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or the eighth-grade?<\/p>\nSchool charities like spirit days happen all the time, almost every week, and they are only a dollar each time. To some students it\u2019s too much to donate when they spend about a dollar a day on many things like pop and junk food. Is a dollar too much?<\/p>\n
In Unis middle School their are some grade level that go above and beyond in participating, and their are some that lack in participation. On Team Sports Day the average eighth-grade class had eleven people participating and\/or donating out of the thirty-one. In the average seventh-grade class, fourteen people participated and\/or donated out of the thirty-one. And in the average sixth-grade class their was seventeen people participating and\/or donating out of the thirty.The eighth-grade should be trying to participate more since they only have eleven participaters. Don\u2019t you think the numbers could be a little bit better, especially for the eighth-grade?<\/p>\n
I spoke with eighth-grader Mohamed W. Dabaja and he said it\u2019s the eighth-grade that participates the least. He simply said \u201cThe eighth-grade tends to act cool and say it\u2019s for little kids\u201d. He also added that \u201cThey are simply blind to doing the right thing\u201d. This is true because if you look at the numbers the eighth-grade is the least participating grade. Dabaja also added that it\u2019s very important to participate and it should be happening more. Mohamed Beydoun, an eighth-grader, had a similar view. Beydoun said that \u201cOlder people tend to get away from stuff like that because it\u2019s looked upon as not cool, so the sixth-grade is doing the best\u201d. The numbers prove this because the sixth-graders have an average of seventeen, which is the highest. Both of these eighth grade students participate as much as they can, even if they don\u2019t dress up, they always donate.<\/p>\n
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On the other end of the spectrum, Ms. Agemy has a different visualization. Agemy said\u00a0\u201cEvery year is different, but this year, the seventh-grade has been doing the best.\u201d, Agemy also added, \u201cThe eighth-grade is doing pretty good, but, the sixth-grade is doing the worst\u201d. She explained, \u201cThe sixth-grade is new to the school so it hasn\u2019t acclimated to activities like these\u201d. Agemy ended with \u201cThat overall the participation for everyone should increase, especially in the yearbook. \u201cThe hard work isn\u2019t paying off\u201d<\/p>\n
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Overall, everyone just wants to increase the amount of participation, but how? The answer is to just do it. Some grades, mostly the eighth, care about if their friends participate more than if\u00a0they participate. Also some of the grades think it\u2019s not cool to participate and dress up, but really, who cares? Aren\u2019t you having fun? Also you are donating to charity.<\/p>\n
In the end it\u2019s good to donate to charity and in the process it can be very fun. So, answer this question, \u201cdoes a dollar still sound like too much?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hussein Chami<\/p>\n
Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
School charities like spirit days happen all the time, almost every week, and they are only a dollar each time. To some students it\u2019s too much to donate when they spend about a dollar a day on many things like pop and junk food. Is a dollar too much? In Unis middle School their are …<\/p>\n