TECA Times, December 2023, Issue 3

TECA Times

DECEMBER 2023 | ISSUE 3

NEWS MAGAZINE

Winter Edition

IN THIS ISSUE 3 4 5 7 8 10 12

Spotlight on TECA Times Newspaper Winter Break Bucket List

Not sure what to do over break? Here are a few ideas from TECA Times staffers.

Out of the Blue

Oscar’s latest obsession: Operation Wandering Soul

Word Search Floriography Learn about ciphers and secret messages!

Restaurant Review

Take a trip to Salvador at the Montecristo Restaurant!

Student Spotlight

What’s your favorite part of winter?

Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Review

13 Holiday Traditions 14 Book Reviews 16 Music Poll 18 19 Staff Spotlight Hawthorn Effect 20

History of common Christmas traditions Find you next read!

What do TECAstudents listen to?

Read about Mr. Reekers!

Read about Mr. Reekers!

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The TECA Newspaper

By TECA Times Staff Harrison The TECA newspaper is the newest special that Ms Dana started the newspaper of the 2023 school year.

The staff is made up entirely of middle school students who all come up with ideas to put in the newspaper. The ideas can be school-facing articles (such as this one), community-facing articles (like a restaurant review), a book review, a sports article and a student or teacher spotlight. But they don't have to be articles, there could be an activity such as a comic or a word search. The articles are written in the library during the 6th-8th specials time.

The TECA Times staff reading the newspaper

The amount of people that can be in the newspaper at a time is about 15.

The articles are mostly picked by the newspaper staff. Most of the time the articles are faced towards current events, holidays and interests in the real world or in school. Some of the articles might also be about clubs in school.

El Periódico TECA Por el personal de TECA Times, Harrison

El periódico TECA es el especial más nuevo que la Sra. Dana inició en el periódico del año escolar 2023. El personal está compuesto en su totalidad por estudiantes de secundaria a quienes se les ocurren ideas para publicar en el periódico.

Las ideas pueden ser artículos escolares (como este), artículos comunitarios (como una reseña de un restaurante), una reseña de un libro, un artículo sobre deportes y un artículo destacado sobre estudiantes o maestros. Pero no tienen por qué ser artículos, podría haber una actividad como un cómic o una sopa de letras.

Los artículos se escriben en la biblioteca durante el horario especial del 6 al 8.

El personal de TECA Times leyendo el periódico.

La cantidad de personas que pueden estar en el periódico a la vez es de aproximadamente 15. La mayoría de los artículos los selecciona el personal del periódico. La mayoría de las veces los artículos están orientados a eventos actuales, días festivos e intereses en el mundo real o en la escuela. Algunos de los artículos también podrían tratar sobre clubes en la escuela.

WINTER BREAK BUCKET LIST COSAS QUE HACER EN LAS VACACIONES DE INVIERNO For this year’s Christmas we will be sharing some ideas that you could do over winter break with family and friends.

Para la Navidad de este año, compartiremos algunas ideas que podrías realizar durante las vacaciones de invierno con familiares y amigos.

The first idea would be to go ice skating since it’s pretty festive.

La primera idea sería ir a patinar sobre hielo ya que es bastante festivo.

INFO: Link-https://unionsquareicerink.com// INFORMACIÓN:

Enlace-https://unionsquareicerink.com// Precios- $20 -Adultos mayores de 9 años - incluye alquiler de patines $15 -Niños menores de 8 años -incluye alquiler de patines $5 -Alquiler de casilleros -Puede albergar un par de pares de zapatos, un bolso de tamaño mediano y pocas compras pequeñas $5 calcetines $5 guantes

Prices- $20 -Adults ages 9+ - includes skate rentals $15 -Children 8 and under -includes skate rentals $5 -Locker rentals -Can Hold Couple Pairs of Shoes, Medium-Size handbag and Few small purchases $5 Socks $5 gloves

Ticketshttps://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/unionsquareicerink/items /333638/calendar/2023/12/?fullitems=yes&back=https://unionsquareicerink.com/&flow=628540& g4=yes

Entradashttps://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/unionsquareicerink/items /333638/calendar/2023/12/?fullitems=yes&back=https://unionsquareicerink.com/&flow=628540& g4=yes

Hours:on Saturday through Monday open at 10am to 10pm, and on Tuesday through Friday open at 8:30am to 10pm.

(The Union Square Ice Rink closes on January 15 of 2024)

Horario: de sábado a lunes abierto de 10am a 10pm, y de martes a viernes abierto de 8:30am a 10pm.

(La pista de hielo de Union Square cierra el 15 de enero de 2024)

The second fun idea we have is going to the Oakland Zoo. Right now they have GLOWFARI. La segunda idea divertida que tenemos es ir al Zoológico de Oakland. Ahora mismo tienen GLOWFARI.

