The Sailors' Log Mona Shores High School Norton Shores, MI
Issue Date: Friday, October 12, 2012 Issue: Friday, October 12, 2012 Last Update: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
  • Beginning taekwondo student uses sport for self-defense training

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Holly Fredericksen

    When looked at throughout the day, sophomore Lizzy Groenhout seems to be just an ordinary Shores student.  But a few nights a week, she turns into Elizabeth Groenhout, taekwondo master. Groenho

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  • Senior enjoys jiu jitsu

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Holly Fredericksen

    For senior Landon Kresnak, football and wrestling wasn’t enough. He wanted more, and to achieve this, he began training in the martial art jiu jitsu. Jiu jitsu is an ancient Brazilian martial a

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  • Freshman searches for her inner Karate Kid

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Holly Fredericksen

    Wax on. Wax off.  Just like the Karate Kid, freshman Piper Burghduf trains in the ancient martial art karate.  Karate is a form of unarmed combat and self-defense in which different forms o

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  • Tennis dominates flights

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Holly Fredericksen

    Seeded first in all but one flight, the boys’ tennis team lived up to those seedings and captured its second straight City title, the first under new head coach Andrew DeBruyn.  “(Th

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  • New athletic trainer clear choice

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Blake Robinson

    When the position of athletic trainer opened up at Shores, applications flew in. But athletic director Ryan Portenga knew the clear choice when he interviewed Elizabeth Lawrence. “When it came

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  • Everyone has to play the right way

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Miranda Shafer

    In every game, there is a winner and a loser, but it is not always the score that matters most.  For coaches, athletic directors and school administration, it is the actions of players and coache

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  • Freshman travels to all states except Alaska

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Mandy Versalle

    Traveling is second nature for freshman Leyanna Jordan-Brown, who has been to 49 of the 50 United States of America. “The best feeling from traveling is the one you get when your curiosity is f

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  • Walking Dead set to open third season

    Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By: Hailey Hrynewhich

    The Walking Dead, a popular television show on AMC, will premiere its third season Sunday at 9 p.m. The show originally premiered in 2010, and in its second season finale received 9 million viewers,

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  • Junior survives brain aneurysm, stroke at age 11

    Monday, October 15, 2012 By: Annabella Olivares

    You probably do not know me. I am not the girl on the volleyball team. I am not the girl starring in the school musical. I am not the girl who’s in every AP class.   I’m the girl who

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  • Required classes stress out students

    Monday, October 15, 2012 By: Rachel Resterhouse

    Flustered with my hectic schedule, I retreated to my friends who would listen to my almost senseless rampage, only to realize they too were stressed with overwhelming time constrictions.  Questi

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At-a-glance

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A bald man once said, “Grammar is like porn to me.” 

I do not feel anywhere near that level for grammar, but I can kind of relate to this bald man’s affection.  Except my affection comes from the love of writing. 

To some, writing is a task that must be performed to excel in school. Writing to me, though, is so much more than something I have to do; it is something I want to do. 

Writing is my personal therapy session. 

Whenever, I have an emotion that is so overwhelming that I cannot control it, I grab a pen and paper and let my thoughts damage a white slate. No one will ever see what I write because it is personal to me. It allows me to express my true self without being judged.

I enjoy writing about the things that occur during the day. I like inventing quotes (not for newspaper) and stories to take me away from reality, if only for a while. 

In a nut shell, a pen and paper are my cheap therapists. They can take me out of my life, and they keep me sane in it. 

Writing is not my porn; writing is my world.
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I am not an easy person to please; a lot of things irritate me. 
    
I hate inconsistent drivers, teachers who have no idea what they are talking about, people who tap their pencils/click their pens repeatedly, the cocky population, and probably 100 more things. 
    
The thing that gets to me the most, though, is when people tell me to chill. The most perfect day of my life could happen, but as soon as I hear the words “calm down” or “chill,” I want to turn into the karate kid. 
    
I am not an ice cube; I do not “chill.” I am not a psycho; I do not need to “calm down.” 
    
Boys are the typical users of this dreaded words. When I am extremely hyper, which is often, I will hear some Debby-downer guy tell me to calm myself. 
    
It is difficult for my five-foot fury not to be unleashed when I hear this foul arrangement of words. When I am aggravated by something, I sometimes hear some person who thinks they are all that and a bag of chips tell me to sit down and be quiet. I muster up all of my self-control in order to not shove my foot into their fat mouth. 
    
It is pretty easy to push my buttons, but one should probably not try. I may be small, but behind this dwarf-like figure is a Ninja.

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