Lately, I've been very nostalgic about my high school years, and I'm sure I am not the only one. If you were a Patriot, are a few memories that all of us know to be true.
1. We HATED when they implemented that bathroom pass system instead of just signing our "homework" books.
It wasn't middle school anymore; we were high schoolers who were getting prepared for college! We did not need to be monitored when we went to the bathroom.
2. The bathrooms were for vaping.
Even though we didn't need to be monitored, a little more awareness would have been nice because everyone knows that all the kids would go and vape in the bathroom in between classes.
3. Nobody read the "Patriot Press" except for maybe, like, two people.
This hurts me on a deeper level because I wrote for our school newspaper and I was the Editor-in-Chief a few times. However, the paper at our school wasn't really that popular, which is upsetting because it was a fun experience. Ms. Ingram worked really hard on it and a lot of students would have learned a lot from it (just saying -- I'm not even biased or anything).
4. We all had that one teacher who would bore us to sleep every class.
Okay, I am totally not judging the way this teacher taught (they were a great teacher according to some students)! However, something about the way they gave lectures just made you want to fall asleep right at your desk. Sometimes I wished I had a recording of their voice to bore me to sleep at night. If you don't know who I'm referring to, did you really go to Lenape Valley??!
5. We had a very successful sit out.
Which then led to graduation outside! Thanks, Class of 2015!
6. We also had a very unsuccessful sit out.
When we all heard that tally-ball was suspended from all gym classes we were all very bummed. So some people decided it was a good idea to have a sit out. Turns out, only ten people showed up and everyone was told to go to class, end of story. RIP tally-ball.
7. Even though we might not have liked Lenape, they had some amazing events.
Faculty Follies was one of the highlights of my high school career. Mr. LVR was also an amazing event.
8. Getting a snow day at Lenape was like waiting for rain during a drought: useless and disappointing.
Every flurry-filled morning, we all laid in our beds, hoping for a snow day to be called. Nine times out of ten, it never was.
9. Everybody fought for a parking spot like it was the Hunger Games.
Most of the time, during lunch you would always hear people say: "so-and-so took this person's spot, so then they took my spot, so then I had to find another spot." It was always a chain. Everyone fought for a spot like it was their job (which I understand because it was really frustrating). Why can't you just stay in your designated parking spot?! It isn't that hard!!!!!
10. We were all very sad when the planetarium was taken down.
Even though everyone did everything they could to keep it from happening, our planetarium was taken down. It made everyone very sad because even though not every student went, it was still nice to have something so interesting as a part of our high school.
11. We had the BEST food fight.
I bet we can all still remember cleaning our clothes off after all that yogurt (and whatever else was thrown) off our clothes way too many periods after lunch was over. However, it was totally legendary!
