FLYING FEATURES

By: Jessica Cooksy

1. BEST- The Mall: Plenty of exciting people around, and best of all, EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS!!!!
2. WORST- Babysitting: Working with kids isn't for everyone.

3. BEST- The Movies: Plenty of fun people to work with, new movies, and FREE POPCORN (if you’re lucky).

4. WORST- Office Work: Paper cuts, carpal tunnel from typing for ridiculous periods of time, licking stamps until your tongue falls out... you get the idea, not too pleasant!

5. BEST- Camp Counselor at a sleep-away camp: Meeting new people, making new friends, working with kids, and complete independence from parents!

6. WORST- Paper Boy: Waking up at the crack of dawn to distribute papers. Not too fun!

7. BEST- Lifeguard: Getting paid to hang out poolside: enough said (and, oh yeah, saving lives, too).

8. WORST- Fast Food Restaurant: enough said!

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    Besides the bees and the sunburns, boredom is a teenager’s worst fear when it comes to summer vacation. But possibly there’s a way to cut the cord on being bored this summer. Here are some ideas:

    

So, whenever there is a boring day or you are feeling down, just remember this small list of things to do. Hopefully, your boring day will go away.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Join Summer Sports Leagues & Camps

“In the summer, I like to go to the gym and play            basketball,” says Sophomore Antoine Anderson. Looking for more structured athletics? Bishop Dunne offers plenty of summer camps. Some of this summer’s camps include: wrestling, basketball, conditioning classes for girls, karate, drama, and many more. So why fly away to some other gym when you can stay right here in the  Falcons’ nest?  For more information on summer camps, visit www.bdhs.org/summer/. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Six Flags Over Texas

This will be the hot hangout spot for the summer. There are plenty of fun new rides, such as the new Tony Hawk’s Big Spin Coaster with 360-degree spins, and plus, you will see plenty of your friends.

     “I like going to Six Flags because I get to experience new rides, and it’s fun,” says sophomore Kayla Joseph.

                                                    3. Movies

                                                    You can cry over the latest chick flick or                                                            scream your heart out while watching the                                                           latest horror movie. This is an entertaining                                                         way to spend time with your friends or with                                                       that special someone.

 

 

 

4.  Swim

Need to stay fit? Trying to stay cool in the hot Texas weather? Want to have fun in the sun? This is a great way to do all three of these things at the same time!  Check out the Duncanville Natatorium and many more pools in your area.

5. Mall

“You can see a lot of people and you can get to buy
stuff at the same time,” says Sophomore Dennis Jones.
But, this is more than just a place to spend money.
You can go to the mall to relieve your stress over all
that summer reading, or to mingle and hang out with
friends. Also, don’t forget to catch up on the latest fashions.
You can check out The Parks Mall, NorthPark Mall
or even a couple of cool new stores in Cedar Hill Plaza.

By: Keana Pratt

Lifeguarding: hanging out in the sun next to the pool with your friends while gaining a profit and possibly saving lives.

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     Students are anxious, teachers are scrambling for fresh lesson plans, and everyone is on edge because the end is near. But since summer is coming, students need to find a way to get money for all of that pointless movie-watching and candy-buying that makes their teeth fall out, shopping for cute summer outfits, and spending money for those vacations and/or road trips with friends. But how, oh how, will they ever come up with this money? The answer is quite simple: a summer job.

     Senior Gabrian King states that he plans to get a job this summer so that he will have some money when he goes off to college. He says that his ideal summer job would be somewhere fun, like the mall, and would have benefits, good pay, and plenty of fun new people.

     Freshmen Hannah Neill also stated that she is getting a summer job, volunteering at a hospital, but that her ideal summer job would be working as a lifeguard.

     While on this profit-seeking excursion, one must ask oneself, what and where are the absolute best jobs to work during the summer, and what are the jobs that one needs to avoid as if one’s life depends on it? Check out the box to the left for some ideas.

     Everyone is different, and you must figure out what job bests fits you. So, whether you work better with kids, by yourself, in an office, or poolside, just remember to make sure of one thing: that your summer job makes you happy, and more importantly, that it puts all of that hard-earned money in your pocket.