INFO: Link- https://www.oaklandzoo.org/programs-andevents/glowfar

Parking Hours - Monday-Friday the parking hours are 10:00 am-4:00 pm for members its 2:00 pm-3:30 for nonmembers (no reservations required) schedulehttps://www.oaklandzoo.org/admission#hours Tickets https://tickets.oaklandzoo.org/Webstore/shop/viewitems.aspx?CG=GGA&C=GAGlowf ari

INFORMACIÓN: Enlace- https://www.oaklandzoo.org/programsand-events/glowfar

Horario de estacionamiento: de lunes a viernes, el horario de estacionamiento es de 10:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m. para miembros y de 2:00 p. m. a 3:30 para los que no son miembros (no se requieren reservaciones) schedulehttps://www.oaklandzoo.org/admission#hours

Prices - $26 Adult (age 15-64 ) $22 Child (age 2-14) $22 Senior (age 65-75) FREE! Child under age 2

Entradas - https://tickets.oaklandzoo.org/Webstore/shop/viewitems.aspx?CG=GGA&C=GAGlowfari Precios - $26 Adulto (edad 15-64) $22 Niño (2-14 años) $22 personas mayores (65-75 años) ¡GRATIS! Niño menor de 2 años

(The Oakland Zoo Glowfari ends January 28 2024) (El Oakland Zoo Glowfari finaliza el 28 de enero de 2024)

Out of The Blue Operation: Wandering Soul *Out of The Blue will explain to you in full detail about something completely random!

By Oscar - TECA Times Staff

The battlefields of the Vietnam War are recognized as some of the most violent and gruesome ones. Seemingly endless battles fought mostly in the jungle claimed the lives of a million Vietnamese soldiers.

However, not all of the war was fought with violence.

Why weaken the enemy by fighting to death when you could mentally weaken those same enemies? That way the task of defeating them would be easier.

The enemies, which were the North Vietnamese soldiers, called Viet Minh, were unaware of a campaign going on between the United States and the South Vietnamese soldiers, which were the allies.

Therefore, the North Vietnamese soldiers did not expect to hear the bone-chilling voices of the defeated soldiers, having manifested into the world. They yelled: "My friends, I have come back to let you know that I am dead ... I am dead!" and "Don't end up like me. Go home, go friends, before it's too late!"

The fear settled in the battlegrounds. Not only because of the fear induced by the dead’s voices, but because the Vietnamese feared something else: Agony. Suffering. Misery. But these feelings were not for them (the soldiers alive) but for the dead ones.

The Vietnamese’s Culture Towards the Dead We all know about El Dia de Los Muertos; a popular Hispanic event held in order to commemorate the death of our loved ones. For the inventors of this event, the Aztecs, honoring the dead was vital. For them, death was not the end—life continued over on the next side, and they, along with the dead, had to remember that. They also had to stay in touch; the dead with the alive.

The Vietnamese also have a similar point of view. An organized burial should be hosted in order to properly give up the passing of a loved one. To properly throw a burial, you must bury the deceased somewhere in their homeland. Otherwise, the dead’s soul will not rest properly.

GHOST TAPE #10

The allies of the United States, the soldiers of South Vietnam, let the United States in on this culture of the Vietnamese. They saw an opportunity–a unique and interesting one. They could manipulate the enemies’ culture to their advantage. And, since many soldiers were defeated in battle and left there with no proper burial, their soul could become a wandering soul. But they had to make the soldiers of North Vietnam realize that.

What better way to do this, but by fooling the enemy into thinking there were wandering souls in the battlefield? The unburied corpses were already there.

Now they just needed to create the restless soul.

The Vietnamese believed that if a dead person didn’t have a proper burial, the soul of that person would wander in agony, suffering, and misery for the rest of eternity: A wandering soul!

Similarly to the Aztecs, the Vietnamese invented a day in which they could connect with their dead ones, just like El Dia de Los Muertos: Thanh Minh.

During this day, the Vietnamese would go near the place of the dead’s burial. There, they would catch up with their loved one by talking or praying to them. Some offered flowers to the deceased, others placed food in the grave of their loved one, and sometimes they even painted, cleaned and decorated the grave.

There was no way to create an actual physical soul, but you could very much simulate its voice. The United States asked for the collaboration of the South Vietnamese soldiers: at least one volunteer that could provide his voice and read a transcript. That transcript, created by the United States, was a recreation of the voice of a male soldier, defeated in battle, without having been given a proper burial.

The transcript read: Hello there... Who are you? Who is calling for me?! My daughter… My wife. Your father is back home with you, sweety. Your husband is back home with you, darling. But my body… My body is gone. I am dead, my family. Tragic, how tragic! My friends, I come back to let you know that I am dead. I am dead. I am in hell. … Friends, while you are still alive … go home! …

Go home, my friends—before it is too late…

A single Vietnamese soldier reading this script wouldn’t be too convincing, though. Thus, the voices of a young girl calling to her father were added. That way people would assume that the father of this girl was actually that Vietnamese soldier. Next, some Buddhist religious music, usually the ones played during funerals, was added as a background song.

