FEATURES
A Mountain Climb To Death
By Kim Ong - Dinh
Courage, stamina and determination brought Victorian
police inspector Paul Carr, 42, a father-of-four, to the Himalayan
mountain, Cho Oyu which lead him to death on May 14 this year. Read
more
The Worldwide Fuel Crisis
Petrol - today’s main method of car propulsion,
may become obsolete in 50 to 60 years, when the world supply
of fossil fuel may be depleted. Martin Szemeti reports
on the alternatives. Read more
BIG BROTHER 3
by Anne Warman
It seems that people aged 15-35 are the only ones
watching Big Brother 3. Read more
Teen Idol Caught Smoking
By Kim Ong – Dinh
Scandal, misjudgement and controversy were all felt by anti-smokers everywhere when Nicole Kidman, role model to thousands of teens, smoked at a press conference on May 20. Read more
SHine S.A Opinion piece
The SHine program is soon to be incorporated into
the Ross Smith Secondary curriculum. Many people are welcoming
it into the school,
but there are the few who don’t want to have the subjects
discussed, influencing their children’s attitudes and decisions. Read
more
Music, do we take it for granted?
By Keri Vockins.
Why is music one of those subjects that get taken
as “This is a stupid subject, we’re not learning any
literacy or maths”?.Read more
Animal
welfare problems need to be fixed!!!
By Nicole Allen
How many times do animals have to be killed from the disastrous
injuries that owners inflict on them, before something is done? Read
more
Child abuse
By Rae
What do you think? A parent comes home in a bad
mood, calls their child - And then starts beating into them.
Children are not punching bags. We are to be loved and cared for. Yes, we may
do some things wrong but its no reason to beat us.Read more
I wouldn’t like to be a teacher
by Brett Korn.
I wouldn’t like to be a teacher because of some of the choices you have to make at times. For example; if a teacher was to hold down a student who was determined to bash another student, what would be the right thing to do, hold down the student or let him go? Read more
Peer Pressure
By Kelly Newman
The youth of today need to think twice before making
decisions that may wreck their life. Read
more
Professionalism becoming a joke
as sports get confused over what really matters
By Matt Harms
The ěTestî and One-Day cricket series between Australia
and Bangladesh
played in Darwin and Cairns in winter was a joke. Read
more
Welcome to the
Ross Smith E-View!
NEW ISSUE
TERM 2 2003
Ross Smith students are again leading the world in on-line publishing after the school became one of the first to feature student-produced videos on their website as part of the literacy project in 1999.
The Ross Smith E-View was started this year after articles were put onto an international schools website with highwired.com, but in 2002 Ross Smith has made a magazine on the net for themselves.