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M any times the purpose of schooling got ratio.
lost in the shuffle of busy schedules. The
It took about a week for everything to
reason to go to school was still to learn, begin to seem normal. The days went by
although some would have liked to believe faster and faster until Chrismtas vacation was
otherwise. Some seemed to think of school as greeted with overwhelming joy.
a place to mess around, while others made it Second semester offered a new challenge
strictly a socializing time. Whatever each as students found themselves in a few
person believed, rest assured that he was different classes. The long stretch of school
happy about the way his school year was days began as May seemed an eternity away.
going so far. Finally, the year came to an end as the
From the hectic registration day to the seniors were graduated and the freshmen
thankful locker cleaning at the end of the began to plan their “revenge” for next year’s
year, students were able to pick the classes freshmen. Summer was on everyone’s mind.
they wanted to take. The choice of instructor, There would be no homework, no tests, and
in most cases, was available too. no problems. Instead, swimming pools, the
After the schedule was decided upon, the hot sun, and lemonade cured each student of
first day of school was the next thing to wait spring fever.
for. As always, the freshmen were running Because of the freedom of choice and the
around in circles and the upperclassmen wide variety of quality classes, it is easy to
didn’t help the situation too much. Classes say that the students had
still contained surprisingly small numbers of SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
people with an excellent student/teacher
Getting down to her hom ework, senior Shelly Drost finishes her Business Law paper. Some students
were always taking their time to hand in neatly written assignments.
