Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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of regret at leaving the place where in the last five years we have spent more time than in our homes, the place which symbolized the fact that we were still living a comfortable, sheltered life free of major responsibility. However, true as this ts, speaking on behalf of each graduate on this stage, I must mention that l know without exception we all felt relief, too, lf ever we felt relief at the end of a semester we felt it at the end of grade thirteen, We found that during the year when our keenest interest and conscientiousness were called for, they were often difficult to locate, for, after five years of sorting out in our own minds which subjects interested us and which did not, we were still faced with those which did not! And how frustrating that could bel Merely knowing that l was neither mathemm atically nor scientifically rninded did little to console me each time l bracm ed myself for a bout with theorems and formulae., Also, this was the only year in which we wrote three of our four full sets of examinations in three successive months, f am working for a year to help pay for my Motherfs tranquillizers. All this considered, is it any wonder that the question And how are you liking high school '? has invited so many varied replies M? Each student would answer it differently after each day, after each class, and after each examinationt The typical student does not like hlgh school, He hates it one minute W- for one reason or another fnot necessarily the best reason, but a reason? and he loves it the next minute W- for one reason or another. The group in this auditorium now, a family group, understand this well because the family is that small institution to which this larger one is so often compared, You know, one big happy family W-l but all of us, as members of a family, know that any family life is seldom actually blissful but here, as at home, as often as there is disagreement, there is still affection, The other sentlnuent we still owe our Alma Mater is grat- itude. We owe it, l think for reasons other than the most obvious. Most people think we owe the debt for the education we obtain from our books but this knowledge is insignificant when compared to what we learn about our- selves by watching ourselves and others react to the situations we meet here, We have often surprised ourselves by our reactions to work itself, to working with other people, our reactions to authority, to conformity and to noncomformity, Here, although we see only a tiny model or replica. of society, it is where we begin, in grade nine to sort out those aspects of society which we do like and those we do not, Of those we do not like we learn to separate those which, as individuals, we do not have to accept from those which it does us no good not to accept. Furthermore, it is from our curriculum here that we start to learn enough about our own in-

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interests to choose our careers, our livelihoods - in other words -2 our way of life. l do not really know what we veterans would offer you in grade nine as a word of advice, You have heard many times already that it will be a long, hard grind - but if you are at all typical you will think of distractions, You have been told not to let it get you down Q' well, it will, - but not for too long at one stretch, All we can tell you to expect is: whatever comes alonga And when it comes? Best of luck! ln. your senior years don't be too disappointed that the Board of Education won lt use your excellent ideas on revising the system, lf they didnlt accept ours, they won't accept yours! All that we have to say to you, our parents and teachers, is best said by the fact that we are now holding our diplomas., Mothers and Fathers, you have seen us safely this far but you have more to struggle through -Q l fear the worst is yet to come'-l Just stay with us - beside or behind, just as you have been doing and welll get there! You dispatchers of learning will be busy with new brains and intellects for the next few years while you wait for the decision on this five rounder. It was a tough fight and l hope we all win, lf walls really do have ears, I will conclude by telling these as on behalf of my fellow graduates, simply this: Thank you, goodbye, and wish us luck? Patricia Lennox vga: Q To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being. Avebury