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

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Writing essays does not appeal to mo. I feci that it is im¬ possible for mo to write them and it is only a waste of time. Though I try my best, the idoas don ' t como. It soems unreasonable to expect us to write essays. I think that it should bo abolished. let only those gifted individuals, who want to writo. Thcro doesn’t scam to be any acceptable reasons for our writing essays bocauso, after all, everybody isn ' t going to do that type of work. Howo.or, I havo Doon taught that it is possible for ovorybody to record his.or hor own ideas and experiences on a given topic. I bcliov that this is truo inmost, but not j.n all cases; at least I don’t belong to the former. I know, there aro many poopio who c m and want to write. To bo able to do this these poopio must have a aatural talont of bringing about original thought. I. hayo also boon taught that noth’ 5 can be achieved without work and thcro is a certain satisfaction whor ;hat work has boon corneleted, thoroioro, thcro ought to be a certain • lisfaction after you have written an ossay l Nov; I soon to got off tho subject id I have to return to find out whether or not I dislike writing css s; there are times when ono cannot bo sure of himself. As I see tho lords grow into sentences, and sontonces into paragraphs, I begin to re izc that to write an ossay you need to got started. Another thing oded is self-confidonee; with the aid of it you can do wonders, Yos, even writo essays. And now I realize that I do not re was more fun doing it than I thought the .ly dislike writ ing; and there 1 would bo. U. ABOUT TTCAfiHK Harold Hildobi and Groorgo idt aun Teachers are a frighi ii lot They givo you homowo: , all they’ve got You have to do it, 01 nstoad You’ll find your hands will be very rod. Some touchers aro vory queer, Somotimos they get you to ' Volunteer To cone next morning at 8 a.m. To do tho work you left undone.

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HOW I LIVE ON TWENTY FOUR HOURS A P Y BY Reg, Parker I rv day commences with the sounding of“man ' s age old enemy, the Frankenstein of our modern age, the“alarm clock. Eight o ' clock has come once .again, and drearily and slowly I push the covers of my bed to one side. I always haYe the urge to let my head flop hack onto the pillow and“commence slumbering hut I somehow always manage, although unwillingly, to drag my weary body out of bed. After I have dressed, washed and eaten breakfast I am ready to ' meet the new bom day with the vim and vigor that I had not had twenty five minutes before. Sight fortyflYe and it ' s time to dash to that wonderful place of knowledge. School, School the place vihere people go to find out what has happened, what ' s going to happen and What is happening, just to forget all about it at the end of the school year. After a three hour session of school it 3 s bacK home. from about ten after twelve to twenty to one I practice ity piano, and th§“way that I practice would make Mozart turn over in his grave and yell for mercy. After I finish what I call practicing I eat my lunch. As soon as I have luncheoned (if I may be high hat enough to call it that) I onco more hit the roa d to school. Someday I am going to hit the road onco too often, then it win hit back, After spending another two and one half hours in school, I once more collect my school and “ comic books and start for homo From four- to four fortyfive 1 quietly do my homework and othor work missed duo to reading comic books. Disposing of my school books for the ovoning, I set he table. Until supper is ready I practice my piano again. After supper I go to the drug store to meet the boys. ran there we go back to our glorious school. This time our bolovod school is not the quiet, peaceful learning placo that it is in the daytime. This time it is a riotous; roaring., bedlam. Yes, 5b is our sports club. Hero we indulge in tumbling, wooden her so jumping, basketball, floor hockey and wrestling. Around the hour of ten the boys and I, “who nee look like weary moth- oaten nags, cane staggering cut of the school and trip back to the drug store. Same of tho beys order sodas, same .order sand iches and sane even order maals, but I order ;ny specialty, a glass of -nter and a toothpick. Refreshed, and forj.rg better , go back home, have a little snack and drag my weary bones to bod

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CHOCSING YOUR CAR HER By Georgina Antoniuk Ever since you were knee-high you probably have had different ideas about what you would like to bo when you grow up. ■% « When you startod school you’most probably thought that your teacher was the most wonderful person. Then and there you made up your mind to be a teacher. ■■■ ' Sometime or other you visit ‘a sick friend or relative in the hospital. During the time you are there a nurde c,cnes in to take the pat bent’s? temperature. Immediately you iraagino yourself grown up in a. crisp white uniform and doing the laudable work of a, nurse. In a boy’s case he usually goes to see a western movie and ends up. dreaming pf being a cowboy. .Then-whcn ho is thrilled by his first -■ride ' on ah aeroplane he .decides ’piloting would make a much moro oxcitiAg lifo, r Children aro always changing t heir minds about their’ career, but as you grow old or you. should start to givo your car or mofe serious thought. By th£ bino you aro roady to enter high school you should at least have an idea about ycur career. To decide upotr ' your career is one of the most important decisions of your entire life. ! 1 The best tjfmo to make this decision is just before you enter high school. Certain careers require certain subjects. If your career is decided upon before you enter high school you know which subjects you need and which ones are not noe ' essary. Your whole future is at gtake when deciding upon your career. There¬ fore, a wise tiling to keep i ' n-lnind is’ to take your, time with your decision. One way to find which career interests you most is to road about the different occupations. Qnce you have found a career which you are ..int erested in 1 consult anyono who specializes in it. They may bo ablo to give you some very valuable information. One very important thing to remember while choosingpyour career is once you have decided, there is no turning back without loss, so make your first decision a good ono. H ANDICAP Thp-tiny old lady who had just arrived at hp little boy’s house was seeing her-grandson for ' th first time. ' I’m your grandmother, sho told him, on -ur father’-s sido. Won, bho boy rotortod, Tou’ro on the t eng sido. I’ll tell you that right now.