Page 2 August 30 , 2012 A Student’s Perspective Hawthorne Happenings It’s Almost that Time of Year Again News for the City of Good Neighbors By Glen Abalayan, myth that teachers live inside the classroom. Torrance High School Student The sales also lead parents to overexploit By City Clerk Norb Huber music very much”. He said that Notebooks for five cents, backpacks for these deals and purchase items entirely over It’s Great to be Home town in California where they’re $20, computers for $300! The ushering of the necessary amount of supplies needed for Yes, it’s great to be back in from must be nice. He always has the massive deals on office supplies can only a student to complete his school year. I still the USA. Most of you know dreamt of traveling to sunny CA. mean one thing--the end of summer and the use notebooks purchased from the massive the feeling. You look forward to Our other famous celebrity is start of school. Nine weeks after the glorious stockpiles created by the back-to-school sales getting away. You have a good everywhere. The wax museum start of summer comes the last few days of rush. My mother usually responds to the vacation, but it sure is nice to return in Berlin has one statue out in summer, a period in which students prepare philosophical question of “why” by saying to the things you are accustomed front to attract the attention of the themselves for the upcoming school year by what most parents usually say and simply state to, like your own bed, the familiar tourists. Marilyn is everywhere. investing in new school supplies and clothes. that “it’s for a rainy day.” But the last week surroundings of your kitchen and With the 50th anniversary of her But on top of doing such enjoyable activities, of summer is never truly complete without that comfortable chair you sit in death, articles, magazines and the last week of school also sparks a great the lamentations of students procrastinating while watching television. It’s also good to books are continuing to be written to feed panic for students who have procrastinated on their summer assignments. be back writing my weekly exposé of “who the interest of so many people who want to on assignments such as summer homework My Facebook Newsfeed is filled with knows what,” and sharing my thoughts with read about or see her still. or summer reading. This delicate time period “friends” posting complaints about their my dear, good neighbors of Hawthorne. The Election of TAXES, TAXES AND is looked by many as the most hectic and procrastinating attitude and the relatively short It’s been more than three weeks ago that MORE TAXES chaotic part of summer. span of summer compared to the school year. my wife, daughter and myself took three This November’s ballot will include the Registration Day is the first sign of summer’s A majority of these complaints are aimed flights to make it to Berlin, Germany and election for president of the United States, but final week. On this day, students meet missed toward their summer assignment, which most then hopped on one of those high-speed that will be minor compared with the number friends for a brief moment while they turn likely requires a student to read a selection trains to our first destination, Colonge. In of tax measures that we will be deciding on. in their enrollment documents. One of these of books and write corresponding summaries many ways the Europeans are far ahead of Governor Brown’s tax proposal will be pushed documents is the student’s class schedule. based on the plots. The lamentations are us in public transportation. We depend on to save our schools, our infrastructure, and The distribution of schedules to students caused by a student’s continued persistence our cars, most of Europe depends on trains, basically to bail out California from going reminds them of summer’s own ephemerality to always hold things off until the last minute buses, subways, bikes and walking to get under. Locally, Measure CL is a parcel by summarizing what programs they will and could easily be resolved by just getting the around. We took advantage of all these modes tax that has been placed on the ballot by participate in for the next nine months. The assignments done early. But this is somewhat of transportation to get around. Comparing our four elementary school districts and by schedule roughly includes which class takes justified in high schoolers’ minds by their America to Europe is like the old phrase, Centinela Valley High School District to up which period and does not state who the total avoidance of anything school-related “comparing an apple with an orange”. The provide funding to retain teachers and improve teacher is. Upon receiving their schedule, during summer. Every student has experienced USA is much more “handicap accessible” classroom instruction. This measure will cost most students compare the results and look the back-to-school procrastination panic, a when it comes to easily getting into buildings the average homeowner an additional $100 with delight or anguish once they find out common instance in the chaotic final week and visiting tourist sites. We found that out per year on top of the three or four bond their friend is or isn’t in the same class. But of summer. when we had to lift our heavy suitcases up payments we are making already to build as they compare schedules, students ask each Summer is the student’s brief, three-month- long staircases in subway or train stations. new high schools. Finally, I just heard last other, “Where has summer gone?” Another long respite from the rigors of school. But as Europe’s history is thousands of years night that El Camino College didn’t want sign of summer’s last hurrah are the back- the first day of school looms closer, the once old, America’s old sites are a few hundred to be left out. They have a $395 million to-school sales attracting parents. laidback pace of summer accelerates into a years in age. The Catholic cathedrals, palaces, measure on the same ballot to keep their The last-minute rush for school supplies is scramble to finish long-avoided assignments castles and municipal buildings all predate operation going as well. another signal of the end of summer, with its and purchase necessary school supplies. our settlements here on the other side of the We will have a clear choice to make in drastic discounts on supplies such as pencils, Sometimes this rush causes students and “pond”. The museums and historical sites November. Vote yes to more taxes, vote notebooks and backpacks that usually start parents to overestimate the supplies needed gave us a better idea of how our Western no and force our political and educational by the beginning of August. The period in and a panic to students who have long held Civilization came to be. leaders to be creative in providing services which back-to-school sales occur is the only back their summer reading assignments. But It was a great trip, it was a trip full of and quality education to our young people. time when a student can buy notebooks for the sudden acceleration in place is merely sites that will be etched into my memory Since, Hawthorne has a high percentage of a penny and a pack of pencils for a dollar. preparing students for the fast-paced nature for years to come and I will share some of people who rent their living space, I must add Back-to-school deals not only attract students, of the school year that is inching closer these memories in the coming weeks. that these parcel tax increases will be passed but eager teachers looking for bargains to with every day that passes. As summer Always a Hawthorne Connection on to those who rent by way of higher rents. resupply their rooms. This sometimes leads to comes to a close, a new chapter of the year Someone might say these are “Hawthorne The landlords are not going to swallow the the awkward meetings between teachers and approaches with new challenges to accept Moments” but there always seems to be some entire increase on their properties and not students and debunks the elementary school and opportunities to accomplish. • connection to Hawthorne, CA where ever we pass it on to their tenants. go in this big world. There are plenty of The campaigns for these measures should McDonald’s, Burger Kings, Starbucks and be heated and full of rhetoric. even Pizza Huts in Europe. Many young Museum Hours Germans were wearing Laker or Raider hats. The Hawthorne Museum is open on But, one day a German man approached Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines us on the streets of Berlin and asked if we Anyone wishing to view the museum during all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet a city street map. After helping us out in Society at 310-249-2906 to set up anneeded directions since we were looking atthe week days can contact the Historical discover and create.” his broken English, we started talking about appointment. ~ Albert Einstein he had attended a Beach Boys concert in Monday September 2: Labor Day – CityAmerica and the first thing he said was thatUpcoming Hawthorne Events Berlin this past Spring and that he “liked their Hall Closed. • “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. “ AAOS NewsBW6.4375x4.5ATV 12/28/06 4:49 PM Page 1 ~ Dalai Lama Over the river and through the woods to the trauma center we go. • Diabetes Care All-terrain vehicles can go 60 mph and weigh 600 pounds. Yet, many owners think of them as just big toys. 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