May 2007 - Special Senior Issue
May 2007 - Special Senior Issue
May 2007 - Special Senior Issue
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2 The Oakwood Times <strong>May</strong> 18, <strong>2007</strong><br />
As I sat down to write my<br />
last column for The Oakwood<br />
Times, I thought about everything<br />
high school was.<br />
It was exciting, fun, stressful,<br />
interesting, difficult, and most<br />
of all memorable.<br />
High school is the perfect<br />
opportunity to make memories<br />
that will last you a lifetime.<br />
I know a lot of underclassmen<br />
are thinking about how<br />
much you hate OHS and how the<br />
girls are mean and the guys are<br />
jerks.<br />
You think you can’t wait to<br />
get out of high school because<br />
college will be so much better.<br />
Likewise, I know a lot of seniors<br />
who can’t wait to graduate. They<br />
have complained about OHS for<br />
four years, and their time to get<br />
away from this place is finally<br />
here.<br />
I think anyone who thinks that is crazy. I love high<br />
school, and I think it is what you make of it. If you go to<br />
school everyday thinking it is the worst thing that has<br />
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!<br />
Loud and<br />
Clear<br />
By Ashley Sermak<br />
26<br />
I’m really going to miss high school<br />
ever happened to you, of course it<br />
is going to stink.<br />
But, if you go to school trying<br />
to make the best of something<br />
you have to do, it will turn out much<br />
better. I know there were days when<br />
I didn’t want to go to school and<br />
didn’t want to get out of bed, but I<br />
tried to make the best of my high<br />
school experience.<br />
I got involved, made a lot of<br />
really good friends, and made memories<br />
that will last me forever.<br />
I will never forget my first<br />
Homecoming pep assembly, and<br />
being in complete shock when the<br />
gym sounded like it was going to<br />
explode, or junior pep assembly<br />
when everyone knew that we were<br />
the REAL winners.<br />
Although school at times was<br />
very stressful, I tried my best to make<br />
it exciting. Like the first time I got an<br />
“A” on one of Mrs. Anderson’s tests, oh wait, I never did.<br />
But it was still a good experience.<br />
Mrs. Steffen, although on her own planet, made sophomore<br />
and senior English something I will never forget.<br />
Can anyone say parmesan<br />
The great times out of school are just as memorable<br />
as the great times in school; like getting pulled over by<br />
the police and never telling my parents. Well, they eventually<br />
found out a few months later, but by then it was too<br />
late for punishment. I will never forget going “forking” in<br />
a yard the size of Texas and not getting caught.<br />
I will admit that I am ready to graduate, and continue<br />
on with my life, but I am going to miss high school.<br />
I will never forget the memories I’ve made, and I hope that<br />
college will be just as great.<br />
I hope all of you who dread coming to school everyday<br />
find something that makes school a little better.<br />
Whether it is playing basketball or taking an art class,<br />
there is always something you can do that will brighten<br />
your day.<br />
I hope you make the best of what is left of your high<br />
school career, because it will literally be over before you<br />
know it.<br />
“There’s a big world out there. Bigger than prom,<br />
bigger than high school, and it won’t matter if you were<br />
the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team<br />
or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to<br />
be afraid of it.” — Unknown<br />
Just listen to the lyrics and enjoy life as it comes<br />
Bobby McFerrin once wrote a song<br />
entitled, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.”<br />
The closer it gets to graduation, the<br />
more I believe ol’ Bobby knew what he was<br />
talking ‘bout.<br />
You’ve probably heard this song on<br />
numerous movies and commercials; you’ve<br />
probably even had the tune stuck in your<br />
head: Ooo-oo-hoo-hoo-oo Ooo-hoo-hoohoo-oo-oo<br />
and etc. But<br />
have you ever<br />
actually<br />
thought about<br />
what he’s saying<br />
In the<br />
first verse, he<br />
notes that everyone<br />
will<br />
have problems<br />
in life, but<br />
when you worry too much about those problems,<br />
they become worse.<br />
I have done a lot of learning in the past<br />
18 years – the majority of that being in the<br />
last two. Teenagers overcome, or try to overcome,<br />
a massive amount of stress throughout<br />
high school. Whether it be from home,<br />
work, school, or even friends.<br />
I think too many kids today are worrying<br />
more about their problems than having a<br />
fun and fulfilling life! For example, a few of<br />
the seniors went on a trip to Indianapolis as a<br />
reward for being geniuses. While we were<br />
there we decided to go paintballing!<br />
Before we had gotten to the massive<br />
warehouse<br />
named “Dark<br />
Armies,” all<br />
the girls were<br />
orry-<br />
worried, because<br />
the<br />
boys had already<br />
made<br />
up plots<br />
about who<br />
they were going<br />
to shoot<br />
and where.<br />
None of us knew what we had gotten ourselves<br />
into.<br />
After the paintball war was over, everyone<br />
concurred that despite the minor welts<br />
and bruises, we all had a good time.<br />
Now that I think back on it, the girls<br />
I think too many<br />
kids today are worry-<br />
ing more about their<br />
problems than having<br />
a fun and fulfilling life!<br />
complained quite a bit about being scared,<br />
but in the end we all had fun! I think this a<br />
lesson for everyone: Quit worrying about everything<br />
and<br />
just have fun!<br />
Even<br />
Brandy (remember<br />
that<br />
popular artist<br />
in the 90’s<br />
Yes, her.) sang<br />
a song about<br />
being happy,<br />
entitled you<br />
guessed it,<br />
“Happy.”<br />
Hohn, Solo<br />
This song<br />
talks more<br />
about a guy<br />
making her feel happy, but I don’t think anyone<br />
needs the opposite sex to make them feel<br />
happy.<br />
As I’ve grown into the mature, brilliant,<br />
wonderful, astonishing, (OK, I’m done) young<br />
woman that I am today, I have learned that<br />
only I can make myself happy.<br />
If I am not happy with myself, how do I<br />
expect someone else to make me happy I<br />
can’t. So the only question is: are you happy<br />
with yourself If not, you need to be. :]<br />
Don’t worry about what other people<br />
By<br />
Meghan<br />
Hohn<br />
say about<br />
you or what<br />
they do. Do<br />
what you<br />
want to!<br />
Don’t live an<br />
unhappy life<br />
for any reason!<br />
You<br />
never know<br />
what you<br />
could be<br />
missing if<br />
you just took<br />
the chance.<br />
And if you<br />
have a bad day, it is okay. It won’t be your<br />
first, and it certainly won’t be your last.<br />
When something gets you down keep<br />
enjoying your life and live it to the fullest.<br />
Remind yourself about the good things<br />
in your life. It could always be worse!<br />
Keep good ol’ Bobby’s lyrics in the<br />
back of your mind and remember “Don’t worry,<br />
be happy!” :]