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THE MORRISON SHARKPOST kaohsiung.mca.org.tw Volume IV, Issue 1: October 2016 “House” the School? By: Anna Huang rom behind the closed doors of A new form of student govern- Nini Lee. Nini, the president of the the houses to their own device,” Elisa FHS5 came the high school ban- ment was introduced by the teachers house council and a former Student Cheng, a senior, had elaborated. quet, carnival, spirit week, and tal- this year, replacing the Student Coun- Council officer, is highly satisfied Nevertheless, the House ent show. Few dared to venture into cil with the House Council (common- with the new cabinet. “There are a lot Council sets its goals high with the the secured headquarters of the High ly referred to as “House Co”). Such a of new faces this year, which brings yet-to-be ratified preamble proposed School House Council, especially af- change hopes to prompt vertical inte- a [sic] new dynamics to the council,” by Nini Lee: ter a failed stick-bombing attempt gration in the school by placing more she says. “We, the Sharks of MAK, in order to with its suspect still on the loose. attention on the newly birthed House To promote vertical integra- form a better high school… ensure tion in school, the House Council an environment of safety and fellow- program. plans to change Spirit Week into a ship, provide for the common growth, The House house-based competition instead of promote anti-bullying, and secure Council is made a class-based one. In addition, the the blessings of bubble tea liberty...” up of nine mem- House Council is also planning for (please consult Nini for the full, un- bers and facilitat- two house competitions. censored version). ed by Ms. Brabon. Many students, however, were One thing is for certain, how- The nine officers concerned about the practicality of ever: the House Council this year is consist of two rep- House Co’s grand makeover plan. ready to hear your voice and make resentatives from Some lament the sacrifice of bonding your life at school a better experience, Meet your 2016-17 HouseCo members: Nini Lee, Car- each of the four time within a class, while others find whether through negotiating dress men Clemente, Katherine Ma, Jerry Chou, Emirlyn Yang, houses and a rep- House Co’s presence in promoting code or shooting Mr. Torgerson with Anson Shyu, Dennis Huang, Bill Scott, and Esther Yao // resentative from house unity distant, “largely leaving water guns. photo taken by MAK Yearbook the senior class, Pre-Tournament Sports Exchange By: Katherine Ma t around 6:00 am on September in a victory for Varsity. the Varsity team faced the MAC JV A17, 2016, many people were still Even though some JV girls felt team. Perhaps already exhausted from in their sweet dreams while a bus fully like they did not reach their full poten- the eventful day, the team did not loaded with Shark athletes headed to tial as a team when they played against perform as amazingly as they had the Taichung, the home of the Mustangs. ICA, they successfully won two sets of previous game. They took one set from Apart from the ordinary JV the match. Following that game, the the JV Mustangs, but gave away the soccer and volleyball games, the Sports MAK JV team played against MAC JV other two. Exchange this year featured a Varsity and won one of the three sets. The JV men soccer team com- girls volleyball match. The schools that The Varsity team defeated the peted against ICA and MCA. The first were expected to compete in this mi- ICA JV team with a score of 25-to-7 in match with ICA resulted in a loss of ni-tournament included MAC, MAT, the first set and 25-to-9 in the second. five-to-six. One of the starting players, ICA, and of course, MAK. After a short lunch break, the Varsity Parker Shen, injured his hip quite seri- Rosalyn Huang, a Varsity volleyball The Varsity volleyball team girls faced their greatest enemy in the ously. player prepares to ace her serve. // originally only had one game sched- mini-tournament: the MAC Varsity For the second game against photo taken by Phebe Huang uled, but because of the savage ty- team. As they were playing, fans and the MCA JV team, the Mustangs Clemente, a Varsity volleyball player, phoon sweeping across northern Tai- supporters on both side cheered pas- scored nine goals while the Sharks said, “I gained a lot from this experi- wan, MAT was not able to participate. sionately. Some moments were simply scored five. MAK men’s soccer team ence individually, and I believe our The Sharks Varsity team replaced so intense that