Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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new homerooms, turning back on . . Now there Is no the Longest Day! Fill These Out! These are probably the first words you hear when you walk Into your new homeroom and your teacher drops a pile of fifty registration cards on your desk. Of course, you don ' t touch them because you know you just have to get them signed and almost no one brings them back for about two months anyway. Homeroom takes up about three hours, and you know you ' ll never make It through the year if the rest of It is anything like the Longest Day. The Right Stuff You finally go to your first period class and your teacher explains class rules. Mr. Eagan addresses student body (Bottom Left) Students arrive for first day back (Right) FALL 11

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The Longest Day That first day back to school always seems you listen to lecture after lecture and rule aft For most young people in Pinson Valley, Fall means one thing; going back to school for yet another year. This presents pro- blems for you right from the start as three months of parties and one o ' clock-in-the-afternoon wake-ups suddenly turn to blaring alarm clocks and cold cereal at 6:30 on a cold morning. After taking a shower that doesn ' t even come close to br- inging life to your dull eyes and put- ting on new clothes that seemed to fit better when you bought them, you ' re now ready for ... the Longest Day! like it will never end as er rule. Your first day back at Pinson Valley High School is already a disaster when you walk into the building and find a million little people standing around. When you notice their outrageous clothes and the size of the groups huddled together and shaking in the corners, you realize it ' s just the new Freshman class. After you and a few friends, you haven ' t seen for days, have been standing around for thirty minutes, they finally send everyone into the gym for the first assembly. After Mr Eubanks clean slate speech, everyone is sent to their 10 FALL

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everything you ' ll be doing the whole year, and most importantly, what supplies you ' ll need. A 430-page, six section notebook with per- forated paper and locking coils? You think, What good will that possibly do me? But you take it in stride, knowing the rest of your teachers can ' t possibly be this strange. Unfortunately they are, and you soon find yourself needing everything from a laser-beam highlighter to Barron ' s How to Prepare for the A. P. Physical Educa- tion Exam. You look at your watch, and you see that you ' re only half- way through . . . the Longest Day! Food Busters The fourth period bell rings and you walk down to the lun- chroom, hoping that something in your stomach will help your nerves. No such luck. You find that both lines are backed up through the old library, onto the lawn, and into the parking lot. Thirty miutes later, you sit down in a seat you just tossed a Freshman out of, chisel out a bite of your Soy Sur- prise, and prepare to take a bite when the bell sounds again, sending you on your way to your next class on this . . . the Longest Day! You Made It Through The rest of the afternoon goes no better: your fifth period English teacher gives you seven text books, knowing full well that she ' s not supposed to pass out anything until the next day. She ob- viously feels guilty about doing this, and certainly her conscience further bothers her when she assigns you the first fortv oaees in each book. 12 FALL