Category: Karsen Jones

Why Going to your School’s Athletic Events Matters

By Karsen Jones

Going to your school’s athletic events is so important because you need to cheer on your fellow peers. You can’t just expect to think you know your classmates just from sharing a classroom with them, you need to show up and support their extracurriculars. They work too hard after school, so when game day arrives, it is so devastating to see empty seats. If you were planning to get to know anyone from your class better, this is the best way to do it, showing up and cheering them on whether it is on the court, field, or any others. Also this could be a great way to spend your free time after school. As an athlete, we really appreciate seeing familiar faces in the stands rather than just in a classroom. Attending sporting events for your school also helps with the team as well, by hearing how the crowds roar with students and faculty when there is an amazing play. Attending school events promotes your school spirit as a student, which also allows you to become a part of something bigger than yourself. This allows a student from a community to feel like they are part of something that everyone enjoys. In addition, going to sporting events creates new friendships and bonds because it shows how much you really care for your school and the people in it. In conclusion, attending school events is beneficial for not only the student who attends the event, but also the school as a whole.

Why in-store shopping is better than online shopping

By: Karsen Jones

To begin, shopping in a store saves you a ton of money rather than shopping online. When shopping online, the customer is not only paying for the item purchased, they are also paying for shipping fees, handling fees, transaction fees and much more that would not be a hassle if it is just bought in the store. Another reason that buyers should buy their items in the store is that the customer can physically see the item desired. When buying a piece of clothing, it is much easier to see the sizing, color, and the overall feeling of the attire when seeing it in real time rather than on a screen hoping it will look or fit right. Going off of that point, if the piece of clothing doesn’t look just right it is so much easier to just find the receipt and bring it right back to the store than having to go through all the trouble to ship it all the way back to the warehouse it was made. Shipping is a long process, the shopper would first need to go to the post office or personally buy a package for the item, schedule a pickup, and finally wait for the refund that goes through virtually.

Another point is that while shopping in-store the patron is having human interaction as opposed to sitting in a bed ordering off of a screen. Human contact is one of the few things that a person can experience off of a device. Having to talk to the cashier, people around you, and having the feeling of other bodies around you. Overall shopping in the store gives us so much more freedom instead of online shopping.