FeatureFeature SportsSports Jabari tells all about Baseball enters a new his experiences in the season with hopes of movice business. again claiming the title page 6 of State Champs. page 7 Vol. 40, Issue 3 – March 8, 2007 Captain Shreve High School 6115 East Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71105 Shreve students face reality and take on the workforce by Erika Rush As if it is not hard enough to juggle In 2005, it was also estimated that so the statistics are probably even needs. schoolwork and extra-curricular activi- four out of six students work more than worse now. Shockingly most students say that ties, many students also have jobs. fifteen hours a week and two out of six This makes having a job twice as they save some part of every paycheck For a long time, it has been a trend work less than fifteen hours a week. hard for some students that are rather than spending it all at once. in America for high school students to Depending on the type of job, the involved in lots of extra-curricular Having a job can be a benefit, if a have jobs during the summer for a little student can still maintain good grades. extra cash. Lately, however, more and There are several scholarships given more teens are choosing to work dur- out each year specifically for students ing the school year, too. that work. In 2005, it was estimated that nearly Seniors Ashley Rogers and Jacob 56 percent of high school seniors in Thompson and Junior Chelsie Tran America were working part-time jobs were interviewed about their work while going to school. experiences. Most jobs held by high school stu- They were each asked the same dents are typical teenage jobs: working three questions, and they all had basi- in restaurants, grocery stores, retail cally the same answers. stores, and so on. First, they were asked how many Captain Shreve students for the hours a week they work, and they all most part have these types of jobs responded 20-25. working in places like Hobby Lobby, Then, they were asked why they Kroger, Old Navy, and Cheeburger work, and both Ashley and Chelsie said Cheeburger. that they work so that they don’t have At these jobs, the pay is usually to hear their mothers complain about minimum wage, which is currently giving them money. $5.15 an hour. Though this is not an Jacob’s response to the question was extraordinary amount of money, it is Ashley Rogers (Hallmark) and Chelsie Tran (Hobby Lobby) in their work clothes. simply, “Money.” enough to go out with on the weekends Finally, they were asked if they felt and have a good time. flexibility of hours varies. activities. These students may only working interfered with their school Some students who want more than “Typical teenage jobs” usually do want to work on weekends, but finding work in any way. They all agree that a little extra cash might work for tips as not have flexible hours, while “pink- jobs that will accommodate this can be sometimes it does, because they have a waiter or a host in restaurants like collar” jobs do. an extremely difficult task. less time to work on homework. Outback and Shogun, or they might While having a job can teach a stu- The amount of hours a student Good or bad, as time progresses and work in what is called a “pink-collar” dent about responsibility, punctuality, works may also depend on that stu- living expenses rise, more and more job, doing things such as clerical work and money management, it can have dent’s reason for working. Some stu- teens will be forced to fit jobs into their or child care. negative effects when it consumes too dents work simply so that they have already busy schedules. much of that student’s life. something to do and for the enjoyment Overworked teens sacrifice sleep, of being with other people. For these exercise, family time, and schoolwork students, money is not really an issue. 5 Best Teen Jobs time. However, most students will say that 5 Worst Teen Jobs 1. Lifeguarding In 1998, a report by the National they work specifically for the money. 1. Delivery and other driving 2. Working at an amusement park Research Council and the Institute of Whether the money is spent on 2. Working alone in gas stations 3. House sitting Medicine found that students who clothes, luxuries, food, or gas depends 3. Selling door-to-door 4. After-school tutoring worked 15 hours a week tended to have on who the person is. 4. Cooking or dealing with hot 5. Working on a camp staff lower grades, higher dropout rates, and Many students do not have to pay machines were less likely to go to college. That bills and so all of their money goes 5. Any kind of construction report was done nearly ten years ago, towards their wants rather than their Page 2 The Enterprise Opinion Vol. 40, Issue 