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News4Features5
Sports
6
En
ertainment,8
Mtrch22,1999
Musictoourears:BandmembersmakeAll-state
TwoVikingbandmem-bers,juniorJ.R.Doanandse-nior
TremayneLathon,
per-formedwiththeAll-StateBandearlyinFebruaryattheTexasMu-sicEducators
Lathon
ConferenceinSanAntonio.Lathon,atwo-timemem-beroftheen-semble,wasfirstchairtuba,while
Doan
DoanwaspartoftheFrenchhornsection.
FedChallengetakes
4th
regional
title;
Acadecwinsregionalmeet,advancestostate
AcademicteamsfromBryancontinuedtheirwinningstreakinrecentcompetitions.TheFederalChallengeTeamwontheirfourthcon-secutiveregionaltitle,advanc-ingthemtothedistrict
CDm-
petitioninDallasMar.
24.
Theywillonceagainaimforthenationaltitlewhichthey.haveacquiredthreeyearsin
a
row.TheAcadecTeamre-ceivedafirstplacewinfortheirperformanceinthere-gionalcompetitioninearlyFebruary.Theyadvancedtothestatecompetitionandfin-ished22ndoutof40othertop5AschoolsintheTexasdivi-sion.
VICAstudentsexcel
BryanHighSchoolwaswell-representedattheVoca-tionalIndustrialClubofAmericacompetitionthattookplaceinBeaumontrecently.TeamsfromMediaTech.AutoTech,WeldingandCosmetol-ogycarriedhomefirstplaceawardsinthevariouscompe-titionsamongotherhonors.Detailsonpg.4.
Volume28,No.5
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Bryan
HighSchool
Attendanceratedrops
'Acceptable'ratingcouldbeinjeopardy
SarahSnyder
Co-editor
cores,percentileanddivisionsdriveBISDtocreateyearlygoals.Whetherit
i
TAASperformanceorthedesiretoriseabovethe"acceptable"ratingintoonethatdenotesexcellence,adminitratorsandteachersconstantlyencourageBryanHighto"kick
it
upanotch."
Thi
trirne
ter,themainfocusisattendance.WhiIeearl
ier
thisyearPrincipalJoeKopecboastedof
a
ri
ing
attendancerate,thepercentagehasdroppedfromalmost95percentthefirstsixweektobarely92percentduringthefourthsixweeksgradingperiod.AttendancelerkCarrieKomarattributesthisproblemto
a
selectfewstudents.Most,shesays,aredoingagoodjob.•Thiiswhatourfocuswillbeon[thistrimester]--encouragingthatsmallnumberofstudentstoimprove,"Komar
said.
BryanHigh'smethodof"encouraging"tudentisthroughphonecalls,letterandtruancycharges.Komarbelievesmostoftheabsencearenotnecessarilytheresult
or
skippingjustforthesakeofskipping,butbecausestudentsboosetogotodoctor
and
dentistappointmentsandsettlecourtroomdisputesduringschoolhours."Manyofthe
e
thingscanbehandledoutsideofschoolhours,"Komarsaid.
"If
studentscouldonlyremembertostopby,alotoftheseabsencescouldbeexcusedandourattendance
nate
woudimprove."
CarrieKomar,AttendanceClerk
Anotherwaytheattendanceratecouldbeimprovedisifstudentswouldbelessremiaboutbringingwrittenexcuses,Komarsays.Once
a
notefrom
a
doctororparentisbrought,theabsenceinolonger
"unexcused,"
thusimprovingoverallfigures."Ifstudentscouldonlyremembertostopby,alotofthe
e
absencescouldbeexcusedandourattendanceratewouldimprove,"Komarsaid.
An
overallattendance
rate
below
94
percentforthisschoolyearmaycau
e
BryanHightoloseits"Acceptable"ratingandbeplacedonlow-performingtatusonceagain.However,Komarbelievesthepresentattendancerate
is
notnecessarily
t
rrible,justslowlydropping."Atthebeginningoftheyearitwagood.Nowwejustneedtogettothatlevelagain,"Komarsaid.