Creepy, startling noises were added along the recording in order to amplify the horror. Together, the combination of voices, sounds, and music created a recording that was named Ghost Tape #10.

EXECUTE Operation Wandering Soul Most soldiers can’t go restless in battle. And, usually, soldiers got their rest in groups. It only took a few spies and observers to see and record the resting schedules of the enemy soldiers. Now the United States knew the perfect moment to strike; they just needed to place speakers in the battlefields so Ghost Tape #10 was loud and clear.

To do that, infantries carrying hidden speakers were deployed to invade the enemy’s territory. An infantry is a big group of soldiers, carrying weapons, ready to fight. These are the types of soldiers that walk to battle, without the use of any transportation.

Helicopters and boats were also equipped with powerful speakers. The idea was that helicopters would fly over the territory that the enemy was in. Boats would navigate around (and sometimes through) that same enemy territory.

Once night came, everything was ready to execute Operation Wandering Soul. Helicopters began to lift off from their bases and make their way to the enemy’s lines. Boats began to ship down North Vietnam’s coast. The speakers placed in the battlefield turned on.

Dad, Daddy… Come home with me. Dad, come home! Dad! Enemy soldiers woke up startled. The night covered everything in darkness. The voice of that little girl came deep from inside the jungle, but it also seemed to come from the skies. If she was a threat, they did not know. But they grabbed their guns.

Hello there... Who are you? Who is calling for me?! My daughter… My wife. Your father is back home with you, sweety. Your husband is back home with you, darling. But my body… My body is gone. I am dead, my family. Tragic, how tragic! My friends, I come back to let you know that I am dead. I am dead. I am in hell. … Friends, while you are still alive … go home! … Go home, my friends—before it is too late…

The pictures of the dead corpses in battle flashes across the soldier’s minds. So many defeated soldiers, having not given a proper burial… They have come back. They have become a wandering soul. However, it seems that mixed between those voices of the dead, the sound of a helicopter’s rotor blades are heard as well. A helicopter approaches, perhaps. To confirm this, they look to the skies. Sure enough, a helicopter flies by. The guns, already in their hands, begin to shoot.

Operation Wandering Soul: A success?

Whether or not Operation Wandering Soul was a success is debatable. The enemy soldiers from North Vietnam quickly realized what was going on. Although they did not know, they did know that the enemy was playing a trick on them.

Seeing a helicopter immediately caused them to shoot at it. Allied helicopters wouldn’t be out at that time, so it was clear that the helicopter was an enemy.

Already, this points out that they (the enemy soldiers) didn’t fall for the bait.

Therefore, this is clearly not a successful operation, right?

By shooting at that helicopter, though, the enemy soldiers revealed their location deep inside the jungle. It was impossible to see them before, but now the South Vietnamese soldiers knew where they were, so they could easily attack them and ambush them the next night. And the North Vietnamese soldiers were completely unaware of this.

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It’s raining outside and you’re patiently waiting by the Christmas tree for Santa to come with your gift! If you’ve been nice all year, and if you’ve left Santa some gingerbread cookies, you can expect that wonderful gift you’ve wished for, carefully handcrafted by elves. But if you’ve been naughty this whole year, well someone else is coming to give you a very surprising gift; Krampus!

Find the Christmas elements that are key in this cold season:

GINGERBREAD

SNOWMAN

GIFT

KRAMPUS

GRINCH

REINDEER

SANTA

ELF

THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF FLORIOGRAPHY

written by Ximena TECA TIMES staff

HISTORY OF FLORIOGRAPHY

Have you ever wondered why some flowers, such as roses or daisies, have meanings? They come from a cryptic language called floriography. It was first used in 1700 in Turkey as a game called Selam. It was a game that women used to play to send each other messages with objects that rhymed with other words that sounded like the object, whether they meant it or not. In 1717, Lady Montagu went on a business trip with her husband, an ambassador, to Turkey.

She misunderstood the purposes of the game in her letters home, which were later published.

HOW IT BECAME COMMON

When Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English poet and aristocrat, published her letters in 1768, people had three reasons for being obsessed with this new secret flower language. The first is that in the 1700s, the British were captivated by the Ottoman Empire. They found it exotic, and they were quick to pick anything that was part of their culture.

The second is that to them, flowers were enchanting. They built greenhouses to breed rare and exotic flowers and use them as accessories. By the 1820s, publishers started to profit from this new trend; they started to give them meaning based on their genus, their colors, myths, or traditions that they were a part of. They didn’t stop there; they also gave meaning to plants in general, such as trees or medicinal herbs. It also came down to the imagination of the writer of the dictionary.

