Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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I used to live in a small town. Coming here was a drastic change. Everyone had nice clothes, cars, etc., and many never had to work for anthing they ever wanted. They were spoiled and acted it - now lim among them. I've changed for theworse. I'm like every- one else in some way or other. Isn't it sad? Students have lost their ability to have fun and enjoy school ac- tivitiesf' The students are culturally disadvantaged and pseudo-sophisti- cated. They think that are the only ones who have ever had con- cerns for others. What they need is to really know what life is like. They don't. They love the sound of their own voices, but few will do much that is concrete. Four years of straight work and rushed summers - I'll proba- bly never be able to have fun again. I think many of the students are hypocrites or just plain lazy. They are willing to find Nicolet's faults, but when students are needed for change, five or six out of 2200 show up. Nicolet has got to be one of the unfriendliest, cliquiest, preju- diced and anti-everything school in the state. The competition for grades is unbeliveable - so is athletic competition. The unin- volved kids are probably having a better time doing what they want to - until the school steps in to try and dictate their activi- ties.

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What do you think of school spirit at Nicolet? More emphasis should be on the spirit of friendship and together- ness than spirit of competitiveness fathletic activitiesjf' So many kids are afraid and ashamed to show any school spirit. They think it's queer and they'll be looked down upon. It is hard to have spirit when the school is so big. Spirit at Nicolet was at its lowest point during the football season. It is building again because of our fantastic basketball team. Kids are beginning to find out that it's 'cool' to have spirit. What school spirit? We can talk about the select groups of girls and boys that wear blue and white and come to every event that Nicolet offers, but we aren't talking about the majority. Letis face it, young adults don't like to attend high school dances with their math teach- ers as the 'bouncerf They do, however, care to watch their friends play on the winning basketball team. Please, I have been involved at Nicolet for many years. For many years people have been concerned with and worried about school spirit, and for many years it has not existed. Why don't you 'con- cerned' people stop trying to drum up something phoney and unnecessary? It has to come naturally, and it hasn'tf' 10 ff mf .... ..,, . at V if e...