WORKINPROGRESS
Students
throughtheSilvercampuscafeterialcommonsarea(above).Math,sci-enceandsocialstudiesclasses(right)havecorn-pletedtheirtempo-rarymoveintoSil-vercampusclassrooms.TheBluecampuscafeteriawillbeshutdownduringSpringBreak,andallstudentswillusetheSilvercampuseatingfacilitiesbeginningMarch
22.
pho-tos
by
AngelaMorse
Exemptionpolicynowineffect
Theexemptionpolicyapprovedbytheschoolboardlastfall
is
now
in
effect.Ifcertaincriteriaaremet,freshmen,sopbomoresandjuniorsareallowedtoexemptonefinalinthelasttrimesterwhileseniorsareallowedtoexempttwo.Toexemptafinal,astudentrnu
t
have:an"A"averageandnomorethantwoabencesortwotardieinaclass,ora"B"averageandnomorethanoneabsenceortwotardies
in
aclass.Otherrequirements
which
mustbemetincludenoStudentCodeofonductviolationsandpassingTAASpracticeorexit-leveltests.
If
astudentmeetsalltheserequirements,theymustcompleteanexemptionapplicationand
turn
itintotheteacberwhosefinaltheywouldLiketoexempt.Thteacherwillthensubmittheapplicationtothegradelevelprincipal,andthestudentwillreceivearesponse
within
afewdays.ApplicationsmustbeturnedinbyMay
18
toexemptfinalsforthethirdtrimester.
Newlibraryopenswithmorespaceandtechnology
wmwise
Assistanteditor
TheBHSlibraryhasbecomemoreuser-friendly.Thenewlibraryrecentlyopenedebruary22withmoresophisticatedcomputersandinalargerroomdesignedwithstu-dentsandexpansioninmind."Thernotobviousthingisthatit'sbigger,sothatwecanaccommodatemorestudentsatatime,"aidlibrarianSandalStephensonaboutthenewrooms."Wehavelotsofroomtoexpand,bothwithnewtech-nologyandmorebook.'Thenewbuildingcanholdthreeclasses,withsomeroomtospare.Fortheconvenienceofthestudents,thelibraryincludes56studentcom-puterstations,awellasaseparate24computerlabforentireciae
Expanded
libraryfacilitiesincludemoreoomputers,morevolumesandmorespaceforclasses.Studentscanlookforwardtohavingpresentationsoftwareandscannersavailablefortheiruseinthefall.
photobyJaniceCotsonis
touse.Theoldlibraryfewerthan
20
computers,
AU80
computerswillbelinkedtoonenetwork,andwillcontaintheon-linebookcatalog,wordprocessingandInternetac-cess.
In
fact,theLibrary'sserverallowsaltcomputerstationstobeconnectedtotheInternetatthesametime,withnolossofpeed.Inthefall,presentationsoftwareandcannerswillbeadded.Duetotheystem'scomplex-i
ty,
thecomputernetworkwasnotupandrunningwiththerestofthelibrary,butisexpectedtobecompletedwithinthenextfewweeks.Thedistrict-widepolicyforstudentInternetaccesswillstillapply:allstudents,eventhoseovertheageofeighteen,musthaveparentalconsenttogoon-line.However,Stephensondoesnotexpecttoomuchtroubleoverthepolicy."Aslongasthestudentshavepermissionandtheir
lD.
s,theycanhaveaccess,"shesaid.
"After
that,it'stheirresponsibil-itytouse
it
wiselyandresponsi-bly."Inadditiontothenewnet-work,thelibraryholdsalmosttheentirebookcollection,whichwasmovedtheweekpriortoopen-
ing.
