Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Alternate ways found Lectures, movies can be boring For some, The 50 minuTes of class Time seemed more like 50 hours. VVheTher iT was siTTing Through a boring lecTure or in The dark waTching an equally boring movie, iT was very easy To lose Track of The class and fall asleep. BuT some sTudenTs found iT a game To see how far a noTe could be passed wiThouT being inTercepTed by The Teacher's hand. One sTudenT said, One Time I was passing a noTe in class and The Teacher saw. BuT The person I was giving iT To had anoTher folded up sheeT of paper and she Took ThaT. lT was someTimes more fun jusT To whisper quieTly To The person nexT To you To caTch up on The laTesT gossip ouTside of class. For The sTudenT who chose To be less obvious in showing his boredom, iT was jusT as easy To daydream. Popular dreams concerned geTTing Tan wiTh friends aT The beach or spending The Jennifer Van Deurson auieTly Tells AnTioneTTe Williams abouf whaT she did over The weekend. upcoming weekend wiTh a favoriTe guy or gal. Freshmen wondered if They would survive The nexT four years and seniors ThoughT abouT graduaTion. The sTudenTs ThaT sTill wanTed To ap- pear as if They were paying aTTenTion would sTarT doodling on Their noTe- books: everyThing from The name of a boyfriend or girlfriend To heavy meTal signs. One sTudenT admiTTed To doo- dling on The desks l'To make The jani- Tors earn Their pay. The hungry sTudenTs snuck whdT They could when The Teacher Turned his back. On whaT did They nibble? Cookies, popcorn, poTaTo chips, and cupcakes, and anyThing ThaT was noT finished from lunch. IT was always con- venienT and easy To pop lVl8clVi's, gummy bears, candy bars, or bubble gum in one's mouTh wiThouT geTTing caughT. Escaping was fun, buT iT could have been dangerous. STudenTs could have had a sad awakening when They were faced wiTh all The work missed while noT paying aTTenTion. Edward Londeou dreams abouT The fun he will be having when school is ouf, Finishing her lunch, Dawn Kane keeps up wiTh her work. Class i-labiTs

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