She sees all...
Tomorrow’s the last day for the seniors, and I think I can safely say that we’re not too sad to see it go. It’s been a weird four years, Druid Hills. I leave you with some spraypainted advice from the Firehouse parking lot.
Open yourself
“I am glad to be here with the Glen Haven Bulldogs to demonstrate how important it is for young people early on to begin to [monitor] themselves in [physically],” said Governor Perdue. — DeKalb County Schools Website
The governor did not, it seems, sign a bill regarding English instruction.
Congratulations to Cal, the winner of the April Fools Art Competition. His Yeti pulled in 256 votes to Jim’s 105.
An image from the Free Verse Project. Credit to the Academy of American Poets.
…night he saw her, but there were many anonymous girls that summer,
there always are, who lower their necks to the stone
and pray, not to God but to the Virgin, herself oncea young girl, chosen in her room by an archangel.
Instead of praying, that summer I watched television, reruns of
a UFO series featuring a melancholic woman detectivewho had gotten cancer and was made sterile by aliens. I watched
infomercials: exercise machines, pasta makers,
and a product called Nails Again With Henna,…
“Dangerous for Girls” — Connie Voisine
April is National Poetry Month. In honor of that, here’s an excerpt from a poem I discovered surfing the Poetry.org site this morning. (My all-time favorite poem, of course, is Sandburg’s “Chicago”.) This poem, which appeals to me on this rainy morning, is doubly cool in that it offers that poets, too, watch bad 90′s television–in this case, The X Files. So just remember–you’re not blowing off studying for exams, you’re finding inspiration.
Flowers catching the rain. Photo by Pandiyan.
Your PE class may be hosted in the cafeteria and your hangover may be killer (looking at you, seniors), but just because Spring Break is over is no reason to cry. (Instead, focus on the upcoming AP/IB exams!) For your entertainment, here’s a list of fun things you can do to pass the 6 weeks left until we’re out of here:
Timesucks for teenagers:
High above the school where no students have ventured before live two super heroes so beastly that they wear sunglasses and capes to hide their identities. Who are these masked beings and what exactly do they do? (Add theme music here.) Are they good or are they evil? In a daring, spontaneous decision not based at all on Article Assignments we bravely ventured up to the steeple in search of the supposed superheroes.
Branaugh's Hamlet is the sexiest of all Hamlets. It's the moustache.
The school play, Not Quite Hamlet (playing the last week of April, written by students, awesome, come see it), had its first tech day today. This meant that the intrepid techies got to build several boxes on the Pattersons’s front lawn. Then paint them. In the cold, cold weather.
All of which is to say: come see the play! It’ll be totally awesome, and I’m not saying that just because I spent 6 1/2 hours today freezing my ass off to help build boxes! April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd, and May 3rd! Walker Smith monologues! There is unresolved bromance! Thumb drives are erased and there is–dare I say it–intrigue.
This school salad is so vegetarian friendly that it's got chicken in it.
In addition, DeKalb county schools has been selected one of the top five most vegetarian-friendly school districts in the nation (press release). Speaking as a vegetarian who has been in this district since 7th grade, I can safely say that this is bullshit.
Dr. Joyce R. Wimberly, the district’s School Nutrition Director, has introduced an array of delicious vegetarian selections, including veggie burgers and vegetarian tacos.
Seen on the side of one of the trailers
Just your daily dose of cheerful school defacing.
Also!: The Drama Club has had its cash box stolen, with the $160 we had saved to put on Not Quite Hamlet. This is what we in the field call “a dick move.” So, if you have any info on it (or the squiditti!) please let Ms. Z. know.