Earlier,thelibrarywasex-pectedtobemovedoverwinterbreak;incorrectlyinstalledwin-dowsresultedinatwo-monthdelay.tephensonaidthedelaydidnothinderthemove."Actually,ithelpedus,"sheexplained•because
it
gaveusmoretimetoorganize.Themovewentverysmoothlybecauseweweresoorganized."Themovestillisn'tover;theLamarbookcollectionwillbemovedoverthesummer,whenseeLIBRARYonpg.4
 
•
•
BHSsecurityneedstoprioritize
It'sfunnyhowBryanHighworks.WhiletheoutsideworldseesthepoliceandsecurityguardsasproofthatBHSisasstrictasaminimumsecurityprion,manystudentscantestifythatthisap-pearanceisdeceiving.Themainproblemstemsfromtheirpriorities.Therecentcrack-downontrashiswarranted.butthereareotherthingsthataremoreimportant.Whileitisgoodtohaveaclean,aestheticallypleasingcampus,studentsafetyinthehallsandintheparkinglotsshouldtakepriority.Forth~ostpart.ecuritydoesagoodjob.There
are
afewoccasions.though,whenthejobshouldhavebeendonebetter.Oneoccurredrecently,whentherewasafistfightinthecourtyard.Noonearrivedtobreakitupuntilseveralminuteslater.aftermostofthedamagehadbeendone.Mostofthe
staff
wasbusymonitor-ingthehallsforpeopleditchingclassorlittering.Andwherearethesecurityguardsafterschoolwheninnocentpeople
are
tryingtogetoutoftheparkinglotandasmallgroupofstudentsareendangeringtheirsafetywiththeirrecklessdriving?Whereissecuritytostopthesepeoplegoingseventymilesanhouraroundthelot'sperimeter.narrowinglyavoidingcollisionswithpedestriansandothervehicles,fishtailingallthewhile?To
be
fair.wehavenoticedthatseveralnewsecurityperson-nelhavebeenaddedandthesepeopleseemtobeconscientiousabouttheirassignments.Parkinglotsecuritycontinuesto
be
aproblem
area.
however.Whatcanstopstudentsfromskippingduringlunch.preventcarsfrombeingvandalizedordeterrecklessdriving?A
clearlyvisible
securitypresence,that'swhat.We
are
nodifferentthattherestofthepopulation.Whenyou'reexceedingthespeedlimitonthehigh-wayandyouseeatrooper,youslowdown.Hispresencekeepsyousafe.Ifoursecurityguardswouldmakeanefforttobeseenandheardintheparkinglotsduringpeaktimes-especiallyattheentranceandexit-mostoftheseproblemswoulddisappear.Thosestudentswhochoosetoignoretherulesanywayshould
be
dealtwithimmediatelyandconvincingly.Ifthestaffkeepstheirendofthedealbyensuringthesafetyofthestudentsandtheirpossessions,thestudentswouldbemorelikelytorespecttheschoolgroundsandkeepthemclean.Thestaffowesittous,justlikeweoweittothemtofollowtheirrules.
=Norsemeneditorialboard
Lifeisfulloflessons
Inall
myyears,
I
havebeentaughtthattheroad
1
musttravelisnotgoingtobeasmoothpathbutratherarockyroad.And
I
havebeentaughtthatinsteadofbeingabletotakemytime,
I
avetogoalma
t
as
fastasthespeedoflighttokeepupwiththisconstantstruggle:athingwecalllife.Fromthetimthat[wasyounguntilnow,
I
canremem-berclearlythateveryyearbroughtmeclosertobeingtheEvathat
I
amnow.Itwasnoteasy.
I
hadtoacceptfarmoredefeatsthanwins.Butloonre-alizedthaieverytear
I
criedbroughtmeonestepclosertowomanhood.And
I
egantoac-ceptmydefeatwiththeessenceofawoman,nottheanguishof
a
child,withmyheadupandmyeyesopen.Becauseoftheselessonsthat
I
earnedearlyinlife,
I
o-
cu
onthegiftsoftodayinsteadofthehardshipsoftomorrow.Ratherthenworryingaboutwhether
I
willmakeitorbreakitsheltered.ButonMay
28,
1999,lifeisonceagaingoingtoforeitsunfairqualitiesonme.Itwillbe
a
timeof
indepen-
d
nee,atime
when
I
havetodecideontherightpathformeasanindividual.Let'snotfocusongradua-tionasalimeofgood-byesandorrowbecauseyouareleaving
behind
yourfriendsandtheplaceyoucallhome.Instead,thinkofitas
a
newbeginningintoanewworldanda
time
ofcongratula-tions.
