MAR. 19, 1965
Why Do You Attend?
Fortunately, not everyone feels this way. Many students are here to learn. They want to leave high school with an understanding of English, science, and mathematics; not necessarily an education in cheerleading or playing football.
Too many people take school for granted. They come because they "have to" and look on these hallowed halls as prison walk-ways.
A person's need for an education and the standards it sets for him increases with his age. The educated man earns a decent wage. The person who "goofed off" in school only suffers.
Unfortunately, those who value their education are often shrugged off as "squares," "skins," or "radicals." But time will separate the "goof-offs" from the "intellectuals," and the joke will be that those who are laughing now won't be laughing last.