DHS senior considers what high school accomplishments mean after graduation.
The weeks on both ends of Deerfield High School’s two-week winter break are special ones. The weeks before are filled with anticipation and the weeks after can be adequately described as bracing yourself for the meteoroid we call final exams to come crashing down. (I know that’s a little melodramatic. There’s just a lot to do before impact.) These two little stretches of the year are vastly different in these respects, but one common thread runs through them both: visitors. Graduates from previous years come back to school for at least part of the day to see their teachers, sit in on their favorite classes, spend time with friends and try to keep up during a band/orchestra rehearsal or athletic practice. It’s great to see them, and their …
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Our high school columnist shares his list for 2011.
I'd love to reflect on 2010 but there is simply no time. A new year has begun and it is not slowing down for sentimentality. But still, there are a few things worth putting in writing for the sake of direction in the coming year. Or rather, for the rest of this school year which is just a little less than half way done. These are my New Year's resolutions, and I'm sure I share several of them with a lot of my classmates who are starting their last (half) year as full-time residents of Deerfield. Finish senior year with same effort I had as a junior In two weeks I will be a second-semester senior. I likely will contract senioritis and have trouble staying motivated and focused on schoolwork. Without few enduring consequences, I could …
DAK
8:35 am on Sunday, January 9, 2011
This article reaffirms that with age comes wisdom. You are not starting over when one experience ends and another begins, rather you are building on that experience. (Sadly, some have a lot more building than others, which may seem like starting over!) If the actual numbers and rankings REALLY mattered, then we would be displaying them for the world to see. Your education, academically and … more ›