Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Sherry Ann Phillips: Theater Society 11 IZ eGOE 12, Robert Scott Phipps: Julie Anne Pinkard: FCA 9, Track 9, V. | 9, 10, 11, 12; Spanish Club 9 Wendy Ellen Pohlig: Drama Clu JV Field Hockey 10; French Cli er 10; V. Field Hockey 11, 1 ays happens. When- ew senior class comes ssion, they strive to ir lives just a bit easi- gaining new privileges | generally make their r more liveable. This lass was no excep- jever, it now appears shy education has he end of its era; a slew of government conspired upon by Ss (probably up to himself), has forcea- — ) 2h fination of A Student. Seniots ow their spirit, as well as, express ir thoughts at a pep rally. bly thrown itself in the way of the Class of 84 as well as any senior looking for a way to sooth the strains of a public education while these steps were (probably) done for the good of the students, Amer- ica, baseball and applepie, and (almost) certainl y not sen- ile attempts to stop what used to be known as fun, the reac- tion of Monacan’s Senior Class was understandably irate. During the fall, the school tors 11 12 Or ate, was gearing itself up for the visiting committee in charge of accreditation. Simultaneous- ly, the question of senior privi- ledges was also placed be- fore the administration. In re- sonse to a government study that only fourteen minutes of class time is spent in study, the traditional senior allowance of a early break for lunch was scrapped in order to keep derelicts from roaming in the halls prior to lunchtime. Along with an admitting sparse crop of other privileges, the lunchtime “‘injustice’’ has a rallying point for an otherwise unmotivated class. But rather than protest wild- ly the perceived injustice, the Class of ’84 followed the ad- ministrations advice to be “nice” to other classes and remain passive. While class competition may in fact look outwardly like a revolution on the brew, it is in actuality a demonstration of Capitalistic competition in ac- tion, something to be encour- 12; NHS 11, 12; Junior NV Honor Society 11, 12; German Club 12;H Mark Andrew Poley: JV Football 12; German Club 1 2 Sallie Jane Posenau: FBLA 12: C Laura Almyra Powell: DECA 1 Mark Thomas Price: Rebecca Kaye Price: FBLA 10 12: Spanish Club 10, 11; William Loyal Pridgen: Wanda Pulley: French Club 9 Mia Kristina Ra: SCA Rep. 9, 10; French Clut 11,.12; Drama Club 9; Gy istics 9, Field Hockey 10, 11, 12; SODA 11 Fashior RE 8 EE SAREE EEE PE EE A SI EES aged, not repressed. H er, the seniors faithfully sponded with ‘‘all classes nice’ posters at pep rally, although some did voiced their disgruntle: word form for all to see. For their complacency, the iors were rewarded in several weeks with their prized lunch privilege. This example of perceived make the more paranoid mem bers of the senior class col vinced the administration the government even the universe as we know it is against them. As the spring approaches, ru mors of administration crack- downs upon senioritis-instilled tardies and late arrivals have not made the senior year what many thought it would be. While these steps are under- standable and justified to fur- ther the cause of public edu- cation, their coincidence has almost made twelfth grade seem like another year in the high school. on RSE TS