The last reason, in my opinion, is the most important because it is also why other cryptic languages exist. They had secret languages to give Victorian people an outlet to express themselves. It was a very reserved society, where even expressing emotion could be social suicide and you would be excluded from events. Floriography let women express themselves in a socially acceptable way without backlash from anyone. This language wasn’t limited to just flower bouquets; it was in everything, from writing and art to jewelry, even today, where some floriography dictionaries are still printed. But sadly, this trend stopped being used after World War I.

Guelder rose

Gilly flower

this is an extra Lint fower

This is something you can try to decode the meaning to and this is a link to something that can help you.

EL LENGUAJE SECRETO DE LA FLORIOGRAFÍA

Escrito por la personal de Ximena TECA TIMES

HISTORIA DE LA FLORIOGRAFÍA

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué algunas flores, como las rosas o las margaritas, tienen significados? Provienen de un lenguaje críptico llamado floriografía. Se utilizó por primera vez en 1700 en Turquía como un juego llamado Selma. Era un juego que las mujeres solían hacer, para enviarse mensajes con objetos que rimaban, lo dijeran en serio o no. En 1717, Lady Montagu realizó un viaje de negocios con su marido, un embajador, a Turquía. Ella malinterpretó los propósitos del juego en sus cartas a casa, que luego fueron publicadas. Lo idealiza como un código floral súper complicado utilizado por las mujeres del harén para enviar mensajes a sus amantes secretos.

CÓMO SE VOLVIÓ COMÚN

Cuando Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, poeta y aristócrata inglesa, publicó sus cartas en 1768, la gente tenía tres razones para estar obsesionada con este nuevo lenguaje secreto de las flores. La primera es que en el siglo XVIII los británicos quedaron cautivados por el Imperio Otomano. Lo encontraron exótico y rápidamente eligieron cualquier cosa que fuera parte de su cultura. La segunda es que, para ellos, las flores son encantadoras, por lo que construyeron invernaderos para cultivar flores raras, exóticas y utilizarlas como accesorios.

En la década de 1820, los editores empezaron a sacar provecho de esta nueva tendencia; comenzaron a darles significado según el tipo de flores, sus colores, mitos o tradiciones de las que formaban parte. No se detuvieron allí; también daban significado a las plantas en general, como los árboles o las hierbas medicinales.

También depende de la imaginación del escritor del diccionario. El último, en mi opinión, es el más importante porque también es la razón por la que existen otros lenguajes crípticos.

La razón por la que tenían lenguajes secretos es que le dieron al pueblo victoriano una salida para expresarse en una sociedad muy reservada donde incluso expresar alguna emoción sería un asesinato social y sería excluido de los eventos. Pero esto también permite a las mujeres expresarse de una manera socialmente aceptable sin reacciones negativas de nadie. Este lenguaje no se limitaba sólo a los ramos de flores; estaba en todo, desde la escritura y el arte hasta la joyería, incluso hoy en día, donde todavía se imprimen algunos diccionarios.

Pero, lamentablemente, esta tendencia dejó de utilizarse después de la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Guelder rose

Esto es algo a lo que puedes intentar decodificar el significado y este es un enlace a algo que Gilly flower puede ayudarte.

aquí hay algo extra Lint fower

Restaurant Review Montecristo

Review written by Candy Girl, TECA Times staff Montecristo is a Salvadorian restaurant that specializes in pupusas and other regional foods. If it is your first time, or you want to try other type of pupusas, then I really recommend this restaurant to you. The cheese pupusas are so good that I can’t stop eating them. I also recommend the bean and cheese pupusas, and the chorizo ones are also very good. I recommend this place because the food is amazing and it’s worth it to go and eat there with your family. It is even better if you eat there because they don’t only sell pupusas, they also sell other foods which I also recommend. They have familiar foods that may be cooked in a different way. I hope you go there and try something new to eat!

See you in the next issue!

Located: 3723 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 Phone: (415)641-6272

Descripcion del Restaurante Montecristo

Reseña escrita por Candy Girl, personal de TECA Times Montecristo es un restaurante salvadoreño que se especializa en pupusas y otras comidas regionales.

Si es tu primera vez o quieres probar otro tipo de pupusas, realmente te recomiendo este restaurante. Las pupusas de queso están tan buenas que no puedo dejar de comerlas.

También recomiendo las pupusas de frijoles con queso, y las de chorizo ​ también son muy buenas.

Recomiendo este lugar porque la comida es increíble y vale la pena ir a comer allí con tu familia. Es incluso mejor si comes allí porque no solo venden pupusas, también venden otras comidas que también recomiendo. Tienen alimentos familiares que pueden cocinarse de otra manera. ¡Espero que vayas allí y pruebes algo nuevo para comer! ¡Nos vemos en la proxima revista!

