Arlington High School - Heights Yearbook (Arlington Heights, IL)

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Knowledge ,Well, school was out for another year. It had been a hectic year. He was sure glad it was over. He was going to take it easy now, stay up late, read more, just relax. Funny, though, he might miss the fast pace of it all. He could still remember the first weeks of the school year . . . Those first days were so trying. All those new subjects and so much to learn. He wondered if he would ever get through the year. As he thumbed through his textbooks, he realized how much there was to do. At first it was hard to get back into the routine of studying. It was hard to give up that evening with the boys just because he had a test coming up. But soon it became more or less second nature to him. He dis- covered, to his amazement, that the more he studied, the more he wanted to study. Sometimes it seemed to overwhelm him. He worked hard on one assignment only to find a bigger and more difficult one waiting for him. He felt as if he was getting nowhere. But he had kept at it and was proud of that accomplishment. Then came the day when it all paid off. Boy, he had been nervous going into his homeroom that day. It seemed as if his homeroom teacher had never moved so slow as when he handed out the report cards. At last he got his. He turned it over slowly and nearly shout- ed out loud. He'd made the honor roll and now he was eligible for a four semester honor pin! As he sat on the stage during the honor assembly he looked at all of his classmates seated 'Ollt in the au- dience and felt extra proud that he had managed to reach these heights in knowledge and deserved that pin.