3 – March 8, 2007 The Academy is composed of idiots and Martin Scorsese might die by Ben St. John Meet Martin Scorsese. A of New York, and The Aviator. Sometimes I wonder if the Academy or is it simply because he’s Clint Hollywood icon and one of the most Sunday, February 25th, the purposely nominates Scorsese, just to Eastwood? I think the real competi- distinct and influential directors of Academy Awards will air on ABC. see his reaction when they give the tion is between Martin Scorsese and American cinema, Martin Scorsese Oscars will be given to people in 24 award to someone less deserving. It Martin Scorsese. has directed at least 27 full-length different categories whose achieve- must be somewhat amusing, seeing Anyway, I’ll be honest. I’m a movies; six of which, including his ments in film exceed all others of those bushy eyebrows droop down in Scorsese fanboy, in case you could- latest movie, The Departed, a remake that year. These categories include despair. It would be comical if it n’t already tell. I own two box col- of the Chinese film Infernal Affairs, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best weren’t so sad. lections of his films and have seen have earned Scorsese Best Director Picture, Best Original Screenplay, If Scorsese does win, his heart much of his work. I think he’s one of nominations. Best Director, and more. And, if the will probably still explode. Hearts the most talented directors in the He should have earned seven, but Academy knows anything about can only take so much happiness industry, and the fact that his big for some reason the Academy chose directing, Scorsese will walk away before they explode like homemade budget works still retain much of his not to nominate him for one of the with the golden Best Director statue pipe bombs. Either that or he’ll slow- unique style is inspiring. I just want most important films of the late 20th in hand. Otherwise, he will die. ly begin to fade away, his purpose in to see him win Best Director before century, Taxi Driver. Instead, they How much longer can Scorsese life finally being fulfilled, disappear- he dies. Hopefully the Academy chose to nominate and, later, award possibly last after so many crushing ing like the ghost of a murder victim won’t screw him like they did John G. Avildsen for directing the defeats? The man is 64 years old and after they have been rightfully Stanley Kubrick. underdog film Rocky. How in the not getting any younger. A look at avenged. world does a film starring ex-porn- his life shows that Scorsese probably To be fair, though, I haven’t seen Note: Sunday night Scorsese was star Sylvester Stallone as a slightly doesn’t have that great of health, any of the movies directed by the finally presented the award for Best retarded boxer win over a dark either. As a child he was sick and other Best Director nominees. I Director by fellow directing peers drama featuring an original Bernard constantly suffering from asthma. know that Alejandro Gonzales Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Hermann score and Robert Deniro as After his failure with the film adap- Inarritu, the director of Babel, is Francis Ford Coppola. Hallelujah. a mohawk-sporting, antisocial taxi tation of the musical New York, New nominated, along with Clint “The Departed” also won Best driver? York in the late 70’s, Scorsese Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima. Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Oy, vey. descended into depression. And what Clint Eastwood is a talented director and Best Film Editing, winning This will not be the last time do you do when you’re depressed? and another popular Hollywood icon. Scorsese’s longtime collaborator Martin Scorsese is screwed by the Cocaine. So we have a depressed, However, I question why he was Thelma Schoonmacher yet another Academy. In 1980 Martin Scorsese cocaine-addicted, asthmatic nominated. Is it because the direction Academy Award. directed his own boxing film, the Scorsese. That can’t be too good for in the movie is truly award-worthy, innovative and uniquely shot Raging the human body. Being a director of Bull, about paranoid middleweight film is also very tiring, very exhaust- Vol. 40, Issue 3 – March 8, 2007 boxer Jake LaMotta. Scorsese’s film ing work. Just look at Francis Ford was praised by critics and later cited Coppola. The man became deathly ill as the best film of the decade and and nearly croaked filming also selected by the United States Apocalypse Now (though in all fair- 2006-2007 Staff The Enterprise is produced entirely by the National Film Registry for preserva- ness the movie’s plagued production student newspaper staff of Captain Shreve Erika Rush - Editor in Chief High School.