By Amber Weber, West Central 7th Grader
   What would you do if one of your friends was doing drugs? I know what I would do: I would try my best to stop them from going too far and getting addicted, and I would also try to help them stop. Having a friend that is a drug user is very difficult because they are going to try to get you to become a drug user also. Most of the time they are doing it to relieve stress from their daily lives, and they are not realizing the harm and danger they are doing to themselves and the people around them. Sometimes they do know what they are doing to their health, but other times they don’t, because they grew up around drug users. Friends won’t stop using drugs until they get some counseling and stop hanging around the wrong people.
   Having friends as a drug user is hard because you like these people and want them to have the best lives possible, but drugs will ruin their life, not make it better. The major reason teenagers are using drugs is because they think that just because their parents are not always around that it gives them the right to do anything they want to. Also, some of the time it’s because they don’t think people like them for who they are, rumors have started, or they think that nobody care about their life. No matter what kind of drugs you are using, it almost triples your risk of dying at a young age. It doesn’t matter how old you are; it ruins your heart, lungs, and sometimes even your kidneys, and those are the main organs in your body. Continue Reading

By Tina Stumpenhagen

Trojan Tribune Staff

   While there are many differences between Germany and America, the biggest is the school system. In Germany, we are in the same class for the whole year; we don’t switch classes every period. Furthermore, the teachers come to our class and our periods are 45 minutes long. We have breaks between every period. The first break is five minutes long, the second is ten minutes, the third is 20 minutes, the fourth is 10 minutes and the last break is 5 minutes. We don’t have lunch at school because our school day ends between 12:25 pm and 2:02 pm. This depends on how many classes you have each day, because you have different classes everyday. If you are a junior, you also have classes at night, but only two or three times a week. We also have three different kinds of schools in Germany: Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium. The difference between them is that you have nine years of school in the Hauptschule, ten years in the Realschule, and 13 years in the Gymnasium.

   Another difference is the date of holidays. Christmas is on December 24 in Germany but December 25 in America. On the 24th you are with your family, on the 25th you go to your grandparents’ house and on the 26th you go to visit your other grandparents.

 by Kiley Luke

Trojan Tribune Staff

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   If you’re looking for some quick Mexican food, Taco John’s or Taco Bell definitely should be your first option. Personally, I love Taco John’s but have to admit I had never eaten at Taco Bell prior to this review. Continue Reading