EXTRA, EXTRA! Read all about it! 14 February, 2013

Published by Internationella Engelska Skolan: Hässelby Strand 10 kronor Volume 1 Issue 3

In The News Relationship Advice: Page 2

Kalle Anke Racist? Page 3

Science Fair photos: Page 4

Bio Ticket Contest: Page 7

The

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Never in my life as a student have I

had a day when I was sent home from

school… due to the weather! The severe snow

storm that took place on Wednesday the 5th

of January sure was something, wasn’t it? The

sound of the snow pelting against the win-

dows echoed throughout the entire building,

if not the whole area! The wind howled with

such angst that you’d think it was in pain or

something. Maybe, just maybe, this was the

work of Jack Frost… nah! According to some

news reports, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport

was shut down due to the snow storm,

grounding all flights. Only the Bromma Air-

port remained in operation during this chaos.

Around 50cm of snow fell from Tuesday (4th)

and Thursday (6th), making it one of Stock-

holm’s largest snowstorms. But on a positive

note, people took advantage of this Snow Day!

How? Well, they’ve been cheering about going

home early, making snowmen, participating in

snowball fights (outside of the school premises,

of course,) and pretty much profiting from Mot-

her Nature’s cold shoulder.

SNOW DAY! By Rithika Kabilan

First IESH Science Fair is Huge Success

We had a school science fair which

brought out the scientific and creative talents

of our students from grade 6 to Grade 7.

The exhibitions that the students pro-

duced were simply mind-blowing! There were

so many different topics, ranging from home-

made rocket experiments to global warming

and even how food tastes different when you

close your nose!

There was quite a good turn out and

the participants were very excited. The jury

consisted of a panel of pre-chosen students

from grades 6 to 9. The exhibits were judged

on some criteria like presentation, project dis-

position, and explanation.

It was an amazing experience, even as a

science judge, to be there and witness all the

young scientists-in-the-making of our generat-

ion!

By Rithika Kabilan

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Ms. Seisay was born in Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and grew up in New Rochelle, 45 minutes outside NYC. She studied archeology at Stockholm’s University. Ms Seisay worked at a boutique, delivered mail, was a nurse’s aide and worked at an archaeological dig as well as being a private tutor in Spain. She also traveled to places like Mo-rocco, Senegal, Italy, Iceland, Sierra Leone, and Cyprus. Ms Seisay then became the new hemkunskap teacher at our school, even though when she was younger she wanted to become an actress. Despite her many hobbies including bikram yoga, archeology, writing poetry, going to the gym, and listening to music, cooking, homemaking, and “turning on a light in people while teaching” are her main interests. Ms. Seisay has taught in 3 continents as an ele-mentary teacher and a junior high teacher. Eating Italian food is also another favorite of hers. Ms. Seisay

came here because her mother is Swedish, and ever since she was one and a half she’s been visiting Swe-den. Funny Stories: “Crazy things always hap-pened with our chimp, Tony. We adopted him when he was still a toddler a long time ago when we lived in Sierra Leone. He did things like punish my brother for teasing him by escaping into my brother’s bedroom and pouring ketchup on his pillow, losing his temper at my dad for not giving him a mango and grabbing my father’s slacks from the laundry line and ripping them in half, stealing a pot full of rice and making us chase after him for it, ra-ging terror in the neighborhood by invading people’s kitchens and ste-aling food or lying in their ham-mocks, he liked to dance when my brother did the beat box etc. Tony wasn’t too popular and our next door neighbor wasn’t too happy about having the same name as Tony.”

Teacher Profi le : Ms. Seisey By T i l ly Olsson and Sydnee Bond

How do you get people to “take the

hint” that you don’t feel like you

can connect with them, even though

they think that you’re friends?

– Anonymous

Hi Anonymous!

