O W L E R Y P O S T MAY 10TH, 2019

Students’ Corner:​ ​
MUIDS CAFETERIA 
By: Apinya Ungjaroensap

Based on a quick survey, the charts below show the opinions of 200 students
about the opening hours and the variety of food choices at MUIDS’ cafeteria.

The chart above shows the opinions of MUIDS’ students on the things that
are missing in the cafeteria. Out of all respondents, 117 students or ​38.7% believe
that our cafeteria lacks decoration whereas 97 students or 32.1% need more spaces.
The other 88 students or 29.1% said they want to see more food booths.

The survey also asked about the opening

hours of the cafeteria whether it should
open after school time or not. The results
are as shown: 108 students or 53.5%
agree that some booths should open until
4 p.m. whereas 69 students or ​34.2% also
agree but for all booths. However, the
other 25 students or 12.4% agree that
food and drinks booths do not need to
open during period 7.
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The respondents also

gave some feedbacks on the
types of food and desserts
they wanted the cafeteria to
sell. The majority prefer
Italian (pizza & spaghetti) in
terms of food while bakeries
(cookies, brownies, cakes,
pancakes) are what they
prefer for dessert.

Here are some of the students’ comments about the cafeteria:

➢ “The cafeteria should have both Thai and English menu for non-Thai native
speaker.”
➢ “Each booth should have the menu or buffet of the week.”
➢ “Potatoes Corner booth should be added just like Chicky Cheese.”
➢ “I love the way our canteen is.”
➢ “I think the cafeteria should open the air conditioner during the break.”
➢ “Our canteen will be a lot better if we have more drinks and desserts store.
 
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E​XCELSIOR SPRINGS 
By: Apinya Ungjaroensap
Most people prefer to live in a big
city while only a few prefer to live in a small
town. They will never think that some small
cities look even more interesting until they
find one. Excelsior Springs is one of the
considerable choices due to its historic
constructions, easy transportation and food
identity.
Excelsior Springs is a small city that
located in the central part of the United
States. It is only 30 minutes away from
Kansas City, the largest city in Missouri.
Even though the city is not as big as New
York City or Los Angeles, there are so many
tourist attractions you should go. The place
that most travellers spend time on is
Watkins Mill State park. It is a 100-acre lake
with a paved bicycle path around, picnic
spots and scenic campground which makes
it an ideal place for an afternoon party.
Moreover, the park also has fishing
opportunities and an abundance of wild
animals to watch. When the summertime
comes, it can reach temperatures of 100
degrees Fahrenheit or about 38 degrees
Celsius. On the other hand, it can be
extremely cold in winter with the possibility
of more than ten straight days of -7 degrees
Fahrenheit or about -22 degrees Celsius.
Spring and autumn are the best time to visit
which runs from March to May and
September to November respectively. There
are many varieties of restaurants from
different countries you can try such as
American, Thai, Mexican, etc. My favourite
dish is Camarones Jalisco, a grilled shrimp
wrapped with bacon served with rice and a
choice of side dish, from Herradura
restaurant located in Downtown Excelsior.
Sometimes the small city like
Excelsior Springs that most people overlook,
can provide a lot more unforgettable
memories and precious experiences than
others can predict.
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CREDIT: All pictures found in this page are
lifted online.

S​TAYING 
your health as it makes up to more than
70 percent of your weight.

Physical activities also play an essential

HEALTHY 
role in keeping your body in shape. It is
not necessary to be a kind of professional
sport; you just need to be active and
By: Apinya Ungjaroensap
spend some time outside. For examples,
ascending stairs instead of taking the lift
Do you think having a healthy
and take a walk or ride a bike instead of
body plays an important role in your
motorcycle.
life? Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is
indeed a meaningful duty that we owe to
Balancing a diet plan and physical
ourselves. It means upholding a balanced
activities are two of the most important
diet plan as well as involves in physical
ways you should do in order to be
activities.
healthy. They help with several things
needed throughout your life.

CREDIT: All pictures found in this page are

lifted online.

Staying healthy is a lifestyle

everyone should consider. As we know,
our society today is busy and on the go at
all times so it is easier to stop, get a fast
food then continue on. Nevertheless, we
should stop this habit as it can be
attacked by many harsh diseases. Your
diet plan should contain food which has
more nutrients such as whole grains,
low-fat dairy products, lean meat,
vegetables, fruits, etc. Most importantly,
make sure you drink 2-litre of water
everyday because it will paramount to
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D​ANGEROUS​ ​T​HAI​ ​S​TREET​ ​F​OOD 

By: Apinya Ungjaroensap

Thailand is now facing many serious

problems in everyday life. Dangerous Thai
street food is considered as one of them
which affects thousands of people in all
regions of the country.