you could not hear any- captain Daniel Lee broke his glasses team learned a lot of valuable lessons MAT in the JV schedule and gained one breathing. during this intense game with MCA. as well.” three extra scrimmages. MAK Varsity team captain After the game, he stated, “The The MAK athletes will un- The tournament began with Nini Lee, was particularly noticed for team did well on offense but still has doubtedly continue to improve as it the Sharks JV team playing against the first legitimate block of the season room for improvement on playing de- gets further into the season. People are the Sharks Varsity team. Both teams against a Mustang hitter. Unfortunate- fense.” already making bets on who will win showed great effort, especially the JV ly, MAK lost both sets of the game, 19- Overall, most athletes ex- the final tournaments. Will the Sharks players who dove for the ball whenever to-25 and 15-to-25. pressed that it was a great opportunity be able to bring home the medals? We possible. However, the match resulted Right after the game ended, to have this Sports Exchange. Carmen will have to wait and see. In This Issue: New Teacher Features On Lockers with Thrice the Advice part 1...pg. 3-4 Chargers...pg. 5 column...pg. 8 8 THRICE THE ADVICE Do you have questions about high school, relationships, religion, or just about life in general? Thrice The Advice is here to pro- vide guidance as you go through the school year. Any questions –genuine, funny, or serious– are welcome. Please go to thrice- theadvice.typeform.com/to/GI39Az or scan the QR code. By: Anna Laytham, Gabrielle Liu, and Jasmin Kong I have a very serious question that I homeroom teacher about starting a have been asking myself ever since class food store or start making plans high school started: How do I sur- for a new student store by talking to vive Mrs. Griffin’s math class? Help!! Mr. Torgerson, Mrs. Griffin, or other teachers who might be interested in A: To survive Mrs. Griffin’s math class, starting a student store. In the mean- I would recommend that you take ad- time, if you are desperate for food, go vantage of the homework checks that to Mr. Newkirk’s office with 35 NT she does. Keep your binder organized, and support MUN! thoroughly study for tests & quizzes, and take notes & pay attention in G: Human trafficking sounds terrible. class. ALSO, pay close attention to her *special* signal for what is going J: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT to be on the tests. Besides that, Mrs. FOOD?! Because I don’t know– but I Griffin justs want you to love math as do know that we need food to survive. much as she does and do well in the So, to get the student store back, try to class, so breathe. just bring food to school AND give it to ME. Any questions (genuine, funny, or serious) are welcome and will be answered G: Avoid bleeding to death and wear a by the Thrice the Advice crew, Gabrielle Liu, Anna Laytham, and Jasmin helmet. Also, avoid paper cuts because Our high schoolers are all taking the Kong. they hurt a lot and distract you from same Bible class this year. What are want to know them better and aren’t in each other) one of you can ask the being thoroughly productive in math. some suggestions for ways to make judging them. other out, and you’ll be in a relation- Mrs. Griffin will do homework checks it a meaningful and engaging class? ship. Just remember, sometimes be- which should be like a free A+ except What types of discussions do you J: To have a meaningful and engaging ing in a relationship isn’t as fun as it that it’s not, so you should bring a loaf want to have more of? Any other ad- and snacking class you have to first get seems--there’s a lot of work too. of bread as company to comfort you vice? everyone excited, snacking, and fo- in times of trouble. cused on what we are going to do. Try G: You must first peel the potato, and A: Like any class, sitting for about an bringing in snacks and have everyone then chop it into quarters. Then, take J: Taking any math class without brain hour and a half is somewhat monoto- eat a plate of snacks while discussing. the quarters to the bank and have it power would be TERRIBLE. I can’t nous and tiring. Ways to make Bible converted to NT dollars so you can imagine it! I would never advise you class more engaging would be to let How do you get into a relationship? actually do something because anoth- to even attempt it! Bring Nerds, but students get up and move around er person will never be the answer to not the people.

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