We know that the problem

you’re experiencing happens

to a lot of people; it’s a com-

mon problem, but somewhat

hard to deal with. How can

you know if you are being too

harsh, or if you haven’t said

enough for them to take the

hint? It’s important to

remember not to be mean; try

to get your point across wit-

hout hurting any feelings. For

example, you might not want

to tell them to their face that

you don’t like them. Instead,

try to distance yourself from

them in a way that is polite,

but so that they understand

that there are boundaries.

The most important thing to

do is not to let them think

that you two are getting to

know each other better, and

not to “lead them on”.

Remember, don’t feel bad

about this – it happens to

everyone, and people don’t

always mix well together!

Hopefully that helped!

Nathalie and Alex

T ake The Hint . . . By Nathal ie Lar sson and Alex Olsson

Do you have a Bake Sale coming up? Do you want to advertise

for a disco or sports event? Do you want to wish someone a

happy birthday?

Advertisements cost 30 SEK. Contact Emil Sjölander or Sandis

Friemanis, Advertising Managers, for more information!

Have a Quest i on? Write i t down and put i t in the box in the L ibrary. We wi l l answer your quest ion

in an upcoming iss ue of The Hässelby Post !

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Rasicm in Kal le Anke Cartoons By Sof ie Moe -Gumø

Every Christmas Eve at

3:00pm, 40 countries are bro-

adcasting a Donald Duck mash-

up with Donald, Mickey Mouse,

Goofy, Jiminy Cricket and other

classic Disney characters. One of

those clips is “Santa's Workshop”

where you see Santa and his elves

making toys.

But in 2012 Disney de-

cided to cut out two clips from

“Santa's Workshop” because they

think it shows stereotypical

pictures of black people and

Jews.

One of the clips shows a

black doll with thick lips that

says “Mammi” that is getting in-

spected by Santa. The doll gets an

“OK” mark by Santa. They also

took away a doll with long,

blonde hair and a pink dress that

says “Mama” that also gets an

OK mark by Santa.

When the toys are on

their way to Santa's big sack

there was a man with a long,

white beard and a big nose. Dis-

ney took him away because they

said that it shows a stereotypical

picture of Jews.

But are these toys really

racist? I asked 20 students from

our school if they thought “Yes,

the toys are racist, it was good

that they took them away” or

“No, the toys aren't racist, Dis-

ney are just overreacting”.These

were the results:

The pie-chart below clearly

shows that the majority of the

students in this school thought

that Disney should have just let

the clips be. Some of the students

also commented that if Disney

wanted to take away every

“stereotypical picture” why didn't

they take away the three small Chi-

nese toys? But, if Santa puts an OK

at the toys doesn't that only mean

that Santa loves all the kids no

matter skin color or religion?

Below: Stills of some of the more controversial toys from the Kalle Anka Christmas Special.

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Days after we’ve learned about Eliza’s

disappearance, my mom, Eliza’s mom, Eliza’s sis-ter, Kelly, and I were out downtown, asking pe-ople if they’ve seen Eliza. I think it’s pretty use-less since apparently we’ll “find Eliza soon enough,” according to her text message.

“Have you seen this girl?” I show the wo-man I just met the picture of Eliza. Only moments ago, I saw her across the street and automatically recognized her. She was one of the people that were at La Foile the night of Eliza’s disap-pearance. The woman shakes her head, but then stops walking and takes a swig of water. “Maybe,” she says. Just from that one word I can tell she’s from somewhere in the south.

“Maybe? What is that supposed to mean?” I ask angrily, irritated with her attitude.

“I think 20 bucks would make me remem-ber,” she says slimily, her yellow teeth grinning happily.

I pull out money from my wallet and hand it over secretively, making sure no one sees me. “Okay,” she says, looking at me from head to toe. “I saw her last night, right outside of La Folie. She was talking to an older girl, probably in her twenties. That’s all I know.”

She gives me a satisfied look, sticks the 20 dollar bill down her shirt, and walks away. I step back, hoping I’ll never have to talk to her again.

An older girl? Who was that? Maybe my story I told my mom could be somewhat true, since it was pretty much the same thing that the woman just told me now. My eyes never leave

her, even though she’s at least twenty feet down the road.