One major problem that plays a

significant role in our society is street food
that cause poisoning. It is a ready-to-eat
meal, sold by hawkers or vendors from a
booth on the roadside. In an article by Willy
Thuan, there are many various kinds of them
such as papaya salad, sour Issan sausage,
curry fish custard, etc. These food mainly be
served in either plastic bags or foam
containers. They all represent the signature
of Thailand which can be found everywhere,
mostly in Bangkok as it has been mentioned
as the best place. When you travel, eating
local food is the main part of your
experience. On the other hand, consuming
an unsafe cuisine can make your journey
even more worse. Richard Barrow reported
that there were three young New Zealand
tourists who got a huge damage after eating
Thai street food at the Night Bazaar market
in Chiang Mai. This report was not clear yet
but it seemed that one of them died while
the other two suffered. Research by Jodi
Ettenberg suggests that the best and easiest
way to consume street food without getting
sick is to check out the length of lineups and
look who are in the lines. It is better to
choose a long lineup of women and children
buying some main dishes or desserts rather
than men buying some fried insects

Even though we all know that it is

unsafe to consume street food, but some
people still eat them due to their varieties,
reasonable price and convenience. However,
we should avoid this habit as it can lead to
illness and may cause death.

CREDIT: All pictures found in this page are

lifted online.
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N​EAR ​D​EATH​ ​E​XPERIENCE 

By: Apinya Ungjaroensap
 
Have you ever had a moment that seemed to be the
last few minutes in your life? A moment when you do not
know what is going on and what you should do. Once in a
lifetime, the feeling of fear will naturally make every life
more worthy, especially in a near death situation.
I have never realized how important my life was
until I thought it was the end, after my near death
circumstance. This incident happened during my student
exchange year in America. According to the newspaper,
there had been an average of more than one school shooting every week this year. As expected,
my school, Excelsior Springs High was one of them. It was a snowy day in early March, just a
few days after my birthday. The smell of the transitions from winter to spring, along with the
sounds of birds singing and wind blowing made me think it was a beautiful day. However, I still
could not believe that my existence was almost terminated because of a quick sharpshoot. This
incident happened while I was in my Nutrition & Wellness class. I heard a sound of gunshots,
followed by fire drill warning which made me realized that something bad happened. It scared
me whenever my classmates and I looked at each other and still had no idea what was happening.
At that moment, the only thing I could do is to calm down then move quickly and quietly
outside. When the teacher opened the door to let us out, the guy wearing a mask was standing
right next to the door with his gun. I felt like I lost my mind for a while when I first saw that.
Anyways, I was so scared to look at him for the second
time so I decided to run as fast as I could to the exit door.
Luckily, he was not be able to shoot anyone because the
police officers came and arrested him at the end.
Even though this occurrence could have ended my
entire life but every time I looked back at it, I could not
express how blessed and lucky I was.
 
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W​HY ​S​CHOOL ​H​OMEWORK 

S​HOULD ​B​E ​B​ANNED? 
By: Apinya Ungjaroensap

Every time you receive the

homework from a teacher; have you ever
wanted to just tear your homework apart or
throw it away and have no consequences? Is
homework really necessary? Is there any
evidence to prove that it is helpful for
everyone? In the real world, many kids
spend their evening through late-night time
doing their homework but finally end up
waking up exhausted. It is my belief that
homework should be banned because it
takes away time and these school hours are
absolutely enough.
One common negative fact about
homework is to cause too much stress for
students due to the over studying. Based on
the students’ timetable and schedule, it can
be seen that they have to spend
approximately 6-7 hours at school studying
and participating in some activities given
which already make them lose so much
energy. Therefore, students should take
after-school time to get some rest instead of
being overwhelmed about their assignments.
As they can rejuvenate and energize
themselves to be prepared for tomorrow
classes and activities. However, the
reference to PPTVHD36 (2018) reveals that
the average time of teenagers working on
their assignments is more than two hours per
day. Even though homework can help and
prove the pupils’ understanding towards
particular lessons, excessive studying will
probably make them face many terrible
consequences such as tiredness, sleep
deprivation or even harsh diseases.
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W​HY ​S​CHOOL ​H​OMEWORK 

S​HOULD ​B​E ​B​ANNED? 
… continued 
Another reason why students should
not have homework after school is because
it takes the valuable time away from them.
As we can see, children in the present time
are naturally forced to finish their
assignments rather than play outside or even
watch television. Furthermore, students may
also be taken and ceased their creativity as
they mainly focus only on their homework
and tend to forget about their surroundings.
to judge people’s ability. On the other hand,
schools should add more practical lessons as
they are beneficial in terms of life
experiences that can adapt to use in the
future.
From my perspective, the hours they
have spent at school is totally enough which
makes homework be such an unnecessary
and wasteful duty. As a summary, no matter
how hard the students have been working on
As far as I am concerned, there is no point their tasks, it will definitely mean nothing if
of having homework at all because most they cannot utilize and adapt what they have
kids just copy one another but bring to a learned in their daily lives.
conclusion saying work together. Linaida
Bravo Matos (2018) has drawn attention to CREDIT: All pictures found in this article
the fact that spending too much time on are lifted online.
doing tons of homework does
not only stress students out but
also lead to personal health, for
instance, obesity which many
kids nowadays are likely to be.
This happens because they have
less or no time for participating
in extracurricular activities and
experiencing new things. In the
real world, homework does not
play a significant role to be able