Located: 3723 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 Phone: (415)641-6272

What Is Your Favorite Part Of Winter.

by Aldo, TECA Times Staff.

Olivia, 2nd Grade My favorite part of winter is snow.

Jazmine, 4th My favorite part of winter is the snow and I get to hang out with my friends.

Alice, 2nd

Antonio, 7th

My favorite part of my favorite thing winter is Christmas about winter is its because I get to open the awesome presents. sauce snow.

Mr. Jasper

My favorite part of winter is it being cold and I get to wear all my clothes.

Ms. Bruno My favorite part of winter is getting my Christmas tree and decorating and listing to music.

THE HUNGER GAMES THE BALLAD OF THE SONGBIRDS AND THE SNAKE

BY VANESSA PAIGE CROTHERS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A YA MOVIE THAT HAS VIOLENCE, ROMANCE AND ACTION YOU SHOULD WATCH “HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF THE SONGBIRDS AND THE SNAKES”!

THE NEW HUNGER GAMES MOVIE “THE BALLAD OF THE SONGBIRDS AND THE SNAKE” IS KIND OF LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF GENRES ALL MIXED TOGETHER. IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HORROR, ROMANCE, DYSTOPIAN ACTION AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MORE GENRES MIXED IN.

THE LEADING ACTORS OF THE NEW MOVIE ARE TOM BLYTH WHO PLAYED CORIOLANUS SNOW AND RACHEL ZEGLER WHO PLAYED LUCY GRAY BAIRD.A LOT OF THE CHARACTERS HAD ACTORS WHO I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OTHER TV SHOWS OR MOVIES BUT YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED CORIOLANUS SNOW BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN A COUPLE OF MOVIES LIKE BENEDICTION, SCOTT AND SID, WASH CLUB AND SEVERAL MORE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS WAS REAPER ASH. HE WAS PLAYED BY DIMITRI ABOLD, HE WAS NOT ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS BUT I THOUGHT HE DID VERY TOUCHING THINGS IN THE MOVIE. IN THE MOVIE THERE WAS A LOT OF VIOLENCE, STUNTS AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS THAT WERE VERY WELL DONE. FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS A LOT OF FALLING AND DEATHS, IT ALSO HAD SOME REALLY COOL COMPUTER GRAPHICS LIKE SNAKES AND THE SONGBIRDS.SO IN MY OPINION THE COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND THEIR STUNT WERE PRETTY GOOD AND REALLY MADE THE MOVIE COME TO LIFE.

LOS JUEGOS DEL HAMBRE

I REALLY ENJOYED THE MOVIE AND I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH ACTION AND INTERESTING PARTS OF THE MOVIE AND I LOVE HOW THE MOVIE SHOWS THE BACKSTORY OF PRESIDENT CORIOLANUS SNOW AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKSTORY OF THE WHOLE HUNGER GAMES. I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE FOR SOMEONE WHO LIKES MOVIES WITH ACTION, ROMANCE AND VIOLENCE

LA BALADA DE LOS PÁJAROS CANTORES Y LA SERPIENTE SI ESTÁS BUSCANDO UNA PELÍCULA JUVENIL QUE TENGA VIOLENCIA, ROMANCE Y ACCIÓN, ¡DEBERÍAS VER “LOS JUEGOS DEL HAMBRE: LA BALADA DE LOS PÁJAROS CANTORES Y LAS SERPIENTES”!

LA NUEVA PELÍCULA DE LOS JUEGOS DEL HAMBRE, “LA BALADA DE LOS PÁJAROS CANTORES Y LA SERPIENTE”, ES COMO UN MONTÓN DE GÉNEROS MEZCLADOS. TIENE UN POCO DE TERROR, ROMANCE, ACCIÓN DISTÓPICA Y ESTOY SEGURO DE QUE HAY MÁS GÉNEROS MEZCLADOS.

LOS ACTORES PRINCIPALES DE LA NUEVA PELÍCULA SON TOM BLYTH, QUE INTERPRETÓ A CORIOLANUS SNOW, Y RACHEL ZEGLER, QUE INTERPRETÓ A LUCY GRAY BAIRD. MUCHOS DE LOS PERSONAJES TENÍAN ACTORES QUE NUNCA HABÍA VISTO ANTES EN OTROS PROGRAMAS DE TELEVISIÓN O PELÍCULAS, PERO ES POSIBLE QUE RECONOZCAS AL ACTOR QUE INTERPRETÓ. CORIOLANUS SNOW PORQUE HA ESTADO EN UN PAR DE PELÍCULAS COMO BENEDICTION, SCOTT AND SID, WASH CLUB Y VARIAS MÁS.