“Lila!” I hear someone shout from behind me. I turn around, my hair swinging around my head like in the movies, but wit-hout slow-motion. It reminds me of what Eliza would have done if she’d seen a couple of cute guys at the mall.

It’s Kelly, waving her hands around like crazy. In a matter of seconds, she is centi-meters away from me, breathing heavily and right in my face. “Who was that?”

“Some girl,” I say. Kelly raises her eyebrows suspiciously, knowing there is more to the story. “I saw her last night at La Folie. I thought she would know something, but she didn’t.”

Kelly sighs, flipping her hair and looking around. Then, without saying any-thing, she darts after another girl around my age, pounding her with questions. I want to run after her, tell her there was no use. Eliza is safe, and none of these people would know where she is because I’m the only one that does. Well, not really. Eliza didn’t tell me where she is, but she told me she’s okay. The-re’s really nothing to worry about…right?

When I get home, I curl up on the couch in sweatpants, clutching a bag of chips and watching America’s Next Top Model. Af-ter dinner, I sit outside on the porch and start to design my birthday party invitations on-line. But I stop, thinking about if I should even start. When is Eliza going to come back? She’s been gone for over a day now….

I check my phone quickly, but just as I suspect, there are no new messages from the phone that Eliza used to contact me with. I sigh, deciding to start. As I am pick-ing the fonts, organizing the colors, and de-ciding on the venue and the caterer I start to think about my friendship with Eliza. Does it even exist?

I can hear Eliza’s cold voice in my head, “Don’t you understand I don’t want to hang out with you?”

I sigh, wishing I could go back to the days when there wasn’t any confusion. I slowly come back from my thoughts, and de-cide that La Folie is the best catering place. After all, it’s Eliza and I’s favorite restaurant. A cold wind makes goose bumps appear all over my arms and legs. As if on command, I hear a rustling in the hedges on the lawn, about 10 feet away from the porch.

Though it was dark outside, making my vision worse than it should be, I could have sworn I saw locks of sleek, curly hair behind the hedges. I blink a couple times, and squint at the hedges, getting out of the chair and walking closer. I don’t even dare to take a breath. But after what seems like hours of staring, I realize there’s nothing behind the hedges. I take a deep breath, relax and sit back down. Then, I hear a crack of a twig. I look up faster than a cheetah in an open prairie, but only to see the hedges rust-ling softly, just as if someone escaped from behind them just in time to not be seen.

T h e A n a g r a m

Meet Ponyboy, a 14 year old boy who lives in a poor community and is a part of a gang called the Greasers. He lives with his shady older brother, Darrel, after his parents died in a tragic acci-dent eight months before. The story follows his violent life filled with fights, or as he calls them, “rumbles”, with the Greasers’ enemies,

the Socs, who are a high class, rich group of boys. The story gets even more action-packed when Ponyboy and his best friend, Johnny, get thrown into a dangerous fight, and they are forced to pack up everything and run away af-ter Johnny stabs a member of the Socs to death in order to save Ponyboy. The book is filled

with brutal fights, acts of courage, action, drama, and a cherished bond between two friends as Ponyboy is trying to survive in his crazy life. Much like Ponyboy, The Outsiders has a tough and ‘bad boy’ look, but also has inspiring and thoughtful moments that makes this book an unforgettable clas-sic.

BOOK REVIEW A Classic That Won’t Be Forgotten: Tilly Olsson reviews S.E. Hinton’s THE OUTSIDERS

To be continued in the next issue

Part III

By Tilly Olsson

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Why Can’t We Have Gum in School? By Fredrika Hagman

