VOL. XV, NO. 9
MARCH 8, 1974
Cutting Classes Provides Fun ?
Does It Lead to Bigger Crimes?
Does It Lead to Bigger Crimes?
By LORRIE SWANSON
The challenge arises in your freshman year. One of your, newly made, rowdy friends is usually the first of many to utter the famous words, "Wanna cut seventh?"
The immediate reaction that enters your mind is "Should I?" You think of the consequences. A trip to the dean would be revolting. What if your parents found out? GASP!
Mom may stop loving you. Dad might disinherit you. But, you relish the good points of the idea in your mind.
A Coke would sure taste good now, and you welcome the idea of not having to sit through another torturous study hail or boring class. So, you cut; and you don't get caught; and your parents never find out.
But the first cut is merely your start on a new road to bigger crimes, such as forging hail passes and smoking in the washroom. After the first cut, ditching a class becomes more frequent and without much contemplation of the after‑effects.
There are many places to go to when you cut a class. A popular resort is Maine West's own cafeteria. It offers many activities and fine eating spots.
The challenge arises in your freshman year. One of your, newly made, rowdy friends is usually the first of many to utter the famous words, "Wanna cut seventh?"
The immediate reaction that enters your mind is "Should I?" You think of the consequences. A trip to the dean would be revolting. What if your parents found out? GASP!
Mom may stop loving you. Dad might disinherit you. But, you relish the good points of the idea in your mind.
A Coke would sure taste good now, and you welcome the idea of not having to sit through another torturous study hail or boring class. So, you cut; and you don't get caught; and your parents never find out.
But the first cut is merely your start on a new road to bigger crimes, such as forging hail passes and smoking in the washroom. After the first cut, ditching a class becomes more frequent and without much contemplation of the after‑effects.
There are many places to go to when you cut a class. A popular resort is Maine West's own cafeteria. It offers many activities and fine eating spots.
R-111 features a juke-box belting out the latest hits of 1969 plus two candy machines offering nutritious Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Doublemint gum,. A pop machine that contains sugarless Tab for dieting cutters is conveniently placed by E- wing.
But all too soon, visiting the cafeteria during class hours is not what it used to be. You're bored. The Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are making you ill. You need joy. You need laughter. You need a wider choice of food.
So, you and your friends retreat to the blue-star eating spot of Des Plaines - "Doodles." Here you can have a smoke while savoring a charcoal broiled dandy. How delicious.
When you reach the sacred stardom of seniorhood and are on personal terms with the deans, you become more adventurous with your cutting escapades. You are in the big time now. You have many unauthorized absences. You try to disguise your voice when you call the Attendance Office to tell them you won't be in for the rest of the year.
Cutting is only one of the many wars in which students and teachers are constantly engaged - one most likely never to end. Cutting is a science never to be classified as an art.
But all too soon, visiting the cafeteria during class hours is not what it used to be. You're bored. The Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are making you ill. You need joy. You need laughter. You need a wider choice of food.
So, you and your friends retreat to the blue-star eating spot of Des Plaines - "Doodles." Here you can have a smoke while savoring a charcoal broiled dandy. How delicious.
When you reach the sacred stardom of seniorhood and are on personal terms with the deans, you become more adventurous with your cutting escapades. You are in the big time now. You have many unauthorized absences. You try to disguise your voice when you call the Attendance Office to tell them you won't be in for the rest of the year.
Cutting is only one of the many wars in which students and teachers are constantly engaged - one most likely never to end. Cutting is a science never to be classified as an art.