Lincoln Sudbury High School - Dyad Yearbook (Sudbury, MA)

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The Typical Day Of A Student Rob Isaacson 5:45 a.m.-your alarm goes off. You press snooze and go through your daily ritual. “Okay, concentrate,” you say to yourself. First, your stomach ... does it hurt... at all? No? Well, what about your head? Feel hot? Have a headache? No. Quickly you run through the list of arms, legs, fingers, toes, eyeballs . . . no, nothing hurts. You swear to yourself as you realize that yet again you actually have to go to school. With a sigh of resig- nation you try to decide your Line for the day. For those who don’t know, a “Line” is a verbal incentive to get out of bed in the morning. Sometimes it even works! Most people have the Line business down to two or three choices. My favor- ites are “Come on, only 150 days left before summer vacation,” or “Ok now, only three more years, you can do it.” Finally you roll out of bed, now you just have to wake up and get off the floor. But eventually you accomplish even that and you shower, do your hair and put on makeup (most of the guys don’t bother with the latter.) When you are ready to dress you shudder as you realize your clothes are still in the washing machine. You ran- sack your sister’s bedroom. Nothing. Later you faintly remember running through the house screaming. You trip over the dog as the abject terror of it all hits you. You search Mom and Dad’s room- nothing (nothing any normal per- son would wear). Finally you settle on something you have not worn in months . . . something you swore you would never wear again. You think of how you won't be lying when you call grandma and tell her you “appreciate” the Christmas present she gave you. Ready at last. You go to the bus hop- . ing you won't make it. After all, the best thing that could happen is that you total- ly miss the bus, by a long shot. Or you could just miss it and see the sadistic joy on the bus driver’s face as she accelerates past you. You shudder as you think of the last possibility, making the bus. This time you are reasonably lucky, you see the bus leave the stop, but you manage to hide behind a neighbor’s house before it goes by, avoiding the hu- miliation of running after it. Now you are in school. You realize with dread that although you can laugh off the mornings happenings, there is nothing funny about being in school. Some people (mostly Freshmen) think school is fun. But you know better. “Why me?” You wonder as you bend over the water fountain . . . and get squirted in the face because some imbe- cile has stuck tiny pieces of paper in it to deflect the water. You return to your locker and open it. As you bend down to open your bag, your books fall out one by one, hitting you on the head. “Noth- ing to worry about,” you decide, “just a mild concussion . . . this time.” Then gym, (because students have a very sedentary life and it is important to get exercise three times a week by play- ing... playing? ... archery). Next math. And good news, that test last week? You got away with a C+. As you make it through the day you return to your locker. This time you feel confident about the safety of this expedi- tion because you have reorganized every- thing. You open it and all your friends books fall out, again hitting you on the head. Finally the end of the day. You bum a ride off some friends to avoid the humili- ation of the bus. At home you realize you are locked out. With a sigh you settle down to wait. Again. Zz Student Life

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6 Student Life Jason Flynn (90) broadcasts for WYAJ, influencing the thousands of daily listeners. Using clay as her medium, Terry Styffe (89) experi- ences the joy of creation. Royletta Romain (89) is frustrated by the fact that even as a senior she must wait in line at the snack bar. Freshman Dan Brodney (92) gets an head start on the demanding workload found at L-S.

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e's such a stud! I hope you two uld be so awesome! Then we e for L-S offers courses that teach students how to deal with everyday prob- lems; Nick Termini (89) won’t panic when he gets a flat! Julie Meir (92) flashes an innocent smile during Freshman Orientation. Little does she know how much locker trouble lies ahead .. . 8 Student Life a] 7 te] a]