Wilmington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Wilmington, VT)

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Let me please in- troduce myself. l'm a man of wealth and taste. 84 The school has become more of a prison than a place to learn. The general attitude is one of students get the teachers and teachers get the students. I find very few of the classes enjoyable. Students are not allowed to make decisions. Their opinions do not carry weight. ln order for us to truly learn we must be given more control of our edu- cation. Telling us to learn something does not mean that we will learn it. l feel as if we have become machines with no feelings except unhappiness and hate. Changing, uncertain life. Full of tears Full of joy Don't try to understand it. Live and love it lt's for you and me--now

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THE REASON FOR THE PELICAN John Ciardi The reason for the pelican ls difficult to see: His beak is clearly larger Than there's any need to be. lt's not to bail a boat with- He doesn't own a boat. Yet everywhere he takes himself He has that beak to tote. lt's not to keep his wife in- His wife has got one, too. lt's not a scoop for eating soup. lt's not an extra shoe. It isn't quite for anything. And yet you realize lt's really quite a splendid beak In quite a splendid size. at ,F

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