Yet another year with a spectacle Lucia has come and gone, and it seemed like the whole school in general was ple-ased by the performance of the choir. Ha, they were even asked for an encore! The contentment within the pupils of this school shone brightly through their eyes. Even though there were some droopy ones, there was appreciation enough for the choir as they per-formed. We all know how the audience saw the Lucia carol, but what was the choir’s point of view on this? No doubt were they nervous to sing, but they knew what they were up for the mo-ment they joined the choir, and

saw this as an opportunity to do something for the school and as a fun activity. Some say that singing in a choir is easy and some say it’s hard, but everybody’s en-titled to their own opinion. The rigorous training in synchronizat-ion and memorization took its own pace to perfect, but the end result was worth all the time spent practicing. Not many of you know this, but the choir had to come in early to school on Thursday the 13th of December for a final practice. They came as early as 7:00 and have been using their voices ever since. It proves that with the right effort you can achieve great things, and the choir is an ex-ample of that.

Lucia: An Insider’s Perspective By Rithika Kabilan

Many students here at IESH wonder why we cannot have chewing gum in school. The Hässelby Post asked Ms. Schäfer about the chewing gum rule and this is what she said: Ms. Schäfer: “Chewing gum counts as candy and it is sta-ted clearly in the rules that you cannot have candy in school. It is distracting, and it gets stuck un-

der tables and chairs where it collects bacteria and becomes a health risk. There are some stu-dents in the school who could very easily get sick when expo-sed to that kind of bacteria.” So, there you have it. The reason why we can’t have gum in school.

BE PATIENT!

By Sofie Moe-Gumø

We at the Hässelby Post have heard that some of you think that the Student Council isn't making progress and that they aren't making decisions. The Student Council is working as hard as they can, but many of the things that the stu-dents want them to implement are taking time. That is often because many of the things that they want to implement do not only have to be discussed by them and Mr. Roman, but they also have to bring it up with Ms. Schä-fer and sometimes even the board of directors. That can take a long time, but we're sure that Ms. Schäfer and the board of directors are doing their best.

Sudoku Puzzles

By Stella Palmqvist

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Where in the School?

Do you want to win 2 SF BIO TICKETS? The pictures above

were taken all around the school. All you have to do is guess

where the pictures were taken. Fill out the answer sheet below

with your answers (make sure the answers are detailed and spe-

cific), and make sure to put your full name and class. Then, turn

it into the box in the library. Whoever has all four pictures cor-

rectly will win 2 SF Bio Tickets! If there is more than one person

who guesses all four pictures correctly, the names of those pe-

ople will be entered in a raffle! Make sure to turn in your answer

sheets before Friday, the 22nd of February.

Cut out the answer sheet and hand it in to Mr. Wallace in the lib-

rary. Make sure to be as specific as possible with your answers!

The Hässelby Post News Team

Reporters: Rithika Kabilan, Alex Olsson, Tilly Olsson, Sydnee Bond, Emil Sjölander, Fredrika Hagman, Bosco Leung, Sofie Moe–Gumø , Nathalie Larsson Photos and Games: Stella Palmqvist. Advisors: Ms Baldwin, Mr Wallace, Mr Dent. Please join us in the Library at 15:00 on Mondays if you are interested in wri-ting, photographing, or editing for the Hässelby Post. We’d love to have you!

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1. Catching Fire 2. Ego 3. Flight 4. Jack Reacher 5. Les Misérables 6. World War Z 7. Gangster Squad 8. Iron Man 3 9. Monsters University 10. Thor: The Dark World

1. Shadowlands by Kate Brian 2. Just One Day by Gayle Forman 3. Hooked by Liz Fichera 4. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen 5. Isla and the Happy Ever After by Stephanie

Perkins 6. Scarlet by Melissa Meryer 7. The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan 8. Tight Knit by Allie Brennan 9. Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Curriger 10. Ruining You by Nicole Reed

1. The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake 2. Detox – Dr. Dre 3. #willpower – will.i.am 4. U2 – U2 5. Daydreamin’ – Ariana Grande 6. Leave the World Behind – Daughtry 7. Believe 2.0 – Justin Bieber 8. Pink Friday: The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj 9. Native – OneRepublic 10. Stadium – Akon

Predictions by Alex Olsson and Nathalie Larsson