This week Gilroy High students breathed a sigh of relieve as the
school year’s first semester came to a close and, after a week of
final exams, the second semester got underway. We at GHS have a few
minor things going on, but for the most part, the new semester
brings with it little excitement.
This week Gilroy High students breathed a sigh of relieve as the school year’s first semester came to a close and, after a week of final exams, the second semester got underway. We at GHS have a few minor things going on, but for the most part, the new semester brings with it little excitement.
The Mustangs, though, are ringing it in with fine fashion, as this week is Winter Homecoming. Of course you can’t have a homecoming without some goofy dress up days, so this year’s stellar selections are: college day, pink day, sports day, Disney day and, of course, the traditional blue-and-gold day. I must admit I am pretty excited for homecoming because I now have an excuse to wear my pink Donald Duck track suit and basketball jersey three times in the same week! In regard to the actual homecoming game, the Mustangs take on North Salinas in the main gym at 7pm. Both the boys and girls varsity squads are looking really solid and hopefully they will stay hot and keep up their undefeated TCAL records.
I am sure everyone has heard about the recent events involving Myspace.com and how the Web site has been basically banished from the GHS campus. With a new device being implemented to block the site from being accessed on school computers, even the most computer savvy and sly students can’t find their way around it. I think the ban is good news, because there is simply no reason for a student to be on the site during class time.
I don’t buy into the whole Myspace craze. I just think it’s pointless – how lame is it that you don’t have anything fun or productive to occupy your time so you go online to check out all the fun and exciting stuff that everyone else is doing. While those who have given into the Myspace epidemic may find that checking a Myspace account can be a great way to find out what all your friends are planning for the weekend or seeing pictures of Tiffany’s new Luis Vutton handbag that she’s so proud of, it has no place at school. As a result of the ban I think the site should be renamed: Myspacebutjustnotatschool.com.
So now that we have embarked on the second semester, seniors are starting to realize that the end is near. Last week a particularly astute young man in my English class blurted out in the middle of discussion, “Hey guys, this is our last semester of high school!!” This was and obvious statement to which one of the class cynics replied, “Wow thanks for the news flash, genius.”
And because there are only four and a half months left until we don the cap and gown, senioritis should be swinging into full effect in T-minus four to six weeks. Side effects may include laziness, spring fever, academic apathy and an abnormal yearning to go to the beach. However some students have been experiencing these symptoms since freshman year, so they are not to worry and just go about life as usual, and graduation will be here before you know it, unless you don’t pass the CAHSEE.
