Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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23 TH]3SKABCHLI GHT 23 HOW TO BE HAPPY IN SCHOOT. By They T.e clman Are you happy in school? I am, and I’m no bettor than you, so why should you ho unhappy? I don’t li.ko“homowork, I don’t think anybody does, but still if we don’t work wo don’t learn. Maybe it’s the toachors you dislike. Teacher; can be fun at times , that is if you keep on the good side of them. After all they are not ogres; they just ; pretend to be strict (at times). Some pupils always says the teachers always pick on me. Do they? Or do you just think thoy do? - Many pupils talk back to the teachers. They don’t moan to bo spiteful thoy just like to do it. Many pupils say, Why should I go to school? You can answer that by yourself. You go to school to loarn, after all, we tho pupils“of to¬ day are tho doctors, lawyers, nurses, etc. of tomorrow. So school is quite important oven though most of us don ' t like it. Nobody can be happy all“the time; problems of some kind will always come up, but chin up, you’ll live. If you have a grudgo against a certain teacher, hobody expects you to like him (or her) but does that mean you shouldn’t like any of the teachers? Be a sport. If you are asked, tc do something for your class or school, cooperate; don’t say ’no’ unless you can’t do the job you have been r .asked to do. • . » . Get along with your classmates. Don’t think you are better than anyone and eveiyonQ. • » Join in games, don ' t sit out because you think ”ou can’t do as well as your friends. How do you know? You might a. n be : ttei t’nn they, if you -feriod. Maybe your class is planning something, offer your suggestions if you have any. Don’t just sit there afraid to speak,, thinking ;■ iur suggestions aren ' t good. Lot the other pupils (or torchor) bo i e judge. If you like your teachers and fellow classmat . , they will like you and you will be ' happy in school.

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99 ,ymv T THIS HAMD OF MIMS By Goorge Canon I triad to draw a cat one day f I had it pictured in my mind. It was to ho a Persian cat But I drow another kind. I tried to draw a dog one day. It was to bo a husky hound. But it turned out to bo - A chicken coop that wasn’t on the ground. This hand of mino is very quocrl It makes mo fool ashamod, Of all tho things it does Foy which i«m always blamod. TKBT FALJING SNOW By Virginia rartcr Little stars from“hoavon fall. Giving guide and lovo to“all. Giving things that wo all know, Tho”littio Stars havo turned to snow. A STUDENT’S BEEF By Nor, en Cox You got up. in -tho morning, you start for school, You forgot your Maths hook You lazy fool. An hour ' s detention. But that’s the ruio And they wondor why wo hoof. Maths period is over and Stanch is next What do you know? You Brought the right toxt« Miss Truosdalo is smiling And so arc you. Comment -7ous Appoloz Vous? So wo march down to P t T. And what do wo find? Miss McVeigh teaching dancing And ohl what a grind. The record is blaring You can’t koop time Do it againl Oh, No, » wo chime. TEACHER: Billy, what are three proofs that the world is round? First, you say so; second, Pa says so; and third, the hook says so. BILLY:

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g ' iii . j . a » DO YOU STUDY? By Mary Pittarolll It is a surprising and somewhat shocking realization, that many students honostiy think they aro studying, when in reality, they are just wasting time. For instance, one student will tell you ho simply « an’t study without the radio blaring. But, ask him a question, and he ’ll look at you quizzically as if you were talking in some foreign language. You can’t learn the uses of the comma while following ycur favorite mystery story. To study, you must concentrato. Perhaps another student will sit down and really study for ten minutes. Then, she decided it’s time for a snack. After enjoying a tasty repast, and a long chatty phone call with hor friend, she is ready for another short dose. She didn’t sit still ' for more than ten minutes at a time. And yet, in the morning she’ll look up at you innocently and say, I thought I’d never finish my homework last night. It took so long.” Then we have the social butterfly - in one minute and out the next. Sfio is the typo you’ll find studying in Snatches between periods. It has“alwgys amazed mo that sho can learn the little bit she does amid such clamour and confusion. There are always some who wait until the last minutei They do their studying before going to bed, fighting a losing battle with sleep and time. I,ast but not least, there is the type Who thinks that when studying is the time to givo yourself a complete manicure with all the trimmings. All this while learning to decline Latin nouns? I could go on forever, 1 ut I think I’vo made my point clear. To study, you need a quiet atmosphere in which you can concentrate. Sot your wholo mind on the subjoct at hand, and don’t stop till it’s finished, no matter what happens. Do this and you can truly say, ,r Ycs, I study.” HOMEWORK By Biyan Collard Oil why was homowork moant for me, A kid wh likDS to play, and see The simple things in life. I liko to go to school by day To study hard th£ proper way; But when the boll rings and school is out I like to play and run about.