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PASEON 77 Paseo High School Kansas City, Missouri Volume 48
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SOUL SEARCHING We, the student body, have continuously watched and listened to the tremendous problems surrounding us. We say we care but, do nothing. Watch but never see. It is that we are just not aware of the problems within our school, or is it that we block out the embarrassing actions carried on around us? We laugh at the idea of enforce- ment of school regulations, yet we complain of disruptive influences surrounding us in classrooms. Of course this attitude brings forth the conclusion that some students couldn’t care less about Paseo or any other school being an institution for teaching and learning. The yearbook is said to be dry, dull, and too small. Did you help the staff try to put out a great book? Did you buy one? The reason for fewer pages is because of the number of books sold. For instance, only a little over twelve percent of the student body bought yearbooks, leaving eighty-seven percent who did not. We sit and hear that our athletic teams fail in every effort they exert, but we don’t stand behind them cheering and encouraging them to drive on to their limits. We can only criticize the efforts of others while contributing nothing ourselves. The prom attendance was very poor this year. After two years of hard work and plan- ning, by the Juniors, fewer than thirty peo- ple attended this annual event. Yet after only a few days of planning for an after- party, at least two hundred and fifty students attended. A point to ponder arises—do students no longer want a traditional prom? Would you prefer an in- formal after-party type event? Search your souls and give voice to your conclusion. Don’t keep silent and then blame others for trying to keep an out-moded tradition alive. Time change, traditions change. If you don’t like something, change it. Don’t sit around and complain. You cannot hide behind the weak walls of this building all your life. Teachers, have you tried to influence your students? Have you set good examples for them to follow? Your job should not end when the last bell rings and you walk out the door. Involvement with the student body during school and after school is needed, and you can do this. It has been said that the same tricks and trades that are being used in today's society were also used in yesterday’s society. If this is so, a better un- derstanding should be expressed here at Paseo. You say you care and have concern about each of your students, but how many students feel this thing called “care?” How many students feel that you are concerned about them at least thirty-nine weeks out of a year? Care, this word can be used so easily, but putting care into action is the most vital gift Paseo could receive. Yes, time seems to be so limited for everyone. We rush here and rush there, cramping so much into each twenty-four hour day. We have to learn to use time wisely to benefit ourselves as well as others. We dream and hunger for a better tomorrow, while today is falling apart all around us. It seems that Paseo has received all the troubles, pain, and heartaches of the world this year. We cannot hide the problems! We must face them and accept the challenge of building a better Paseo. The purpose of education is to prepare us for life. How could we find a better training ground than all the problems of Paseo. We all share down-grading our school with untrue words and embarrassing comments. Sure, we have to work together for a better tomorrow. No one person can change the mental attitude of the entire student body. If we all search our souls, and learn who we are and where we want to go, the outcome can be multiplied tremendously. Only if you have given your best, have you earned the right to criticize others and their attempts to improve Paseo. The problems will dis- appear and the reputations of the school will change only when the students want them to. Talk is cheap, but action speaks louder than words. So come on Paseo. let’s make Paseo number One. 2 Soul Searching
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