The Twister Times Student Editor: Samantha Cowick Faculty Advisor: Mrs. Perrin 2020-2021 Volume 3 Jobs Without College Table of Contents: Page 1— Editorial By: Sam Cowick Page 2— Quotes to Get You Through Your Day The time to try for21st Century Academies has come and gone . Page 2— Top Songs of 2020 A lot of students here at SFT didn’t apply for an academy and that’s Page 3— Decade Wars: 80s vs 90s okay. Academics aren't always the best for everyone. There are jobs Page 3— Kamala Harris—Vice President that only require a high school education that pay better than jobs that Page 4— Throwback to 2010 Shows! require a college education. Page 4— Corona Virus Vaccine Page 5— Would You Rather... One job that doesn't require a degree is as an auto mechanic. If Page 5— Coloring Picture you like manual labor and know the ins and outs of cars, then this may Page 6— Top 10 on Netflix be the job for you. According to the Federal Bureau of Labor, the Page 6— SFT Believe It or Not v2 average salary of an auto mechanic is $42,090. That is almost as much Page 7— Truth or Dare? as an elementary school teacher. Another option is to enlist in the Page 7— Covid’s Smackdown on Teen’s military . While it is one of the more dangerous jobs, you get a lot of Page 8— It’s Calling for You! benefits. The government covers most of your insurance, if you live on Page 8— Top Five Songs of 2021 the base, you don’t have to pay taxes on your house, and you get to Page 9— Encouraging Words of Advice travel all over the world. There are many different types of jobs as well. Page 9— TikTok There are five different branches including The Marines, The Army, The Page 10— NFL Sports Navy and The Air Force and the Coast Guard. There are many ins and Page 10— What Shoes are Trending? outs to this path in life, so if this sounds like something you would enjoy, Page 11— Today’s Popular Books there are a lot of places you can find information about this career path. Page 12— Popular Video Games If you don’t like the sound of manual labor, there are other jobs Page 12— Movies coming in 2021 Page 13— Student Pet Peeves for you. If you want to fly in the sky, then maybe you would like to be a Page 13— Football vs Basketball commercial pilot. You would have to do six to eight weeks of training, but after that, you could make up to $121,430 a year. Being a commercial pilot entails a lot of responsibility. You have to work long Twister Times Staff: hours, sometimes overnight, and the safety of the passengers on the Editor: plane is up to you. So, if that doesn't sound like something you would Samantha Cowick enjoy, it's probably not the best job for you. Maybe, you are a Reporters/Writers: modern-day Sherlock Holmes. If so, you could try your luck as a Selam Akalu detective. Detectives gather evidence to catch criminals, from petty thieves to high profile robberies. You would have to have a stomach of Leeland Barth steel though, because you may see a few gruesome crime scenes in Vivian Estefes-Santos your career. But, if you have the wits and the stomach for it, you could Brianna Keese make up to $65,170. Sophia Lee-Dijols Maria Mendoza Cabrera So, if you don’t think that college is in your best interest , do not Jai Twaddle worry because there are other options. The jobs I suggested today are only a few of the options. You can look for yourself and find jobs that may suit you. Either way, don’t worry, you can make it, even if you don’t have a college degree. 1 Quotes to Get You through the Top Songs of 2020 Day By: Maria Mendoza By: Brianna L. Keese Last year was a good year for music. Some of the artists dropped a lot of good songs, even Some days can be rough and you are just though they had to cancel their tours because of ready for it to be over or you sometimes just need Covid-19. Music just makes you want to get up and some inspiration to get up out of bed. Here is a dance with your family and your friends. These list of ten quotes to give you that little needed push songs are the songs you and your friends will want to start or finish your day on a good note. to lisent to and dance to for years to come. Does it Amazing people wrote these quotes and hopefully make you wonder what songs made it to the top they will help you get through your day. You can 10? always share these with someone you think needs some extra motivation. Enjoy these quotes and Here are the top songs of 2020.in the save them for a rough day. Dance/Pop/R&B genres: “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just 1. “Blinding Lights” by The Weekend take the first step.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. “Dance monkeys” by Tones & I “Don’t count the days, Make the days count” - 3. “Roses" by Saint JHN Muhammad Ali 4. “Before you go” by Lewis Capaldi “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt 5. “Head and Heart” by Joel Corry featuring Mnek “Decide that you want it more than you are 6. “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa afraid of it.” -Bill Cosby 7. “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Rich “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” 8. “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi. -Duke Ellington 9. “Own it” by Stormzy featuring ED Sheeran, Bu- “With the new day comes new strength and new ran Boy thoughts.” -Eleanor Roosevelt 10. “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles “Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad Extra: Bad Bunny was the number one top listener yesterday. Let it go.” -Grant Cardone requested song according to Spotify. “Every day may not be good... but there is Those were the top 2020 songs. Were you something good in every day.” -Alice Morse surprised by any of the songs on the list? I wonder Earle what songs you know on this list. If nothing else, “Choose people who lift you up.” -Michelle you learned something new today about the top Obama 2020 songs. The real question is, do you listen to these songs nonstop? “The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn.” -William C. Hannan These people wrote such inspiring words to get people through the day. There are tons of other great quotes so if you are having a bad day look for some amazing quotes and hold on to it. Words are powerful so choose the inspiring ones. Words can have an impact and completely change the way you feel about a situation or problem. 2 Decade Wars: 80s vs 90s Decade Wars: 80s vs 90s cont. By: Sam Cowick That concludes the first decade wars. Whether you chose the 80s as the winner, or the Decade Wars is when two decades go up 90s, both decades got to show off their best against each other to decide which was the best qualities. If it is still a tie, you can look up more about decade for pop culture. This match-up we have the each decade, and choose the decade wars 1980s vs the 1990s. T hey will compete in rounds champion. for best music, best movies, and best fashion . It is up to you to decide which decade wins the match. Let's begin. Kamala Harris – Vice President In the first round, we have music. The 80s By: Selam Akalu are up first, bringing some classics like the melodic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Kamala Harris ran for the Vice Presidency Whitney Houston, the inspiring “Don’t Stop and succeeded to become the first ever woman Believing” by Journey and the iconic “Living on a and the first women of color to be Vice President. Prayer” by Bon Jovi. It’s the 90s turn and they bring The Women’s Suffrage Movement helped with this some nostalgic wonders to the table such as, the because back than women fought for the right to easily recognizable “This is How we do it” by be equal to men. Montell Jordan, the time-honored “U Can't Touch As they fought for their rights and This ” by MC Hammer and the upbeat “Wannabe” succeeded, many women started to become by the Spice Girls. It's up to you to decide which mayors, lawyers, government officials etc. This decade has the best songs. One may win, one may has led women to do what they desired, including lose, or it might be a tie! Either way, a point will be Kamala Harris running for the Vice Presidency. given to the winner. Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, For the second round, we have movies. The California on October 20, 1964. Her parents 90s are up first this time and they have some very immigrated from India and Jamaica, making her good entries. The 90s bring the first ever Jamaican American and South Asian American. completely computed animated movie, Toy Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University Story, the Christmas trademark film, Home and the University of California.