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Bribery? Is this happening in Whyville, our secure community? Is
bribing happening right under your noses, at this second?
Well, here's snowgrl13 here to tell you, this is actually happening! As
reported in last week's Times, at least one person who wanted votes for
"a friend's" platform to become Senator of Whyville was caught offering
clams for those votes.
What is bribing, exactly? Well, in this case, it is telling someone you
will give them money or gifts for some kind of favoritism, like votes.
VOTES!
Now, I don't want a Senator that doesn't know anything about Whyville
and doesn't know how to run this community well. I don't want a Senator
who told people they would give them clams for their votes, and those
people didn't even get the clams!
I very much think bribing is horribly wrong in this case because you
shouldn't win a Senate election because you bribed people. You should
win because you truly know how to make Whyville a better place! To get
votes, you should talk to all the Whyvillians you can, tell them your
ideas and see what their ideas may be. Don't go around saying I will
give you 1000 clams here and 1000 clams there. That just isn't right.
You should become Senator fair and square, not by bribing!
This is snowgrl13, telling you that bribery is wrong!
Editor's
Note: Let me play devil's advocate here -- First, is it really
bribery to trade clams for votes? Certainly it's wrong to trade money
for votes in real life. But does it have to work that way in Whyville?
More importantly, if you earn a lot of clams in our town, doesn't that
mean you know a lot about Whyville? Being able to pay out thousands of
clams must mean you really know what you're doing, right? So wouldn't
you deserve to use the fruits of your success to become a leader of
your fellow citizens?
What do you think? Let us know in the BBS, and send your best-written
articles to the Times!
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Heavy Backpack Problem Solved!
MelTyc has some new pointers to stop the ache.
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Guest Writer
Backpack straps good for your back are: short, or long?
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It's the beginning of the school year, and it seems that each and every
year you get more and more homework. Which also means that each and
every year you get a heavier backpack.
By carrying a backpack that's too heavy, you can really hurt your back
and your shoulders. Once your back is damaged, you will most likely
have problems with it for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. You wouldn't want
that, now would you? So try these tips, and prevent it while you
can!
Tip #1: Put your heaviest
books (usually textbooks, right?) in the back of your backpack. This
helps because if you have them in the front of your backpack, it will
make the straps pull on your shoulders more, which makes it seem
heavier and can hurt your shoulders.
Tip #2: Make sure that your
backpack straps are not too long, because that also makes them pull on
your shoulders. If you have shorter straps, it is not pulling you down
so much.
Tip #3: Now this tip can
really make a difference. If your backpack is really heavy, take out
one or two of your heaviest books (or maybe even more depending on how
heavy it is) and simply carry them in your arms. Yes, that means more
muscles have to carry things, but it is actually easier because it's
not so much all in one place. Make sense?
Tip #4: Instead of bringing
heavy textbooks home, if you have a test, take as many notes as you can
on index cards or in a notebook so you don't have to bring your
textbook home. But, make sure that you get all important facts, and
don't copy anything down wrong!
Well, those are my tips. Hope I helped. Questions, comments,
complaints? Y-mail me. LoL!!
Thanks for reading my article! As they always say,
This is MelTyc signing off *click, click*
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