Bedford Junior High School - Transition Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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Awesome dude! Brian Thomas, eighth grader, takes careful aim, before firing his musket for history class. Masslve embarassmentl Auctioneer Brian Oberle sells student council members to students. Slang Lanvguage Using It in Unusual 66 lang- lslangln e an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed of coinages, changed words, and extravagant, or facetious figures of speech. Slang words and phrases were used by most students. This year, students had their own special vocabulary. The most used slang words were massive, awesome, and dude. Others that didn't make much sense were nerd, dork and geek. l like to use the word iawesome' a lot, stated eighth grader Greg Clarke. A definition of dude usually was a name given to anybody who was included in the iiin-crowd . The term awesome, was given to anything that seemed likeable, very good, or out of the ordinary. The word massive meant something or somebody big, strong, good or just plain cool. What was a dork? What was a geek? Ofcourse, a nerd was a dork, a dork was a geek, and a nerd was a geek. Eighth grader, jeff Barber said, We know that all nerds are meatheads. Put-downs were also used to humiliate each other. You could've said to your foe, phrases like, Is that your face? Or did they learn how to grow hair on meatballs? Tom Owen, eighth grader, stated, ulf we didn't have any slang it would be a boring language. Ken Jacobs lanel Jennings Kelly Johnson Chris Jones Bill Kasmierski Amber Kaufman Roshanda Keeler Frank Kern Mark Kern Sara King William Kinney Alan Kiser Keith Kiser lennie Klawitter Troy Knopp Anne Kohler Jennifer Kowalski Michael Kowalski Thomas Kreft Tonya Kreft john Kreuchauf 33

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Mendi Epperhart 55,: Angelique Ervin ' Tamara Evers Nathan Fiedler Jennifer Fish Darlene Fisher Darlene Fisher Chad Fleitz Paul Flowers Matthew Fornwald William Fortuna Micole Fosnaught Christy Frankowski Kerri Frantz Barbara Fritz Franklin Fritz Tricia Froah loel Frost Robert Fruchey Kelly Fry Toni Fuelling Ernest Fuller Rose Garn Julie Case Laura Gifford Deena Gould Karma Gray Chad Greeley Beth Grime. . Amy Grimes Matthew Guiberson Jennifer Guy Jeremy Hackett Lauri Hall David Hamilton David Hanes ,, Craig Hannon Norma Harrison Eric Hart John Harvey Rachel Hauter Ronald Hauter Jodi Haynes Heather Healy Melissa Helm Bob Hendricks lohn Hennessey Lori Hennessey Mary Henning Melissa Hetzel Brett Hickman Jill Hinkleman Kim Hintz Heather Hoffman Julie Homan Julie Homolka Kent Howard Donald Howell Laura Hudson Tracy Hudson Jenny Hulisz Tracy Irons Eva lablonski PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE

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Erik Krieger Stephanie Krumeich Gerald Lagger Kendra Lake Larry Lambert Heather Lavender Amy Lawrence Tonya Leffel Brian Leininger Kristeen Lewis lohn Light Romina Lockery Christopher Loe Andrew Loth Sandra Lovette Tina Lowe Mark Lucarelli Christine Lykowski Kathy Macut Jeremy Magrum Ryan Maier An Active Part of Social Life Passing N otes any notes were passed throughout the year and they came in different shapes and sizes. Some were square, some rectangle, and some were even triangular. No matter what they looked like or when they were passed, they all con- tained many secrets and important matters that needed to be sorted out. Students passed notes to lind answers to questions that were on their minds like, llWhat time's that party on Friday? , or Who is he going with now? Then there were those who wrote just to waste time. Eighth grader Jody Owczarzak stated, ill wrote notes so I could talk to my friends silently during class when I couldnt talk to them freely. Everyone passed different types of notes during the year. Some were to close friends telling about problems like, My boyfriend or girlfriend broke up with me. While others could be to a girlfriend or boyfriend stating, ul love you, or iii want to break up. All in all, notes were a form of communication between the students, with many of life's problems enclosed. What did teachers do with notes intercepted from students? Mrs. Norma Self stated, I read them then usually threw them away. This was not always the case though. Some teachers liked to read them aloud or they even made students read them. if they were really bad, the teacher would confront the student or even involve the principal and their parents. Most of the time though, it was just an embarassing moment. Some notes answered important questions, but mostly they kept our schools social life active. 34 Caught In the act! While passing a note to Brad Speweik, Stacy SIlberhorn rs caught by Mrs. Margaret McHugh during her first hour Engllsh class. Who knows what her punishment will be?