Talking to students from other schools got me thinking. Why does my school (MCI) lack so many clubs, committees, teams, etc? I’ll list a few of them below.
Newspaper committee.
To be fair my school had one which lasted all but half a year give or take. Don’t quote me on that. Long story short: some grade 12’s decided to start a club they weren’t even passionate about. Hence the non-existent, sorry excuse for a newspaper committee. Anyway, a friend of mine was reading her school’s newspaper today. Another friend who goes to a different school mentioned they had one too. Which reminded me all too clearly why my high school does not have a proper newspaper. The wonderfully committed grade 12’s abandoned the project halfway through. My friends wonder why I don’t start it up. My answer: half the school is not literate enough to read anything I write. Now that’s something you can quote me on.
Football team.
I commend our school for having many sports team, but one day, I asked about (the one team my school is missing) football. The teacher told me it was an expensive sport. Even if funds were a problem, football can’t be that much more expensive than any other athletic team. Also, I can’t help but think of every single movie and book which features a high school football team. Then again, real life is never like the movies.
Cheer/gymnastics/dance.
Only because I think cheer and gymnastics is so much fun to watch. And dance because it’s dance. I’m a dancer. I love dancing. How can you not love dancing? Even if my school didn’t compete competitively, I think it would still be fun to have a cheer, gymnastics or dance team. What’s the problem with that?
Herminia Chow 
I love reading your posts – they take me right back to my high school days. My high school did have all of the above, but it’s sad that a lot of schools don’t have them these days. What kind of school do you go to (public/private?) Is there not enough funds or enough interest maybe?
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Aw, thank you. I appreciate your kind words. By the way, your high school sounds like the place I would love to go to. 🙂
It is very unfortunate. I am most upset that we don’t have a newspaper committee since there’s so much to learn skills wise. Writing, editing, designing, promoting, etc. To answer your question I go to a public school. Also, your question is pretty spot on. I think there’s a combination of both factors at play. Every school has only so much money to spend on clubs and depending on the demographics, interests vary greatly. Although in my opinion a newspaper is the least expensive of the three to manage plus it would appeal to most.
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