Walla Walla High School - Royal Blue Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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What we are now has taken 16, 17, and even 18 years and our lives have been shaped by parents, teach ers, relatives, friends, our pets, and just about everyone we have come in contact with. Most importantly, though, what we are is a result of what we have chosen to be at differ¬ ent stages in that development. We ask ourselves in many ways, ‘ ' Where do we go from here? but it is always the same question and it is usually answered by our next move, particularly when goals are absent. Mone of us can see very far into the future; however, we can help to shape that future and the outcome of our decisions by thoroughly ex¬ amining ideals, problems, and is¬ sues. If we set goals today, we can move ahead with more confidence toward happier and more productive lives. Mow some of us have fulfilled those basketball swimming ...

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Where do we go from here? — In our early stages of development we needed s lot of help, but we also learned some of the most important skills of our lives. Our theme for this yearns annuat asks the question, ' ‘Where do we go from here? Throughout our lives this question has been and will be appropriate. At very early stages of our lives we began to make decisions for our¬ selves. Of course, as infants, we had a lot of help from our parents, but as our own perceptions and attitudes toward the world around us devel¬ oped, we acquired more skill at mak- ing decisions on our own which, many times, helped us decide where we were going. As pre-schoolers and as grade school chil dren, each of us partici¬ pated in activities such as dancing classes, music lessons, soccer, base¬ ball, swimming, or other sp orts. Par¬ ticipation in these early activities helped shaped us into what we are and what we do today. From a 5- year old first starting to tumble in a gymnastics class, or a grade schooler learning to throw a football, we have become cheerleaders and quarterbacks; from early Explorers, some are now Knowledge Bowl team participants. Whatever our early beginnings, our interests and choices led us to where we are and what we have become at this time in our lives. Whether these early child¬ hood decisions included setting goals or not, we are here, now, and there is no going back. Some of us dreamed of becoming swimmers, bas ketball playefs. gymnasts, and scboiars. Opening 5

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Let us look to our parents For the most part they are what they want¬ ed themselves to be. Some are farm¬ ers. some lawyers, some teachers, mechanics, and doctors Some are leaders and some are followers; they decided where they were going and are more-or-less what they chose to be. Our hi $cNx ( goali are wiiNn reach, but now H is lime to plan foe proFesalonaf goals ond parenting roles. The new challenge is to decide where we are going arid how to get there. Our grandparents many of whom lived through the worst times in Ameri¬ can history, made choices which helped them to be what and where they are today. We should look to our parents and grandparents as examples. Their experience and knowledge can lead the way. What do we want to be? Where do we go from here? WeVe a little of the past and much of the future; we re the people who will shape the world of tomorrow. There is nothing we cannot try. The goals we set now can become realities. Our future lies ahead. We can shape it. We can prepare for it by setting goals, striving to reach them and deciding where we are going from here. and gymruistfc dreams. Opening 5