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Cheers & Jeers: Back-to-School '10 edition
Published: Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 3:14pm
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TV in the Lounge
Last year the student lounge got a much needed makeover. This year the upward trend seemed to continue with the addition of a working TV. What better way to relax than to watch your favorite TV shows?
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Howdy Hop
The traditional back-to-school dance was sponsored by Student Council on Friday. Tons of people came and danced the night away. The North Attic was literally a hot spot.
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New Faces
Getting to know the 60 kids in your class does not really take five years. This is why we are always excited to have transfers come into our ranks to mix it up a bit. This year we have five transfers from as far as Dubai and Haiti. We also have a new Journalism teacher. Welcome everybody!
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Hemo the Magnificent
Doc Walk made it back for another year and back into our hearts with another anecdotal welcome speech. His story of Hemo the Magnificent was entertaining, short, and avoided tiresome cliches. We may not all be happy to be back but Doc Walk's welcome speech certainly softened the blow.
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Kenney to Ourselves
A new high-tech security system means that only Uni students and the U of I gymnastics teams will have access to Kenney. Which means no more awkward encounters with old people in our locker rooms!
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Subbies
A new class of Uni students are inhabiting the third floor. Although they are still adjusting to Uni traditions (walk to the right side of the hall, please!), we are happy to have you. Good luck on Cutting Edge!
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Kenney security
We understand the need for safety and progress, but replacing the Kenney security guards with secured entrances has created more hassles than it is worth. We are bound to forget our prox cards once in awhile, and we don't relish the thought of being counted tardy while stuck outside. We miss Brad!
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Elevator
Yes. The elevator is closed to students permanently. Nobody was really thrilled with Kovac's start-of-school announcement. We know we weren't great last year, but what happened to a fresh start?
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Teachers giving homework on the first day of school
We understand the need to jump back into the swing of things, but lectures on the first day of class and papers to write over the weekend?!? Please give us a break!
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Not sleeping in
Seeing friends and teachers is nice, but waking up before 10am is something we could do without.
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Senior Shirts
We love our free T-shirts. But we would have liked to have them earlier so we could all wear them to the assembly. We hope our diplomas aren't ordered through the same company!
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Illinois Budget Crisis
We are guessing that we aren't going to get a new school building anytime soon.
Comments
Television Rots Brains
The TV in the lounge is awful. It is distracting and needs to be removed.
The whole point of the
The whole point of the lounge is to be a distraction. The lounge itself is not meant to be a "place of learning", it's a place where kids can sit down and relax.
Oh, poor baby....
Oh, poor baby, having to listen to a lecture and do some homework. If you didn't want to work, you shouldn't have applied to Uni High! "Please give us a break!"? Um, didn't you just have an entire summer vacation? Whatever happened to Uni High being a refuge for nerds who actually *like* class and *want* to learn?
This is the sort of attitude that led to our beloved Mrs. Wheeler leaving Uni for somewhere she'd be better appreciated. She made us work, but boy, did we *learn* in her class! To whatever teacher this slacker is griping about, bravo! Keep up the good work! They may not appreciate everything you do for them now, but believe me, if they're half as smart as they like to think they are, they will someday!
Back in my day...
Back in my day us students had a raw deal. We had to walk to school. Not speak unless we were spoken to first. And TV? That rubbish didn't even exist. We read our books by candlelight, hand-pumped our water, and we wanted to learn!
Back in my day, we had to
Back in my day, we had to walk to school, uphill, both ways, we had to read by candlelight, pump our own water, and we liked school too. What's the big deal?
P.S. What is all this talk about some "Illinois?" I've never heard of it.