UNO DE MIS PERSONAJES FAVORITOS ERA REAPER ASH. FUE INTERPRETADO POR DIMITRI ABOLD, NO ERA UNO DE LOS PERSONAJES PRINCIPALES PERO CREO QUE HIZO COSAS MUY CONMOVEDORAS EN LA PELÍCULA. EN LA PELÍCULA HABÍA MUCHA VIOLENCIA, ACROBACIAS Y GRÁFICOS POR ORDENADOR MUY BIEN HECHOS. POR EJEMPLO, HUBO MUCHAS CAÍDAS Y MUERTES, TAMBIÉN TENÍA ALGUNOS GRÁFICOS POR COMPUTADORA REALMENTE GENIALES, COMO SERPIENTES Y PÁJAROS CANTORES. ASÍ QUE, EN MI OPINIÓN, LOS GRÁFICOS POR COMPUTADORA Y SUS ACROBACIAS FUERON BASTANTE BUENOS Y REALMENTE HICIERON QUE LA PELÍCULA COBRARA VIDA.

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WHERE DO CHRISTMAS TRADITION COME FROM? Teca staff: Abbigail Tome Diaz

Where did the tradition of putting up Christmas trees come from? Christmas trees comes from Germany during the middle ages. In 1419, a guild from Freiburg decorated a tree with apples, flour paste wafers, tinsel, and gingerbread. Putting up Christmas trees can be a symbol to Christians for Jesus Christ's birth and resurrection, but for some people it's only a Christmas tradition.

Who made Santa Claus? The Santa Claus we know today is actually an American version of Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas is based on a Christian figure called St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Nicholas of Myra is believed to be born on March 15, 270 A..D.,and passed on December 6, 343 A.D.St. Nicholas of Myra was a Christian monk but he was recognized as a saint in 1466. He was recognized as a saint because when sailors and voyager's would travel they would tell everyone about the stories of St. Nicholas of Myra saving and helping people.

Where does the tradition of making gingerbread houses come from?

The tradition comes from Germany.

The tradition became a thing during the 1800s, but supposedly only became popular in 1812 after the ‘Christmas” fairytale of Hansel and Gretel was published. The tradition became associated with Christmas because it became a very popular thing for bakers to bake gingerbread during the holidays.

Where did the tradition of Secret Santa come from? Secret Santa is a Western tradition. Apparently a philanthropist named Larry Dean Stewart is said to be the person who created the game Secret Santa in 1948.

Secret Santa is to have a fun way to give gifts to someone with a little bit of a twist. What Christmas traditions do you celebrate with your friends and family?

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¿DE DÓNDE VIENEN LAS TRADICIONES NAVIDEÑAS? Teca staff: Abbigail Tome Diaz

¿De dónde viene la tradición de poner árboles de Navidad? Los árboles de Navidad provienen de Alemania durante la Edad Media. En 1419, un gremio de Friburgo decoró un árbol con manzanas, galletas de harina, oropel y pan de jengibre. Colocar árboles de Navidad puede ser un símbolo para los cristianos del nacimiento y la resurrección de Jesucristo, pero para algunas personas es sólo una tradición navideña.

¿De dónde viene la tradición de hacer casitas de jengibre? La tradición viene de Alemania. La tradición se hizo popular durante el siglo XIX, pero supuestamente solo se hizo popular en 1812, después de que se publicara el cuento de hadas "Navidad" de Hansel y Gretel.

La tradición se asoció con la Navidad porque se volvió muy popular entre los panaderos hornear pan de jengibre durante las vacaciones.

¿Quién hizo a Papá Noel? El Papá Noel que conocemos hoy es en realidad una versión americana de Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas se basa en una figura cristiana llamada San Nicolás de Myra. Se cree que San Nicolás de Myra nació el 15 de marzo de 270 d.C. y falleció el 6 de diciembre de 343 d.C. Nicolás de Myra era un monje cristiano pero fue reconocido como santo en 1466. Fue reconocido como santo porque cuando los marineros y viajeros viajaban, contaban a todos sobre las historias de San Nicolás de Myra salvando y ayudando a la gente.

¿De dónde viene la tradición del Papá Noel secreto? El Papá Noel secreto es una tradición occidental. Aparentemente, se dice que un filántropo llamado Larry Dean Stewart es la persona que creó el juego Secret Santa en 1948. Secret Santa es tener una forma divertida de darle regalos a alguien con un toque diferente. ¿Qué tradiciones navideñas celebras con tus amigos y familiares?

The Near Witch Book Review Written By Adriana Velasco, TECA Times staff The Near Witch is a strange and engrossing novel written by V.E. Shwab who does an excellent job at creating this wonderful world. The story is set in the town of Near where everyone knows each other. There are no strangers.

