Alec Kron –– Staff Reporter

“I’d like to focus my writing on Opinions, because a lot of students in this school don’t have any,” says Alec Kron (‘12), in his final year at Foothill High School and entering his first year working as a journalist and reporter for the InFlight newspaper. “The thing is, it’s not that students have nothing to say. But in the atmosphere of this high school, they really just need someone else to get the conversation started.”

Debate and dispute are not things Mr. Kron avoids, as he participates in many of the political education classes that Foothill provides: “The class I’m looking forward to most this year is We The People, the competitive civics class. The class is invaluable to those who wish to further their study in the area of American government and the Constitution.”

A long-time member and officer of the Junior Statesmen of America club on the Foothill campus, Mr. Kron enjoys learning about the many different political ideologies and philosophies that other students believe or observe, specifically, Eastern schools of thought: “My favorite book at the moment is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Although it tells a fictional story, the author blends many elements of Zen schooling with the plot and characters of the novel.”

Mr. Kron’s own views matters have developed after reading and learning of different schools of thought, specifically into a general skepticism of technology: “Although we’re using a lot more technology in our schools and overall lives, it really takes out the aspect of hard work. What one might have had to read or memorize to keep in their general knowledge is now stored in a database in Palo Alto, while simultaneously being kept accessible anywhere for anyone to use. The thing is about this system of instant gratification, however, is that it won’t ever stop. A homeless man could get used to the Taj Mahal after a day, but after that he won’t want to leave.”