{"id":1407,"date":"2017-01-12T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2017-01-20T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T18:17:44","slug":"school-clubs-whats-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2017\/01\/12\/school-clubs-whats-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"School Clubs: What\u2019s the point?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe have a student council?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would you wanna do that when you could be at home?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat even is a student council?\u201d<\/p>\n

Why are we constantly being ignored? We have so many clubs in Unis Middle school but no one but the club themselves seems to know about them. School clubs are made to get students engaged into certain things. Outside of sports and chess, is seems like no one knows we have other clubs that are in need of more members. Most people don\u2019t care, don\u2019t find them interesting, or important. This is\"\"<\/a> upsetting as it causes the opposite effect that people who start clubs hope for. But the question still stands. Why are we ignored?<\/p>\n

Clubs are set up to bring people together over a common interest. Some examples from Unis include Academic games and Robotics. Mrs. Simmons started Robotics for people who were interested in science and technology. Mrs. Simmons stated that she \u201cStarted it based on student interest.\u201d \u00a0Academic games is specifically made for people who like or want to improve math. Clubs can also be made for the sole purpose of helping the school or community the club is in. This is what Student Council is made for. Student Council is in charge of the dances and spirit days. The money made from these are given to charities. This helps both the school and the community.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Yet, once again all the clubs we have are being ignored. One main possible reason that many students do not join a school club is because they don\u2019t want to spend more time after school. While it may make other people hesitant to to stay after school it only makes sense to at least give the club a chance. But to some it doesn\u2019t seem to be a problem.\u201cI thought it was weird that it was only 25 minutes after school.\u201d explained Noar Hussein, a student council member. \u201cI was hoping it would be longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another problem is the lack of variety in the clubs. Most schools have limited choices. This could also another reason why most people don\u2019t want to join clubs. \u00a0Some people don\u2019t want to join more clubs because their school\u2019s choices aren\u2019t variated enough. Those people include 7th grader Adam Said and his friends. Adam has been thinking about finding a way to start a new club at Unis. \u201cMy new club idea is about people learning how to program. I want them to be able to use certain languages (programming languages) to make websites, games, and apps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basically, school clubs are sadly being shoved aside. It\u2019s time to put them in the spotlight. If you have club ideas, make it known and maybe it could be made into something. If you had a club you wanted to join, join it and convince your friends to as well. If you don\u2019t care about your school clubs at all, I dare you to get up and join one right now. I guarantee you, it\u2019s a thousand times better to get out there and do something rather than sit at home after school and do nothing.<\/p>\n

Amira Said,<\/p>\n

Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe have a student council?\u201d \u201cWhy would you wanna do that when you could be at home?\u201d \u201cWhat even is a student council?\u201d Why are we constantly being ignored? We have so many clubs in Unis Middle school but no one but the club themselves seems to know about them. School clubs are made to …<\/p>\n

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