SkillsUSA

February 23, 2017

By Christopher Cook /LifeAtStart.com Reporter

On Friday, February 17th I attended SkillsUSA.

SkillsUSA is a job skill competition where students compete to see who is most prepared for the real deal. Though to most of us SkillsUSA is just a contest, there are kids out there that devote their high school life trying to win it. There are many different things students can compete in from job skill demonstration, where you demonstrate a physical skill useful for certain trades, to cosmetology.

I found out about SkillsUSA less than one week before the competition. My teacher pulled me aside from the class and asked if I would like an A for the quarter.

Being a sane guy, I said yes.

My teacher explained that all I had to do was go on this field trip on Friday. I had no clue what I had signed up for but it was too late to quit by then. On the following day I began to look into what my assigned topic was. It turned out to be job interview, a part that requires the student to fill out a job application and interview for a job. Considering I already had a job I figured how hard could this be, right?

On the day of the competition, I woke up late and had to rush across town after getting ready in two minutes just barely making the bus. After getting on the bus I got dressed up in my suit and slept until we arrived at Four County Career Center, Archbold Ohio.

Upon arrival I obtained my name tag and found which room I would be competing in.Then focusing on breakfast, I got one bagel and waited to compete.

I wasn’t expecting my competition to bring portfolios and when they did I figured I was done for. I had to rely on my talking to bring me back from the disadvantage I was at. I didn’t go to the competition to win anyways, and once I saw I was unprepared I decided I would have some fun. I went through my portion of the competition and thought nothing of it.

Afterward, I joked with my friend saying “watch me go and win”. The winners were being called in sequence from third to first and I didn’t place third or second. I thought to myself, at least I got an A in my class. When I heard my name get called for first place I was ecstatic.The thought never crossed my mind that I would place first.

After I walked up and got my medal, everything became apparent. I actually won.

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Sleeping tips 101

Mary Mandley

February 27, 2017

By Rayne Wilcox / Lifeatstart.com Reporter
For some people, it’s easy to fall asleep at night, but for most it’s hard to shut your eyes and sleep.

I am here to help you with some sleeping tips that you can use to have a peaceful night slumber.

1. Make some hot tea and add some honey or lemon into it. I don’t know why, but this helps me get calmed down after a long day and helps me rest at night.

2. I’m not a big medicine person, but melatonin helped me a ton when I was younger. It’s a small little pill and it’s chewable so you don’t have to worry about it getting stuck in your throat like most pills do.

3. Count sheep. I know that people always say this as a joke when you tell them that you can’t sleep, but it really does work. Your eyes get tired and soon enough you are out like a light bulb.

4. Read a book. Sometimes reading something that gets you out of reality helps you unwind and settle down from the stress of the world if that is what’s keeping you up at night.

5. Put on some calming music and let it soothe your brain. This will help you unwind from the long day and it will help you sleep peacefully through the night.

For anymore sleeping tips or any other tips in general, contact Rayne Wilcox at [email protected]

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I want my two dollars back

Mary Mandley

February 22, 2017

By Me’Lyea Burton / LifeAtStart.com Reporter

Last week Roy C.’s DECA program hosted the movie Selma.

Tickets were sold for two dollars and it was held in the YMCA auditorium during our sixth and seventh hours. The movie itself is about Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists marching for equality and fairness between all people in America.

While MLKJ chose the nonviolent approach, others rebelled. Some of Start’s very own students showed a streak of rebellion.

During the movie, many students in the audience caused havoc. Though some decided to actually watch the movie they paid for, others talked, threw random objects at each other, and used the movie as a social escape away from class.

Fed up with the commotion, Dean Lenwarto Gayle announced that if the foolery persisted, everyone would be sent to class with no refund.

The students then began to cause an uproar of “boo’s” and “not me’s” and louder chattering. It wasn’t until about 20 minutes later that they realized he wasn’t joking. By the end of sixth hour, he stopped the movie and all students were dismissed to their seventh hour and, as promised, without a refund.

DECA raised over $1,200. Students of DECA were being harassed by angered students who wanted their money back but the students had nobody to blame but themselves. I was also upset, but at least I got to see the title menu.

It’s too bad students didn’t get to enjoy the break from class. Though this is nothing new at school, I would hope that if they spent money on something, no matter the amount, that they’d make it worth while.

Contact me at [email protected]

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LifeatStart.com is now mobile

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Kurt Franck

March 23, 2017

By Christopher Cook / LifeAtStart.com Reporter

We know that a majority of you people, our viewers, are reading from mobile devices.

We’re glad to announce that our website now has an app available in both Apple’s App Store and at the Google Play Store.

Let’s tour the pages of the app briefly.

On the page “Home” you will find all of our new articles at the tip of your finger. You won’t only find new articles but all articles on this page. The articles are posted in order of their posting date so that the most recent articles will appear on top. If you scroll long enough though, you might run into articles written years ago. Though they are old, they are not bad, so don’t mind reading a few. Who knows, maybe you will enjoy them.

The second page “About Us” is a brief description of our website/app explaining what it is we do here at LifeAtStart. You can also find instructions telling you the steps to take if you are interested in joining our journalism class.

The third page “Meet Our Staff” has a list of our active reporters along with our editors and advisers. Huge thanks to our friends at The Blade for all of your help and support. All our editors and a brief description written by each can be found on this page.

On the fourth page “Contact Us” you will find our school phone number and fax. You will also find the emails of advisers Mary Mandley and Dave Murray, principal Edward Perozek, and TPS Superintendent Dr. Romules Durant.

On the fifth and final page “News Tips” you will find a simple submission page where you can leave a tip or suggestion for our content.

Hopefully you will enjoy the app and enjoy our content presented to you.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact me at: [email protected]

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