Although
one
cannot
liveinanyonemomentforever,thememorieswillalwaysbepresentandalive.Theseverysamememorableexperiencesarewhatwillmoldthepersononeisdes-tinedtobe.Thesesameimprintsarewhatpeoplewillrememberapersonby.LikeJanetJacksonsaid."Rememberingamemorydoesnotmeanrememberingthepain."Lifeisfulloflessonstobelearned.Witheverygood-bye,
EvaRay
Staffwriter
when
I
getoutonmyown,
T
en-onegrows.joythetimethat
I
avelefttobe
Livehappilydespitelife'schanges
Thisworld
IS
gettingsomiserable.
It
eemslikeaseverydaypasses,peoplegetmeaner,moreheartlessandlosetouchwithwhat'strulyimportantinlife.Forinlance,when
I'mat
themallorsomeotherpublicplace,I'llflahaquicksmileatapasserby,and
III
getthislookinreturn
that
suggestsI'mcrazy.
Then,
J
waswatchingtelevisiontheothernight,andtherewasthitittlekiddyingfromcancer.Thisladyontheshowjuststepsupduring
the
mournfulgatheringoflovedones,andblurtsout"He'sdying.Getover
it."
Iwassoshockedwhen
I
awthisdisplayof
heartlesness,
J
wantedtojumpthroughthe
TV
andwringthewoman'sneck,justsoshe'dfeelsomepain.TheilIstopped,andhadsomekindofweirdout-of-bodyexperience.Don'task
me
bow,butitwascool.
I
ookedatmyselfandwhatsocietyisstartingtodotome.
I
eflectedonthatdayandrememberedthinking
"What
isthischicksmilingat?"when
I
receivedagrinatthemall.
It
wassofreaky!I'mbecomingeverythingIdon'twanttobe!Onanotherday,
I
waschillingoutwithsomefriendsatmycrib,andtbiguycameinandCarolAndrewswasscreaming.Hehad
Staffwriter
broken
his
fingerfromslamming
it
inthecardoor.Thepoorguywasreallyupsetandgetting
all
teary-eyed.AndIwaslaughinghystrically!
1
feltlikesuchaweiner.Anyway,
T
feltcrummyandtotallyconfused.It'slikeyou
try
ohardtobesomethinganddosomethinggoodwitbyourlife,andthen,allof
a
sudden,you
re
atotalsellout.
I
hinkthatitisinevitablethatyouwillpickupallofthebadhabitsofthosearoundyou.Nomatterhowhardyoutrytostaycoolandopen-minded,therewillalwaysbeapointinyourlifewhereyounotice
that
you'renotwhatyouusedtobe.EveryonewhoknowsmeknowsI'mnottheperfectexampleofhumancompassionandgentleness,butthat'sjustmeandmywhacked-outpersonality.Thosewhoknowmeevenbetterknowthat,deepdown,I'mprettyliberalandtrytostayasbenevolenttopeopleaspossible.However,recentlythingshavechanged,and
I
ebeguntochange.Honestly,
I'm
reallydisturbedbyit.
I
thinkweallneedtostaytruetoourselvesandtoourvalues.Weallknowwhowearedeepdowninside.
If
societystartstohaveaneffectonhowweactandtreatoneanother,changeit.Don'tjustsitbackandwatcheverythingyou'veworkedforfadeintooblivion.Onceyou'velostyourgoodness,it'shardtogetitback.Soweallneedtodoeachotherafavor.Benice!That'sthekeytoitall.IfwecanalIjust
chill
outandbecooltoeachother,thenwewon'tbavetoworryabout
orne
persononthestreetchangingoursenseofcompassionforourfellowman.
It
aLImayseemlikebabblenow,butwhatwouldbeingnicehurt?
I
knowit'shard,butanyonecandoit.Soinseeyouaround,don'tbeapunk.Instead,mileatme.Weallhaveonelifetolive;let's
Ii
eithappily.
Thegoldenruleneedstobere-Iearned
Everydaypeoplestopcaringwhatothersthinkandbecomeself-involvedandelf-cen-tered.Respecttowardsothersilackingalmosttoapointofnonexist-ence,andthecurrentsocialdecayistoblameforsomanyproblems
in
thisworld.WhenIamwithfriends,
I
eepeoplepushingandshovingoth-erstogettoclassorwhereverthey
are
goi
ng,
andtheycouldcarelessabouthowtheytreatotherpeopleintheprocess.Sincewhendidtreatingpeople
Like
dirt
become
so
common?Wbycan'tpeoplewaittheir
tum?
