North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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Clavonne Davis Angela Denison Michael Dudley Amy Earnhardt Leslie Edwards Shawn Ellis Tarsha Ellis Sammi Ervin A Ethel Evans Scott Faucette 52 i Freshmen: Davis - Faucette F R E Being a new student AND a freshman can be twice as nerve-wracking. Heather Berg tries to find where all her classes are in her new sur- roundings. Photo by B.Burgin. NO RESPECT t's hard being a fresh- man, everyone is always picking on you, said Odell Stinson. Being a freshman is a dirty job, but there is no avoiding it. On the first day of school freshmen have to entertain upperclassmen by wandering through the halls looking confused and lost. lnnocently asking di- rections from upperclass- men, they wander away not knowing they are headed for the wrong end of the building. Freshmen have provided upperclassmen this kind of amusement for untold ages. Why do Seniors like be- ing seniors? Because they are not freshmen anymore and they don't have to bum rides to ball games nor be home by eleven. Freshmen, needn't de- spair. All things come to an end, and next year they will have a new job - being SOPHOMGRES! Next year they'll have the distinct pleasure of giving out the wrong directions. Yes, in the coming years they'll do fine, but until then they'lI have to continue being freshmen and getting no re- spect. James Sloan

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H E N 5 .A 56:1 ffil 2, if Health and P.E. make being a freshman a little easier. Christie Shotzber- ger and Kathy Rowe chat while Mr. Seacrest prepares a film strip. Photo by J. Loftin. FACING FEARS chool seems to take forever. As a student you find yourself always looking forward to the next step. Each step up the edu- cational ladder is filled with fear and desire. All those years you waited to be in high school, struggling through the lower grades, to finally ar- nve. It was like a dream. Emerging from the bus you would enter a world where everyone treats you like adults. Halls would be filled with people purposely mov- ing from class to class. That last thought causes a tvvinge of fearg how will you know where to go ? Suppose you look foolish in front of the upperclassmen? Suppose you can't find your classes, your homeroom, your locker? You've heard the stories: classes would be harder, tests and exams would be real killers, and teachers would show no mercy on the unscholarly. Also, what about initiation? You've heard tales about freshman hunting, about hazing and being degraded by the up- perclassmen. You know you can survive, but the thoughts of the unknown are still dis- turbing, Think positive, you tell yourself. After all, think about the freedom of lunch periods, of selecting some of your classes, of being treated in a more mature fashion, but best of all, it moves you one step closer to seniority. Jason Plummer Annette Black Jody Blackwelder Alicia Bradley Robert Branch James Bucklew Jason Bucklew Tommy Burgess Brian Carter Jamie Charles Donnie Charleston Denise Clement Deanna Cranfield Suzzanne Cuthrell Freshmen: Black - Cuthrell X 51

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