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By: Melanie Morin
Some may call the first day of their Freshmen year boring and meaningless. Others may say that is was a fun-filled and action-packed day of excitement (okay, maybe not). Whatever your thoughts of the first day may be, you should realize that as slow as the day seemed to go, it was definitely a day that was well worth the yawning.
I mean, you could say that some of the speeches ( yawn) were unnecessary and repetitive, the tours were too long, and more upper classmen should've been there, but what would've happened if that stuff weren't there? Think about it. If the teachers didn't introduce themselves and tell about what they do and who they are, we would never know who to talk to about what (not that I remember most, or any part of what the teachers said), and, if they didn't keep trying to engrave information into our skulls, many of us would forget it.
The tour was definitely one of the most important parts of the day. Even though we will probably need a lot of assistance in getting to and from classes, at least we have a general idea of what the school's layout is. I'm sure that most of us greatly appreciated the fact that not too many sophomores, juniors, and seniors were there. I mean we looked stupid enough to our peers, because we didn't know what we were doing without older kids making fun of us or "helping."
Some other quick minor complaints of the orientation-the chairs in the lecture halls were way too squeaky and difficult to get out of, the senior girls who spoke to us were very, well, bubbly, the ketchup packets at lunch are wicked hard to open, there weren't that many empty seats in the cafeteria, and there was only one club giving out candy (thank you, members of Key Club). Other than that, though, I think that the day went pretty well.
Oh, yeah, one more thing, I have a quick message to all teachers to whom this applies-I know that putting us in alphabetical order may be easier for you and you are afraid that we would talk, but I wish that you would at least give us a chance to prove ourselves first and to learn names quicker (it can't be that hard, can it?) before you sit us around people that we wouldn't necessarily choose to be next to, thank you.
Mad props to teachers for allowing students to be exempt from mid-terms if they get A's in their classes.
I also would like to say that I strongly agree with the rest of the teachers when they talk about taking advantage of all (or at least most) of what LHS has to offer. What you accomplish at this school and who you make friends with is most likely going to shape the rest of your lives. These experiences that we will have in high school count for so much that we don't even understand yet. I also recommend that you all try your best grade wise, as well. I mean, come on, you guys, you're in high school now! Grow up.
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