"NBA At MBA"

After the NBA lockout during the year of 2011, millions of fans were affected worldwide. This was the fourth lockout in National Basketball Association history! It lasted 161 days in counting, beginning on July 1, ending on December 8. Basketball fans, coaches and even players were affected money wise, including entertainment wise all over the world. Even people not too associated were affected, such as people who worked on the stadiums, for the teams, and anyone who was involved somewhat. While there was no NBA on TV, here at metropolitan, students participated in their own basketball games in the gym of the school. With the NBA lockout finally over after a long 161days, fans and other participants can finally enjoy basketball on the television or at their own court of choice. After going through a few interviews, people described the situation as bad and shocking. One student says how they would do work while watching the game, and have something to talk about the next day, but with the lockout this could not happen. The whole idea of the lockout was to gain back millions of dollars because it is so expensive to keep going. Numerous teams and players lost millions for not being able to engage in game time during the 161 days. Now that basketball is back, people can get back to their routines and having the NBA back in their life, while others will get back all of the money they work for associated with the National Basketball Association.

The Metro Mid-term Rev

The Metro Mid-term Review

We are proud to present the launch of a new group-authored blog entitled “The J.A.E.L : Metro-midterm Review.” The “mmr” will cover numerous topics such as the issue with students leaving school to go to Cody’s, the enforcement on uniforms, and how the Nba Lockout affected fans. To gather info questions will be asked, and people involved will be interviewed.

Theme One: Uniforms

Sources: Mr. Monohan, James Harris, Mason Baines, Ms Puglisi, Garret Barros.

Theme Two: NBA Lockout

Sources: Mr. Donohue, ESPN; Sports Center, Charles Williams

Theme Three: Year-in-Film

Sources: Author/ Chow-yen

Group: Jared, Evanisha, Chow-yen, Latiyah

School Uniforms . .

is there really a needing for school uniforms? i go to metroplitian business academy and as much as i dread this plain uniform i still deeply agree to the needing of it. no everyone is alike who can talk about that person shoes or thats persons choose. we as whole! i put my own little flavor on my uniform because i dont like to stand in, i love standing out and i think i do but for the most part we still all look alike. but then again theres always something to be picked on about. now with the boys it will be your pants to tight to high any little things they can find bullies will . and i think thats what schools fail to realize is despite the simalarties in uniform people will still be picked on and females will still be attractions to male. i "ve ntoiced it mutiple times in my school! a bullie is going to be a bully reguardless and a male is going to be a male reguardless! how do you feel about school uniforms ? do you think there as succesfull in a elementry school and middle school compared to highschool? is there really any signifigance to highschool student having uniform? So i decided to get insight on my fellow peers. james harris was asked by me, how do you think uniform is benificial to school?  james a junior at metroplotian stated unforms dont change a thing. if someone looks like a geek talks like a geek or is quiet like an geek he"ll get picked on. he doesnt agree its nessacary and wishes we could go back to business casual only thing he likes he doesnt have to deal with being late! mason baines another junior in my school is opposing james he actully likes the uniform he says it saves him alot of time durning the night and day. he thinks it draws his attention less to things he shouldnt pay attention to! i didnt get an chance to interview adminstrators they where very busy but its higly obvious there all for unuiform an pushing for it. it works for me i dont like the colors or understand the scheme but all in all its school, i come to learn so something has got to give!

Electronics In Schools

Electronics in schools are on the rise. As the years continue and the high demand in modern technology increases. Many new phones, handheld devices, and computers are in use. Students bring these items into school and use them when they shouldn't be, such as in the class room. Cell phones and other handheld devices pose a distraction to the class room and a threat to educators. Texting and listening to music in class takes away from the lesson that is being taught. I took a poll of 3 teachers and it was unanimous that they did not want electronics in their classroom. One teacher, Mr. Cap, doesn't mind if his students use their electronics in class. But, he also says some students can’t handle the privilege of being able to use it in the class room, so he no longer allows it. Ms. Pacelli, also a very lenient teacher no longer allows electronics in use in her classroom for the same reasons. Mr. Jones does not allow cell phones, iPods, or laptops to be in use in his class room, he also does not allow students to charge their electronics in his class. These electronics are also a threat to educators and other staff members. If a student is to lose their phone or other device in school, they try to hold teachers accountable for it being stolen or misplaced. Teachers can have a very hard time and would have to pay for the missing device if it cannot be found. Irresponsible students can get a teacher into much trouble. That is why here in the New Haven school district the superintendent passed a rule to ban all electronics in schools. Students may bring them to school at their own risk, but cannot blame any staff for missing items unless the staff confiscated them.