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3B LIFE/ tCtt CfiarUint $ot Thursday November 10, 2005 Mdi Boosting college chances inclndes juggling busy high school schedule Your life. Your paper. C^rlotte $osit By Gerri Cunningham 77IE CHARLOTTE PO^ From school to cheerleader practice, to work, to home work. “lb be multitasked and suc cessful at the same time is to have a excruciating headache.” says Ashei Grant, 16. In order to be accepted to good colleges, it helps when students have participated in various activities at once, because it shows responsibili ty; but longevity is also a key factor meaning some teens may go their entire high school career trying to juggle different clubs. Whether a child is an athelete or sheeted as a class oflBcer, it means they will need to devote time to stay after school, for prac tice or a meeting. A few stu dents explained how they get through and deal with full schedules, for college. Vinita Patel, a rising senior at West Mecklenburg is the perfect example of a multi tasked student. Patel,17 is a Director: Thug life overshadows value of education THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cliarleston House on Tke plaza A Low Country Restaurant Where Everyday is a Holiday Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Dinner. 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. 3128 The Plaza Charlotte, NC 28205 704-333-4441 Lots of good food and beverages ‘ We’ll feed’ you til we fill’ you up, fuh true! Parking available on premises and shuttle services off premises. WOHD or OCX) HROADCA-SIINO Nh I WORK {lV.“ HC '4, WADE-AM 1340 WADCSBORO, NC Nc ^aft4yt (lacok, '/St. 'Joitvfa '/Si^cn. ypatk 'RtUur, /huiUC, i»l tkc »H«Wl ^7lotc iH and fit Uiiiidi 1501 N. l-flS SERVICE ROAO • CHARLOTTE, NC 28216 704-393-1540 teammate on the varsity ten nis team, a member of Hosa, National Honor’s Society and the Int^Tiational Club and a employee at Byrum’s Food Mart. Patel maintains a 4.21 GPA and is in the top 25 per cent of her class. “I just started working in mid-July so I haven’t had to work and go to school, my mom and dad would’nt allow me. But the clubs Im involved in only meet like once a month during the school year and I have plenty of time after tennis practice and meets to do homework, actu ally I have a lot more time on my hands than I’d like. I plan to volimteer for the American Cross and do community ser vice.” Ashlei Grant, a rising junior at Garinger High MURFREESBORO, Ifenn.—Spike Lee says the value of education is being overshadowed by the images that gangs- ta rap glorifies. ‘Toung black kids didn’t grow up wanting to be a pimp or a stripper like they do now,” Lee said of his youth in Brooklyn. He drew two standing ovations Wednesday night as a fea- tfired speaker at a conference on cultural diversity at Middle Tennessee State University. The 48-year-old filmmaker, who is workup on a documen tary on Hurricane Katrina, mged students to find a way to make being educated cool again. “Back then, we were not called sellouts for using our brains. And being intelligent was not frowned upon,” Lee said. He likened the images from some rap videos to the distort ed view minstrel shows of the 19th century gave most of the world about American blacks. Lee said he has tried through his films, which include “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Jungle Fever” and “Malcolm X,” to show the diversity of the black experience. See GETTING/4B Graduate Studies Choose ftoni more Ihaii 25 pro^rrsmts hi tlie colleges or Arts & Sciences. Business AclininLsti'iition, Education and Visual & Periormlng Arts Most graduate classes sclieduled for afternoon or evening Askalxiut theconipetltlve graduate tuition for Clair kit te Regloiuil Partnerslilp- coinitUsi *in /'f ii€tst€ntt Omt*n,Ansvn, \CS\>€ttinei, SkxnSy, duirtifrus, iltUuwbn^ ftowein, Ai*xetntimr rtnti oe>unfJCJ. itt S.C.-Yt>rk, iMKcnstKr anti dhmsttr Cal Graduate Studies at 803/323-2204 or 800/411-7041 for : andicatian today. Fax: 803/323-2282 E-mail: graduatastucA'iniInthrep.edu Web site: iivww.wbillirap.edu/graduate-stuiBes Spring classes begin January 9, 2006 UNIVERSITY Make The Right Move! ®l)e Cliarlottc $o£it Circulation Department P.O. Box 30144 • Charlotte, NC 28230 • (704)376-0496 fax: (704)342-2160 email: circulation@thecharl6ttepost.com Name. Address. Citv. .State. .Zip. Phone- Enclosed Check #_ .or Bill Me □ visaCZI mcCZ] Card # Exp. Date. Regular 1 year $40 Regular 3 year $75 Sr. Citizens 1 year $28 Students $25 Regular 2 year $60 Lifetime $400 Sr. Citizens 2 year $45 Schools $28 | |
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