Don'tweallknowthatthereisnothingsoimportantthatitiworthbeingrudeabout?
AJII
cansayistotakeiteasyandtakeitslow.Youwillgettothesameplacewhetheryouwalkor
run;
relaxandenjoyitwhileyoucan.Another
thing
tbat
I
eeeverydayishowquicklypeople
will
useanyexcusetogetoutoftrouble.Insteadof
fessing
upandtakingtheblamefortheirmistakespeoplewillsayanythingjusttosavethemselvesfromget-tingintotrouble.
I
hearpeopleblamingtheirfriendsjustsotheydon't
g
tpunishedforsome-thingtheydid.
I
an'tunderstandhowaper-soncouldtellaLiejustbecausetheyarescaredthattheywillgetintotrouble.Beingbonetaboutyourmistakesmaygetyouintotrouble,butonlyminortrouble.
Thi
isbecausewhenyoutellalieand
orneonefinds
outthatyoulied,
you
getintoalotmoretroubleforlyingthanyouwouldhavefortellingthetruthfromthebeginning.
n
aregularbasis
I
eethebla-tantdisrespectofauthority.
1
seekiddoingwhatthey
are
toldnottodojustbecausetheyweretoldnottodoit.orneexamplesareteenagersmaking
in
thecourtyardduringlunchor
no-
whenyouarewalkingdown
rh
hallandsomeonestartscussingatateacheroranotherstudent.Kidsbe-
I
don'tcare
who
theyare,bodyhastherighttojudesomeoneelse.
ingdefiantissocommoninthisday
rna
t
peopledon'treaL1y
hink
about
it,
butitisone
of
themajorproblemsandoneoftheeasiesttofix.Alittledisci-plineisallthatmostminortroublemakersneedtokeepthemfromdoingwrongagain;I'mnottalk-ingaboutbeatingthem,ju
t
repri-mandingthem
and
givingthemanopportunity
to
recognize
thatthey
arenot
in
control.Anothermajorproblemareaispeoplebeingtoo
critical
ofoth-ers.
It
bappeneveryday;peopletookdownonothersbecauseofhowtheylookorwhotheirfriendsare.
I
on'tcarewhotheyare,no-body
has
therighttojudgesome-one
ele.1
don'tknowapersonwhoisbetterthananybodyelsethatIknow.Noonehasthe
right
tojudgesomeonebyasetofstan-dardsthatarenottheirown;youcan'tjudgeanyonebecauseofaperson'sfriends,choiceofmusicorthekindofcartheydrive.
If
theydon'tbotheryouandyoudonot
bother
them,everyonewillbehappy.Andifyoudojudgesome-one,keepittoyourself.Andsomepeoplenotonlyneedtobetaughthowtospell
RE-
SPECT
butalsohowtoshowit.Theattitudeofnorespecthasgottogo.Youcan'tliveyourlifewith-outrespectandexpectpeopletogiveyourespectinreturn.Whenyoutreatsomeonebadly,that'howyou
are
goingtobetreatedinreturn,andall
you
candoisac-ceptitorchangeyourattitudeandtreat
others
howyouwanttob
treated,
Co-editors
DebbiePerez,SarahSnyder
Assistanteditors
AngelaMorse,Will
Wise
Staff
writers
CarolAndrews,ChrisBaker,
Liz
Carr,JaniceCoisonis,SarahDavidson,EstherKim,EvaRay
AdViser
SandyFarris
TheNorsemanisapublicationof
the
BryanHighSchoolJournalismDepartment,3401E.29th.Bryan,TX77802.
(409)731-7400.
MemberUIL-ILPC
OpinionsprintedintheNorsemanarethoseoftheindividualwriteranddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsofthefaculty,staff
or
administrationofBryanHighSchool.Letterstotheeditorarewelcome.Lettersmustbesigned
and
deliveredto
Rm.172
orplacedintheadviser'sbox
in
themainoffice.TheNorsemanreservestherighttoeditorcondenselettersasspacepermits.Materialwhichcouldbeconsideredobsceneorlibelouswillnotbeconsideredforprint.TheNorsemandoesnotguaranteepublicationuponsubmission.
 
Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup?
"Pediatrician.
