VOL. XVII, NO. 7
JANUARY 16, 1976
MW Gears Up For Final Exams
By DAVE JOHNSON
Maine West is gearing up for the days of helter-skelter beginning next Wednesday. Yes, it's time for the seventeenth annual ritual of madness with 90‑minute classes and all the big tests, known formally as the first semester final examinations.
If you run into a student who happens to like having semester final examinations, he or she will probably be seen on the days of the finals dressed in a tuxedo or gown because they believe it to be a very formal affair.
Anyone who would come in regular street clothes and not formal attire is missing all the fun, for with the words semester final examinations comes great joy and celebration because everyone just loves to sit in one room for 90 minutes, grinding away at a test.
This isn't the only really great part of finals, though. One is having a free period sandwiched in between two test classes and sitting and twiddling your thumbs in the cafeteria or library.
Maine West is gearing up for the days of helter-skelter beginning next Wednesday. Yes, it's time for the seventeenth annual ritual of madness with 90‑minute classes and all the big tests, known formally as the first semester final examinations.
If you run into a student who happens to like having semester final examinations, he or she will probably be seen on the days of the finals dressed in a tuxedo or gown because they believe it to be a very formal affair.
Anyone who would come in regular street clothes and not formal attire is missing all the fun, for with the words semester final examinations comes great joy and celebration because everyone just loves to sit in one room for 90 minutes, grinding away at a test.
This isn't the only really great part of finals, though. One is having a free period sandwiched in between two test classes and sitting and twiddling your thumbs in the cafeteria or library.
There's also the chitter‑chatter of little voices asking who's got what period free so friends can be together between tests. Naturally, later you'll find out your friend is free while you're working on your hardest test; but that's more hilarious than any other aspect of the finals.
Ah, yes! The one thing which just can't go unnoticed is what happened from January 5 until today. It's called the old teacher-tries‑to‑review‑the‑entire‑year and‑students‑laugh‑in‑retort routine. There's nothing quite so rib‑tickling than to know there's not an excuse in existence today outside of death to not know the information on the finals. You can't say Christmas or spring vacation, because both are in the far past or future. You can't say you're recuperating from New Year's Eve because that was three weeks ago.
Well, getting back down to earth, you say you can't wait until after the finals? Well, don't worry. The final exams in June will come soon enough.
Ah, yes! The one thing which just can't go unnoticed is what happened from January 5 until today. It's called the old teacher-tries‑to‑review‑the‑entire‑year and‑students‑laugh‑in‑retort routine. There's nothing quite so rib‑tickling than to know there's not an excuse in existence today outside of death to not know the information on the finals. You can't say Christmas or spring vacation, because both are in the far past or future. You can't say you're recuperating from New Year's Eve because that was three weeks ago.
Well, getting back down to earth, you say you can't wait until after the finals? Well, don't worry. The final exams in June will come soon enough.