One night children start to disappear from their rooms in the middle of the night. They vanish after the first stranger appears. Everyone suspects that he is behind the disappearances but Lexi Harriss and the Thorne sisters suspect something a little more far fetched. The Near Witch has always been thought of as a bedtime tale told to scare the children of Near. But could it be that the Near Witch is in fact real and taking the kids? Lexi and the stranger work to uncover this mystery and discover some new details about Near’s past along the way.This novel was a very wonderful and bewitching read. The plot was entertaining and the mystery. It was different from other books due to the way it was written. The mix of magic and mystery made it a delightful read. I would recommend this book to an audience of 12+ because there is physical violence, it has elements of fantasy, magic and mystery. If this sounds interesting to you, I would definitely recommend this book to you.

The Near Witch es una novela extraña y fascinante escrita por V.E. Shwab, que hace un excelente trabajo creando este maravilloso mundo. La historia se desarrolla en el pueblo de Near, donde todos se conocen. No hay extraños. Una noche los niños empiezan a desaparecer de sus habitaciones en mitad de la noche. Desaparecen después de que aparece el primer extraño. Todo el mundo sospecha que él está detrás de las desapariciones, pero Lexi Harriss y las hermanas Thorne sospecha algo un poco más descabellado. Siempre se ha pensado que La Bruja Near es un cuento antes de dormir contado para asustar a los niños de Near. ¿Pero podría ser que la Casi Bruja sea real y se lleve a los niños? Lexi y el extraño trabajan para descubrir este misterio y descubrir algunos detalles nuevos sobre el pasado de Near en el camino. Esta novela fue una lectura maravillosa y fascinante. La trama fue entretenida y el misterio. Se diferenciaba de otros libros por la forma en que estaba escrito. La mezcla de magia y misterio la convirtió en una lectura encantadora. Recomendaría este libro a una audiencia mayor de 12 años porque hay violencia física, tiene elementos de fantasía, magia y misterio. Si esto le parece interesante, definitivamente le recomendaría este libro.

Heartless Book Review Written By Adriana Velasco, TECA Times staff Heartless by Marissa Meyer is a wonderful retelling of Lewis Carroll's “Alice in Wonderland” told from the perspective of Catherine Pinkerton.

Before she was the cruel and bitter Queen of Hearts, Catherine was just a normal girl who was in love.The unmarried King of Hearts has his eye on Catherine hoping that she may soon become his wife. However, Catherine has no interest in him, she wishes to open a bakery but her parents see it as an unfit role for a girl who could be the queen. One day at one of the King’s balls, Catherine meets Jest, the mysterious and charming court joker. She quickly falls for him and they enter a secret courtship, risking the wrath of her parents and disappointment of the king. But with all the odds against them and the horrifying Jabberwock roaming free, will Catherine and Jest’s love survive? Marissa Meyer did an excellent job writing a modern version of Alice in Wonderland. It is an astounding and heart wrenching novel. The romance between Catherine and Jest is beautiful and tragic. Catherine’s story is a whirl and it gives you a whole new perspective of The Queen of Hearts. You won't want to put this marvelous novel down. I would say that an audience 12+ is best fit to read this, because there are some violence and romantic scenes. If you enjoy fairy tales and romances I would highly recommend this book to you.

Heartless de Marissa Meyer es una maravillosa versión de “Alicia en el país de las maravillas” de Lewis Carroll contada desde la perspectiva de Catherine Pinkerton. Antes de ser la cruel y amarga Reina de Corazones, Catherine era solo una chica normal que estaba enamorada. El Rey de Corazones soltero tiene sus ojos puestos en Catherine con la esperanza de que pronto se convierta en su esposa. Sin embargo, Catherine no tiene ningún interés en él, desea abrir una panadería, pero sus padres lo ven como un papel inadecuado para una chica que podría ser la reina. Un día, en uno de los bailes del Rey, Catherine conoce a Jest, el misterioso y encantador bromista de la corte. Ella rápidamente se enamora de él y entablan un noviazgo secreto, arriesgándose a la ira de sus padres y la decepción del rey. Pero con todas las probabilidades en su contra y el horrible Jabberwock vagando libre, ¿sobrevivirá el amor de Catherine y Jest?

Marissa Meyer hizo un excelente trabajo escribiendo una versión moderna de Alicia en el país de las maravillas. Es una novela asombrosa y desgarradora. El romance entre Catherine y Jest es hermoso y trágico. La historia de Catherine es vertiginosa y te brinda una perspectiva completamente nueva de La Reina de Corazones. No querrás dejar esta maravillosa novela. Yo diría que una audiencia mayor de 12 años es la más adecuada para leer esto, porque hay algunas escenas románticas y de violencia. Si te gustan los cuentos de hadas y los romances, te recomiendo este libro.

