Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Monday Mornings SNOOZING Catching some z’s in the gym foyer were Cyndi Ruffini and Sean Wil- liams. PAPER BREAK Paul Boyle read the paper during a free. Catching up on the news was one thing to do on a slow Monday morning.

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Monday... .four T hat’s right. It’s Monday morning again: time to get ready for another week of school. Students have different thoughts on Monday morn- ings. Most have one feeling in common though - loathing. For many their thoughts coin- cide with Mark Junkins: “Oh no! I have to go to school!’’ Mark exclaimed. Ann Walsh wondered, “Did 1 do all of my homework?” In FREE TIME Relaxing in the gym foyer, Beth Ca- vallaro and Debbie Porter took it easy while doing their homework. a rush to catch up on missed assignments, students could always be seen frantically completing assignments as they sprawled on the hallway floors or sat more sedately in the cafeteria or the media center. Some students detest Mon- PUZZLE Shaking out the cobwebs on a Mon- day morning wasn’t always easy. Chris Davidson looked alert however. WHO ME? Tom McDonald looked up suspicious- ly from his homework with that “leave me alone, it’s Monday’’ stare. STUDYING Rushing to finish. Amy McLellan worked against the clock to complete her paper before the period ended. QUIET STUDY Silently working, Chris Carabin stug- gled to get her work done early on a Monday morning. more days to go days because there are four days left in the week. Others mourn the end of the week- end. Eric Palmer confessed, “I hate Monday because it’s there.” Mondays found some a bit careless, but most tried to look their best and muddle through it. Laurie Phalon re- marked, “My appearance on Mondays is very tired looking. I just don’t care what I wear.” After all, it’s only one day out of seven and it’s usually over quickly. Bruce Mollar noted, “If 1 can get through Monday I have no problem with the rest of the week.” Universally viewed with horror, everyone agreed Mon- day should be a four letter word. EARLY DISMISSAL If you needed to get out of school early because of illness, you had to see the nurse. Danny Honiker gave Mrs. Barba a note. 16 Monday Mornings

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Tlow, Isn ' t ' Ghat Just Special? s it “t’sup?” or “how are you?”? Is it “what a nerd!” or “he is a social reject”? Is it “let’s veg” or “let’s hang around and do absolutely nothing”? People accuse youth of speaking their own private language of codes and phrases that are just gibberish to adults. The secret code - teen slang. Actually teens are just continuing a process that began with the first man - the dynamics of language. Words and phrases have always adapted and changed to suit the people who use them. Because a favorite past- time was chilling out in front of the tube, new phrases were continuously derived from television. A commonly watched program, “Saturday Night Live”, generated such well-used expressions as “isn’t that just special’’, “that’s the ticket” and “I’m outta here.” Other phrases were used to categorize groups: nerds, smoothies, hicks, and bomars. Still others described states ol mind: veg from the verb to vegetate, t’sup? from the; phrase what’s up? The verbal shorthand ol ' teen slang was rarely puzzling to an insider, but made little sense to anyone else. 18 Teen Slang