I
wanltoworkwithbabies."
LauraHernandez,11
"Mechanic.Everyonealwayssaysmechanicsaredumb,butwhentheircargetmesseduptheyaretheonesthatcan'tfix
it."
GenaroCoronado,10
S
eniorswill
be
leavingtheirhomessoonwithonlyseveralthingsinmind:ambitions,goals,careers.However,aperson'sgoalsinlifemightchangeasonegrowsolder.Most,onceadultsfinditinterestingtothinkbacktowhattheyorig;.nallywantedtodoasahighschoolstudent.
"Doctor.Iwillbeabletohelppeopleonadailybasis.Thisisoneway
I
canshowthatIamatrueChristian."
SenikkaJohnson,12
"Cosmetologist.Everyoneinmyfamilyisone.
I
utlikedoingpeople'shair."
CourtneyFry,9
MakeyourselfapartofthelifeatBryanHighSchool
"Youmeanyou'reolderthanzip.lockbags,plasticwrapandtheHwy6EastBy-Pass?"theyoungteacheraskedthe"old-timers"atthelunchtablere-cently.ad
but
true.Thingschange!AsBryanHighSchooltudentslookabouttheirschooltoday,theyseechangeoc-curringdailywiththeadditionsandrenovationstotheircampus.Anewandattractivelibraryandcafeteria,twonewwings,newathleticfield,anewfine
art
buildingandonandon.
Laudermilk
Counselor
Curtis
"Probationofficer.
1
wanttodealwiththechalJengedindividuals."
LaCandyTates,12
Lowerexpectationsmakeforlowereducation
OneofmyfriendsdecidedtotakeregularlevelEnglish
IV
thisyearinsteadoftheAPlevel
a
shecouldgraduateearly.ShehadbeentakingAPEnglisheveryyearinhighschoolandshe'sfairlysmart.Boywasheinforasurprise.Theyhadherdoingjuvenileactivitiessuch
as
dressingupincharactertogetan"A"andwrit-ingpoetryonat-shirt,Tome,itseemspure
"bu
ywork."Myquestionis,howdidthestandardforeducationgetsolow?EnglishIVismeantforstu-dentsreadytograduatehighschool.Fromthekindofstuffthey'redoingincla,itsoundslikethey'rereadytograduatefir
t
grade.Bytheway,I'mnotsolelypickingonEnglishIVclases,itisjustanexample.Itseemthatcertainpeople,includingparentsandtheadmin-istration,havedecidedthatnum-beraremoreimportantthanpeople.Kidsarebeingpassedju
t
sothatthedistrictcanreachacertainpassingrate.Theteachersandadministrationareap-parentlytreatingthesestudentslikethey'restupid.True,someormostofthestudentsaren't
AP
level,butthatdoesn'tmakethemstupid.Mostofthemarejustaveragekids.Apparently,thecurriculumhasbeenloweredtomeettheex-pectationsofthefew
lazy
kidsinthcourse.Theteachers,notthestudentsandpar-ents,shouldsettherequirementsforcompletion.Butapparentlythey'rejusttry-ingtogivethemaneasyridetomakesuretheygraduate,whichmaybewhatsomepeoplewant.Iftheschoolwantsbetter-educatedandbetter-preparedstu-dents,maybetheyshouldlookintowhat'sbeingtaughtintheregularclassesinsteadfocusingalloftheirattentionontbead-vancedclasses.Studentsintheregularclassedeserveagoodeducationtoo.Bythetimeyou're18,youshouldbeabletodiagramasen-tence,knowtheattributesofamammalandbeabletofigureoutasimplealgebraproblem.Manyseniorsinthisschoolaren'tabletodothesethings,andthatfrightensme.Theblamedoesnotrestsolelywiththead-ministrationandtheteachers,however.Studentsalsoharepartoftheblame.Asastudentyouhavearesponsi-bilitytoatleast
try
tolearnsomething.Stu-dentsbeinglazyandfailinghascausedtheadminis-trationtoloweritsexpectations.Ifhighschoolissupposedtoprepareyoufortherea!worldthenit'snotdoingaverygoodjob,Yourbosisnotgoingtolowerhisexpectationsofyoujustbecauseyoudon'tfeellikedoingomething.
