Catholics worried

Escuela Internacional Samedrana (E.I.S.) Catholic students and teachers are worried because of the fragile state of Pope John Paul II, maximum chief of the Catholic Church. The Pope was diagnosed with an infection and high fever. “I don’t want the Pope to die” said freshmen Maria Duron.

The Pope has gone through various operations since February and many medics have been treating him in the Vatican City, the place where the Pope leaves, recently. “Since this year he has been more susceptible to diseases” said Duron.

“Pope John Paul II is in a very weak state and his running a great danger of dieing. All of us Catholics must pray for his wealth so that he could get better” said Tita Caraccioli, Human Virtue coordinator.

“The Pope has been sick since February” said junior Sofia Peña “and since that time he hasn’t be able to recover completely.”

“The Pope is saint and a noble person. He doesn’t deserve to die. I would prefer to die in his place” said junior Dennis Vallejo.

“The Pope is too old and he has passed through many problems” said Grethel Echeverry E.I.S. graduate student and added that “maybe it is time for him to stop suffering and join the kingdom of heaven.”

“I don’t know a lot about the Pope because I’m not Catholic but he seems to be a good man” said junior Luis Rivera and also commented that “it may be a great loss for the Catholics because it is one of the most important persons for them.

Long vacation and homework

Junior students of Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (E.I.S.) are stressed because they are having very long projects shortly after spring break. “I was enjoying spring break when I realized that I had to do a project for Honduran History and got worried” said junior Dennis Vallejo.

“I assigned my projects Monday after bimestrials” said Mrs. Sandra Acevedo, Honduran History teacher, and added “that way they could start working before spring break and finish it.”

“I didn’t want to work after bimestrial exams because I was too tired from studying and sleeping late” said junior Jose Pavon.

“We were given very long homework” said junior Luis Rivera and argued that “teachers don’t like us to rest, that why they give us homework.” Stephen Ellis, United States History teacher said that students could be able to do the homework by parts and finish them in time.

“It’s almost impossible to do homework in spring break” said junior Nelson Carcamo and added that “this is the only time I go to the beach to have fun with my friends. I prefer having fun than doing homework.”

“I didn’t want to do homework because I saw it was too long” said junior Flor Espinoza.

Some students like Yasmin Vasquez finished their homework before spring break that way they could not be worried when they return from the trips many people took.

“Many people went to the beaches of Omoa, Tela and Ceiba in Honduras” says junior Carcamo “and some didn’t have the chance to take their books to do their homework.”

E.I.S. Gains fourth place

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (E.I.S.) got fourth place in the American Association of Schools on Central America (AASCA) soccer tournament in the men's category this past Saturday Feb. 26. They lost the match for third place against the Costa Rica team.

The E.I.S. went to a fight for the third place, and lost 3-1. "We lost because we were physically tired because we had the semi-finals match hours before it" said Louis Rivera, E.I.S. midfielder player.

The E.I.S. team lost the semi-finals against the American School of Tegucigalpa in penalties. "Lorenzo Machi and Cesar Arrechavala lost our chance of winning" said E.I.S. player Giancarlo Casco. Both players missed their penalties.

"Machi threw it directly to the goalkeeper and Arrechavala missed it because he kicked too strong and without direction" said E.I.S. defense player Elie Malouf

The team had not lost any game before this one. They won 2-1 against both teams representing Guatemala and tied 1-1 against Costa Rica

The American School of Tegucigalpa advanced to the finals and lost against El Salvador." We wanted to bring the maximum trophy to my school but we couldn't" said Edgar Mariadaga, player of the American School.

Punk

A very rare genre of music in E.I.S.

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (E.I.S.) students are “heavily influenced by the music they hear” according to psychologist Waldina Rogel, also a mother of juinior Dennis Vallejo. Punk is one of those genres that have an effect on junior students such as junior Erick Ramirez this year. “This music has helped me realize some things I thought were unimportant” says Ramirez .

Punk influence their study because they prefer “hanging out and care more about music than studying” according to Ramirez .

Ramirez and Maria Fernanda Mejia, an 8th grade student, think of themselves as “revolutionaries” in their school because they are “different” from everybody else. “We break the normal scheme in our school” says Maria Fernanda.

Rock is “based on sounds” argues Ramirez. Punk music is deeper and based more on its lyrics than on the music, and the different bands try to express their feelings.

“Punk influences the way we act and we dress” says Ramirez an adds that “it inspires us, it make us believe in something and to dream” making it a crucial part of his life.

Maria Fernanda tells that punk is cool because “you don’t really care if you impress people.”