Individuals who arrive at class drunk are breaking the rules. Obviously, their parents are sub par, and although our society has had the misfortune of these "people", and I do use the term loosely, procreating, there is no reason we should suffer. The students should be expelled, and the parents should be horse whipped. I am sick and tired of having my education corrupted by these lesser beings. Why should resources designated for education be wasted on these people, when they could be used to acquire more practise cars or drill presses?

Anonymous

To the elitest who believes in segregation,

If *anyone* is arriving to class drunk then clearly something is wrong in their life and should be addressed. One must ask, what is driving this person to drink and how can it be controlled? Either the curriculum is not doing its job on educating students about _responsible_ drug use (which is quite evident on this side of the fence) or students are having serious difficulties coping with life. If the latter is the case, then something needs to be done about it ... some proper counselling, perhaps.

Drug abuse is not something afflicting one class or status, but something that affects every level equally. In my opinion, the schools are not educating their youth properly in this regard. The very fact that I, as a student at the University of Waterloo, know more than a fair share of alcoholics and cigarette addicts, is testament to this, and, by the looks of things, it will only get worse.

Ian Stevens
Former USS Student

What in the world is going on at our school? Random drug searches. Students skipping classes with reckless abandon. And now, students are showing up to class drunk? What the heck is going on? Perhaps if we started hauling intoxicated students out of class and shooting them in front of the school, execution style. Maybe then the point will get across. Students who live within the rules should not have their educational experience destroyed by these lesser elements of our society. People talk about segregating schools based on culture. We currently have separate schools based on religion. Why not segregate the schools based on social status?

Anonymous

Well, this was a surprise. Uxbridge Secondary School has joined the internet massive, you say? For real? Yes, I was shocked as well! What is this world coming to?

So now I can sit atop my ivory tower here in Waterloo or Montreal or wherever I will be in the next few years and still be able to find out about the goings on at the old school. The very notion sends chills up my spine.

But even in the past few minutes that I've browsed through the Speaker's Corner, I can see that the USS that I knew has changed dramatically. I see mentions of drugs and alcohol, which is disheartening because high-school aged youths should be more concerned with enjoying life and having fun than with the worries of being 'cool' or whether a dealer will shaft you on a purchase. I see spelling and grammar mistakes in places where there should not ! be any, specifically in the school paper which has a duty to uphold certain standards among students. Whether this is student laziness or poor teaching, I do not know. I see petty bickering and pointed insults even online, which makes me wonder how the students are treating each other in the halls of the school. Evidently, 'respect' has become a forgotten word.

Perhaps I am living in the past (which would be quite sad since 'the past' is not that far away at all) but the demise of today's youth discourages me greatly. Were things this way when I was in high-school or was I simply naive? Is the world becoming less connected and cohesive or has it always been this way?

It is ironic that in this age of interactivity, global communication and interconnectivity that many individuals are slowly being distanced from their neighbours. It may! be a much smaller world, but we are further from our fellows than we ever have been.

Bridge the void.

Ian Stevens
Former USS Student

On March 12th, someone suggested removing the ducks from Elgin Pond in "a humane but effective" way. Why bother using humane means? Let's just thrash them! We need our pond back!

Anonymous

I was just doing a little surfing when I stumbled across good old Uxbridge SS. It's amazing what you will find. It's also amazing that when I think back to when I graduated from good old USS we never ever dreamed of something called Internet or World Wide Web!! Of course that was 1982 but we all thought we knew everything when we were graduating from "Hi-School"!

Anonymous

Just wanted to congratulate the students at Uxbridge SS for an excellent Web page. I am a graduate of Uxbridge SS and a former editor of the Tiger's Roar. Great to see the paper is now on line. Keep up the good work. I'm sure a lot of past students enjoy this page. Brings back a lot of great memories.

Anonymous

Hope all of you students enjoyed your TWO weeks of March Break while we, the poor teachers, were in school on Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday - there is no justice. Of course, everyone is back and quite prepared to do lots of hard work - to keep up with what the staff did last week - right? Good luck on your ISUs

A bored and sleepy teacher

On the student council page you have spelled Katy Ballinger's name wrong. It is spelt with a Y. I think it's pathetic that you don't know how to spell your president's name.

Anonymous

Webmaster's Note:

The entire staff of UxbridgeSS.com would like to apologize to Ms. Ballinger for this blatant error (which has now been corrected). BTW, she's the Prime Minister, not the President. Uxbridge Secondary School's SAC is a parliamentary democracy, not to be confused with the presidential system of government.

You know these days I'm beginning to think that teachers are getting more and more disrespectful. I understand that some students don't show respect. It's just like the old saying Treat people the way you want to be treated!!! By the way is there a cheerleading page? Lots of people have told me there is one, but I can' t seem to find it.

Anonymous
Webmaster's Note:

Teams, such as the Power Cheerleaders, do not yet have pages on UxbridgeSS.com. Many clubs do have pages, however, which can be accessed by selecting clubs from the toolbar.

Once upon a time Elgin Pond was actually used for swimming - or so I'm told. I've seen several historical pictures of people - many people, actually swimming.

Now, you can't even get near the water without duck %$#@ on your feet.

Is this pond for human consumption? I say, GET RID OF THE DUCKS! Humanely but effectively - and the sooner the better.

Duck stew anyone?

Anonymous

Why has everyone in the school gotten an attitude this year? You cannot walk down the hall without somebody having a bad thing to say about you. Has everyone become so petty and insecure that they need to beat up on others to feel signifigant? The whole situation is becoming disgusting. While there are still nice people, even some of them have become polluted with the disease of cliques. To those people who cannot be nice: go home and take a good look in the mirror, and ask yourself, why do I hate myself so much, that I have to put down others to feel good?

Chris Hyde

What the heck was with the snow day on Tuesday? I couldn't imagine better March weather! Oh well.

Is it just me, or is requiring students to get signatures on their option sheets more limiting to their options? It seems that the Guidance department here is against the students, not with us. Whenever I go in, I seem to have a fight! I thought they were supposed to be on our side! THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING!

Anonymous

Web Master's Note:

The guidance department does an incredible amount of work at USS. Not the least of which is publishing the Guidance Gazette, which is available online (click home at the top, then Guidance Gazette to the left).

In response to Anonymous of January 21st, 1997. There are a lot of great girls out there. A lot of them would prefer to go for SMART, good looking guys, (with a good attitude of course). Smoking is an option, but usually NOT preferred. Even better if they like to play sports, as well as have a good time, WITHOUT the use of drugs, etc. An occasional drink couldn't hurt though. *) We are out there, you're just looking in the right direction.

Anonymous