HAVE YOU EVERY WONDERED WHAT THE SCHOOL FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? HERE WILL SHOW WHAT THE SCHOOL'S FAVORITE GENRE, ARTIST, AND 5-8TH GRADE LOVE AND DIDN’T. ALL HERE IN THE TECA TIMES! WRITTEN BY DEREK VARELA MEDRANO, TECA TIMES STAFF

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electronic

hiphop/rap

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heavy

kpop

pop

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THE MOST VOTE ARTIST OF THE SCHOOL IS AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM AKA DRAKE

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Reekers Interview

BY ANTONIO TECA TIMES STAFF

Mr. Reekers is a 7th and 8th-grade history teacher. I asked the public, and the consensus is that Mr. Reekers is a great teacher. So I asked him a few different questions that most people don't know about. Mr. Reekers was a lawyer before he was a teacher. He wasn't happy with being a lawyer because it would always be a problem for him. It was a bunch of negativity. The reason he switched to teaching was because of his friend. His friend taught a middle school class. He did a mock trial, where they pretended like they were in a real trial, so that was what made him commit to changing to a teacher.

Some people used to have him as a drama teacher, which was confusing for the history teacher to teach drama. He was just filling in for drama. He was not exactly a drama teacher; it was like a short-term thing.

He makes it seem like he has no free time most of the time, so I asked him what he likes to do in his free time.

He likes reading. He reads articles and books most of the time. If he has nothing to do, he visits friends out of state. Because he has lived all over the state, he knows a lot of people in different places.

When I asked what is the most difficult part of his career, he said, “It's managing time.

People think that teachers just go to their class and they're good. But we have to worry about new teachers and pop-up meetings, and I still have trouble with that. I lose at least 5–6 hours that I thought I had, which I end up not having, so it's hard.”

Mr. Reekers is a teacher who has done a lot with his life and I think that this makes him very interesting and cool it was an honor to share it with you

Hawthorne Effect

By Adriana Velasco, TECA Times staff

The History Behind the Hawthorne Effect

What is The Hawthorne Effect and How Does it Work?

The Hawthorne Effect is a fascinating psychology theory about how a subject's behavior changes and even improves when they are aware they are being watched. It was first seen in the 1920s.

Researchers at the Hawthorne Works plant of the Western Electric Company realized that the workers were more productive while they were being watched. Further research showed that this effect did not happen only there but also in a variety of places like a classroom or workplace.

Experiments on the Hawthorne effect were first conducted by the National Research Council to see how shop floor lighting affected the productivity of One example of the Hawthorne effect is in the cerebellar workers at a factory of telephone parts in neurostimulators study of 1978 which was a study to see if Hawthorne. They noticed that their productivity improved when the lighting altered. It also improved cerebellar neurostimulators (a device that is used for electrically stimulating someone's cerebral cortex which is a way for treating when they changed other things such as working various movement conditions) could move motor dysfunction in hours and breaks. But the productivity levels cerebral palsy patients. The first test results showed that the decreased once the experiments were over. The studies showed that most changes in the experiment patients had an improvement of motor function because of the ​ conditions caused the productivity of the workers to cerebellar neurostimulators. A quantitative analysis (analysis of a specific event or situation) of the study revealed that there were no increase. In the end, researchers concluded that permanent improvements in the patients motor functions. The workers got more done due to the enhancement of attention from their supervisors. This proposed the researchers concluded that results of the study were due to the Hawthorne effect. The motor function that improved in the period theory that productivity increased because of of time that the study was conducted was caused by all the attention, not because of the alterations in the attention that the medical professionals were giving patients. experimental conditions.

Another example of the Hawthorne effect is in studies on rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers took note of the patients The Hawthorne effect is studied and taught all conditions before, during and after the study trial. When they were over the world but recently, people have started to in the trial they got better but once the study was over, their question whether it is actually real. This is because conditions reverted back to the way they were before. This shows according to “Scientific American” there were three the fascinating discovery that even in medicine the Hawthorne original studies and of those three only one showed effect is present. results of increased productivity. The second experiment showed no improvement and the third It is entirely possible that the Hawthorne effect affected the showed the productivity decreasing. Those who participants in these trials but there are other causes and sponsored these studies had all of this data explanations for the boost of productivity. In experiments, terminated. When this information was uncovered researchers sometimes tend to subtly show the participants what once again, scholars have been able to challenge they are hoping to find from these experiments so the participant many of the original results. Also, in 2009 some researchers from the University of Chicago showed may change their behavior to help the researcher find what they that the original findings may have been exaggerated want. Another explanation for this is performance feedback. This experiment involved the productive capacities of the workers so and the Hawthorne effect didn't play that gig of a role in these experiments. The other variables altered they got extra attention from the supervisors and more performance feedback which could lead to an increase in in the trials may have played a bigger role in the boost of productivity. The more recent attempts to productivity.In conclusion, the Hawthorne effect is an enthralling replicate the Hawthorne effect have failed with only and captivating psychology theory that has been researched for seven of the forty studies done showing evidence of many years and is still studied today.

The Hawthorne Effect Examples

Is The Hawthorne Effect Real?

Alternate Explanations

its existence.