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Discovering their abilities and favorites to

ex ·nandz*ng decide on future plans was simpler for stu-
dents as competition
1..
knowledge portunities opened.
subsided and more op-

Cheerful words grade. These smaller
bounced off cold , somber numbers not only allowed
brick walls as bodies upon students to get to know
bodies piled into the chilly schoolmates better, but
classroom. Wandering also unlocked doors to
eyes searched out friends skills that students would
and foe while watching in need to embark on their
amazement at the num- separate passages.
bers piling into the already-crowded As they got older, students' pri -
room . This was not the usual first day. orities were taking shape. While pre-
A plethora of changes, caused med hopeful students ladened their
During a real-
by the opening of the new ~lard high schedules with science upon science, world math
discussion in
school, Millard West, and the conse- others experienced creative writing and Mrs Lund's
Topics 1 class.
quent absorption of over 400 MN stu- Shakespeare in preparation to take the juniors
Michaelyn
dents and 25 teachers, had occurred passage through the English world. Samson and
Josh Petrick
since the warm, sunny May day when Within the classrooms, students lesson to one -----
take time out to
many bid good-bye to classmates and figured out what subjects of study they explain the
anothe r.
educators bound for West and college. enjoyed. From tirelessly researching in Sharing
In these frigid , overstuffed class- the library, articles spinning between insights with
friends not only
rooms , although many occupants were endless lines of highlighter, to cram- helped
classmates to
missing, the desks were still full. Since ming information for a test long after understand
material from
some teachers had either retired or de- nightfall, to late nights spent bending another
student's
parted to educate at West and else- over a worn-out computer laboring over perspective,
but also broke
where, class sizes had blown up like the layout of the Hoofbeat, students up the
monotony of
water balloons over the summer. were expanding their knowledge, dis- lectures and
gave students
However, even though class- covering their loves and hates, and all a boosting
laugh. photo
rooms contained more pupils than l?st the while deciding which route to take by Michelle
Lee
year, there were fewer students per on their separate passages. •

by Michelle Lee

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