account because she thought it was quirky, and she thought it would be a funny place to post funny, non serious things. She also thought of Finsta as a way to communicate with friends. Pieters said, “I looked at it as another way to talk to my friends and be foolish with other people.” Pieters said Finsta is a very fun environment to see other people’s goofy sides. Jorgensen, Brustkern and Pieters all believe that Finsta accounts are a positive way to interact with others and show your personality on social media. Jorgensen explained, “I haven’t seen Finsta used in a negative way, and I think it is mostly used as a way to express people’s humor sides that you wouldn’t see on their ‘real’ accounts.” Brustkern said, “Yeah, I think that it’s a positive thing because you only have specific people that follow you, and it’s very fun to post fun things with your buddies.” Pieters said the humor is self-directed. “Finstas aren’t created to make fun of people, but kind of to make fun of yourself and be goofy.” By Staff Writer Kim
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Media specialists adapting to varying needs of visitors
the high school library because of the librarians’ willingness to help and their knowledge on how to pick out the right books. “The librarians always help by picking out the perfect books that we need to write papers,” senior Katie Rygh said. Traw has a clever trick for zeroing in on the right books. “I always ask what kind of movies they like,” she said, “then try to find a book similar. I also recommend that the student read every day. It is hard to stay interested in a book if you try to read only once a week or so.” Another reason the library is a go-to place for class books is because of the organization. Traw and Anhalt are currently working on making improvements in the library so it is easier for student to
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‘ADAPTING MEDIA’ Media specialist Kristi Anhalt, as well as Kim Traw, conContinued on Page 2 tinue to keep the library resources fresh for exploration.