In
therealworld,you'dbefired.
Studentsintheregularclassesdeserveagoodeducation,too.
"MarineBiologist.
l
ikescienceandwater,plus
1
loveanimals."
Inca
Marcel,
11
"Registerednurse.
I
likeeveythingabout
it,
and1likehelpingpeople.
MaryGutierrez.9
Timesavedisqualitylost
Personalizeletters
by
hand-writingthem
WhenIwaslittle,therewasnothingmoreinlifethat
overjoyed
memorethangettingahand-written,hand-addressedletterinthemail.
Onceuponatimetherewaacuttingedgeinventioncalledthetelephone.
It
wasinventedtomakelife
ea
ierbyallowingpeopletogetintouchwithoneanotherim-mediatelyratherthanwaitingweeksormonthsforthemailtocome.Now,
all
of
a
suddenitistheageofcomputers,andsoci-ety
is
practicallydependentonallkindsoftechnologicallyad-vanceddevicesthatallowonetokeepintouchwitheverybodyelse
in
theworld.Therearefaxmachines,beepers,digitalphonesande-mail.AUde-signedtosaveyoutime.ButwheredoesaLIthatsavedtimego?Probablyintoacomputer.Stop!Juststopandre-member.Re-memberthelostartofwritingaletter?Lettersusedtomeansomuchtopeople.When
I
waslittle,therewasnothinginlifethatoverjoyedmemorethangettingahandwritten,hand-addressedletterinthemail.Youknow,thekindwrittenontheprettystationeryorthebeavywritingpaper.Therewasalsoatimewhenletterswerethesymbolofro-mance.YouunderstandwhatI'mtalkingaboutifyou'veeverwatchedanoldmovieorreadanyL.M.Montgomerynovel.Theheroisinsomelonelycityfarawayfromthe
girl
hloves.Theywritevolumestoeachotherev-eryweek,andhealwaysknowswhenherletterhascomebecausetheenvelopesmellsjustlikeher(bigdreamysigh).Waybackwhen,mygreatgrandmotherwasateenagerandagirl'handwritingwasoneofhergreatestprides.Infact,Letter-writingwasraisedtoanartform.
J
couldproducethousandsofexamplesofexcellentpenmanshipjustinthecommoneverydaylettermygreatgrand-motherreceivedfromherfriends.Shecouldtellwhotheletterwas1T0mbyeachperson'suniquehandwritingbeforeshehadevenbeguntoreadthelet-ter.Somemayfindallthatcal-ligraphytiresome,butthehand-writingiswhatmadethoselet-tersospecial;itmadethempersonal.Nowadays,ontherareoc-casions,onedoegetamailedletter,itisusuallytyped.Granted,alet-tercanbetypdandsaytheexactsamethingasanold-fashionedwrit-
Janice
Cotsonis
Staffwriter
Howdoestbis
with
makingfriendsanddealingchangeaffectthestu-withanewbuilding.Wouldyoudent?PerhapsafewbelieveBHSwasonlygrades
11
wordsfromabona-fideand
12
forthefirstfewyears?old-timermayhelpyouSFAwasthecampuforstudentsdecide.ingrade
9
and
10.
Our
chool
Mymemoriesofthecolorsofblueandsilverplusourearlydaysof
OUI
schoolmascotwereselectedbyBryanareallfondon
es,
students
in
grades
7-12.
Our
tra-
thoughstudentstodayditionsallcameaboutslowly,awouldnotbelievesomeoftheistheirnature,oftenwithmuchobstacleswehadtoovercome.opposition.Wehad
110
almaIntegrationbroughttogether
stu-
materforoverayearastheStu-dentsfromNealHighScboolanddentCouncillookedforsomeoneStephen
F.
Austin
High
Schooltoproduceitforus.Theyeven-aswellasstaffmemberfromtuaJlyhiredacollegemuicpro-bothwhenBryanHighopeneditsfessortowriteboththewordsanddoorsinthefallof
1971,
Like
all
mu
ic.Thatneatvikinghelmetnewschools,awkwardnesswas
with
tbehornsthatguysandgirlstheruleaseveryonestruggled
see
CHALKTALK
on
pg.
4
tenone,but
it
i
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