Amber Veches

Years as speech jock fondly remembered

If sports, or in my case academic activities, become an important part of your high school life. Monday, April 17 was my last ever high school speech banquet. For those of you who don't know me very well, I've been a...

Interests speed up

Last issue, Ami Miller wrote on the abundant problem of Senioritis. To this, I can relate, and can honestly say I suffer from the downside to this responsibility. When registering for my classes last year a teacher...

Knowing teachers while young; impression on life

Ever notice when you grow up that there's always that one teacher you remember? That one teacher that put a little extra time in for you, trying to help you learn something, or finish something? Then there are...

School days, vacation days, just creative moving

The first month down, eight more to go. As a young child, I remember many things about school. Most of all I remember how we would start most often the week before Labor Day and we were out the Friday after Memorial...

Circle of life; changes from freshmen to seniors

The “Lion King,” the great Disney movie of the summer, talks about “the circle of life.” In a way, the term very much applies to high school, as well as the food chain. In the great society in which we live, there...

Individuality stressed : yet not always accepted

Insights

Barney the dinosaur is a great teacher. Honest. Not that I sit there and watch him all the time, but my little sister is the queen of T.V and she watches him. One day over MEA, we were watching the show, and...

Pet names: are they affectionate or hurtful?

The use of nicknames and endearments is very common around the school campus. It's something that everyone does at least sometime in their life, whether they know it or not. Most of the names are inside jokes,...

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AI found on page 3; By Amber Veches; low confidence

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AI found on page 5; Illustration by Amber Veches; low confidence

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AI found on page 3; Insights; medium confidence