Hey Wildcats! This week you asked, and we answered. Our Advice Column is always trying to make sure the students of DV always have someone to get advice from and the Tribune’s Advice Column helps with just that. Just remember, that we are students too trying to support other students, so give our advice some thought but if it’s a serious situation always talk to a trusted adult to get the resources to support you best. Anyways, let’s roll into your guys’ questions.

Question One : Dear Wildcat Tribune, I desperately need help with bagging my crush or at least getting to talk to him for once. My crush is kinda an extroverted introvert, he probably has absolutely no game with females but the bad part is that I’m literally a 1/10 ON A GOOD DAY 💔 and he probably barely knows I exist at all besides the fact we make eye contact a few times. but we have a LOT of common interests, the same humor and even the same hobbies. The worst part is he’s a hallway crush because we don’t have any classes together. any possible advice or anything like that is GREATLY appreciated thank you. –waffle

Answer : Hey there waffle! First of all, hype yourself up! Don’t even think about getting this guy first, think about getting your self confidence up. Everybody should love themself, and don’t let anybody determine your self-worth. Now that I have finished my little pep talk, we can get down to the nitty gritty. I am supposed to be an advisor to your problems so I will be feeding into a few of your delusions and also handing you the cold, hard truth. That sounded a tad bit too ominous…Anyways, just go up to him and talk to him! Don’t worry about his past history, and focus on the present. If he doesn’t have game, you have to try to cultivate game (to balance it out, you know what I mean!) What’s the worst that can happen? Ask him a question, get to know some of his friends, just make yourself known (in a good way). If you guys have common interests you are bound to hit it off. And remember, it is better to have a definite answer whether good or bad than think about what they could’ve been.

Good luck, Delusional Monkey

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Question Two : Dear Wildcat Tribune, I’m stuck on how to manage my classes while juggling my extracurriculars. I also feel like my social life is kind of dying and I always feel lonely nowadays 🙁 –Jane Doe

Answer : Hi Jane Doe ! My first suggestion is to take a deep breath. I understand what you are going through and it is very important to try and create a line between your academics, social life and extracurriculars. To do this, I would highly recommend creating a list of all the classes you take both in and out of school, plus any extracurricular activities you do. This will allow you to have all the things you are involved in on one page so you can decide what activities you may want to lay back on and what you want to continue doing. I  understand that this may not be possible for you all the time depending on the kind of things you do, however the main point I’m trying to make is to prioritize yourself. Only when you do that will things start falling into place. Now when it comes to your feeling of dying in terms of your social life, once you do the previously mentioned things, you may automatically find yourself having more time on your hands to perhaps go to a school play or hangout with friends. If that ends up not being the case for you, try forcing yourself to do it. Oftentimes, a little push is all it takes to change things for the better. Hopefully this helps you,

Good luck, Anika 

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Question Three : I have a very good story idea for the tribune and would love to contribute. Is that something that can be possible? – the writer

Answer : Hi the writer! Of course! We are always looking for good story ideas and passionate students at DVHS to write for our newspaper. It is a student newspaper, after all. Assuming you’re not in Intro to Journalism, I understand that it might be a little more difficult to get your story idea to us, but it’s definitely possible! We usually have stories written by those in the Wildcat Tribune and those from the Intro to Journalism class, but we always appreciate ideas from any DV student! If you would like to introduce some good ideas, you can reach out to us through instagram, email, and other sources of contact which can be found on our website! If you would also like to write a piece for our newspaper, that can be another point of discussion as well.  I see that you’re very interested in contributing to the Tribune, so I would suggest possibly taking the Intro to Journalism class at DV(if not already), if you want to be further involved in making articles, and even join the Wildcat Tribune in the following years! 

Best, Namrita

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Question Four : I cry every night because of school for absolutely no reason. What do I do? – wrecked cranium

Hey wrecked cranium! It sounds like “absolutely no reason” is in fact a very real reason for you. When it feels like your problems are piling up, it’s easy to get overwhelmed (I empathize one hundred percent). But when this happens late at night, everything gets blown out of proportion, and it can disrupt your sleep. 

Frustrating as it is, us high schoolers must try to emulate the adults around us and set a “work-life balance”. Yes, academic tasks devour our free time, but we have to log off at some point. If you can manage it, pause the homework early at least one night a week and try to unwind. School demons find you more easily when your brain is still in study mode. 

If this doesn’t work, you might have to confront the sources of your woes head-on. Particular class giving you trouble? Juggling too many clubs? Make a bulleted list of your stressors: they will be easier to address on a case-by-case basis. 

Hope this helps, Taylor

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Question Five : I like this girl a lot, and I literally look forward to go to class with her every single day. She is one of the friendliest girls I know, and I think she is really pretty. But, I don’t know how to approach her because she is always with her friends and stuff like that. I really want to talk to her, but I am scared. –talk tuah

Hi talk tuah! Before I start talking about this chosen name, or any part of your dilemma, I just want to say awww! That description has to be one of the cutest things I have seen all day. Now before I get into your problem I would like to comment on your interesting name choice, that’s all I am going to say. Now for your question, go for it! I know it might seem super scary right now to talk to someone when they are with their friends, but try to start a conversation when she’s by herself. If you are in her class and see her everyday, there is a very high chance she knows who you are. Ask her about your common class, and stuff like that! Remember the best relationships happen through friendship first, don’t go through the enemies to lover route, you will have a really low success rate. Talk to her in the sense of getting to know her first, and then slowly unravel your feelings and drop hints, but don’t drop mixed signals. Be direct in the tone you want to set, and you will be fine! Good luck Talk Tuah! I was about to say Talk Tu her Talk Tuah but scratch that!

Best, Someone who doesn’t want their digital footprint to have that joke in it.