Academy of the Holy Angels - Angelus Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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In the spring of 1980, I sat down to write an essay for ENGLISH class. It was my last essay of SOPHOMORE year. I entitled it, My Sophomore Year” could have titled it, “The Year I Wore BLACK” or “The Last of the Greastest”, but I never did. To help me in my essay, I looked up “sophomore” in the dictionary. SOPHOMORE. Noun. The year after freshman year. That’s it?” I asked myself. I looked again, and there was only one phrase to describe an ENTIRE year of my life. 1 was depressed. Trying again, I looked up another word I'd heard someone use once. The word was “sophomoric”. SOPHOMORIC. Adjective. Of or like SOPHOMORES; opinionated, immature, tc. Arrghl!! It was as if I’d been hit by a brick wall. I’d rather be known as the year after Freshman year”. Not to be undone however, I wrote down everything I could about SOPHOMORES. . . . 1982 . . . drivers ed . . . health . . . unity day . . . B-squad . . . two years left. . . Best and Brightest” . . . SSfirst job . . . When I finished I looked at my list. In my mind these things comprised SOPHOMORE year, but they were not the only things which made the year interesting. I made another list. . . . making donuts at Carnival. . . the huge bubble Mike blew in Music class . . . the game we won against Grace . . . frog legs and BIOLOGY . . . discovering there was no pool at AHA . . . This list, though not complete, contained more of the laughter, and less of the traditional SOPHOMORE activities. Still, I had not describe MY SOPHOMORE year. 1 tried ONE more time to to write about what was perhaps the most paradoxical time in my life. The essay I wrote was the sum of my life. The essay I wrote was the sum of my SOPHOMORE YEAR. My SOPHOMORE Year My SOPHOMORE year in high school was full of unexpected happenings. It came and went with a splash. The End 26

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Jim Tot .ke Mike Trudell Shawn Turner Paula Tysk Andy Urtz Mark Vanvo Cynthia Vaughn Tim Waterman Matt Welbes Mike Williams Bruce Willy Margaretinary Woida Carnila Zelada Not pictured: Peter Flocrsch Paul Hannasch Micheal Kotasek Debbie Rademacher Greg Wendt Bill Long 25

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