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Current 1 June 5, 2008 Jesse Wetter Came to TBCS: 1995 College Plans University of Washington Senior Project writing a play Hero Dr. Lynch and myself Fear waking up one day as a Middle Schooler again Favorite Movie James Bond movies Pet Peeve surveys A Favorite Bear Creek Memory acting in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Kyle Dunn Contributing Writer clASS OF 2008 Morgan Wierleski Came to TBCS: 2005 College Plans Seattle Pacific University Senior Project teaching Spanish Hero salamander Fear a world without cookies Favorite Movie Anchorman Pet Peeve know-it-alls who don't actually know it all A Favorite Bear Creek Memory senior river rafting and riding the bull. . . enough said George’s first day with the senior class So it was my first day at The Bear Creek School. I thought it would be kind of weird coming in as a new senior. I was really nervous about meeting my new classmates: who would be my new friends? In the end it turned out to be quite an interesting day. It all started when I drove into the parking lot. The car next to me pulled in with the bass pumping rap way too loud. I wondered if the school was pretty diverse, but the driver turned out to be white. I figured out later his name was Robbie, and he was what they called “wangsta.” Stephanie Pedersen was rapping and bobbing her head with a huge pair of shades on. Walking in I had to jump out of the way of two cars pulling donuts in the school parking lot. That was Nate and Trevor, the speed demons of the grade. Inside the school there was this weird guy posing like he was in a GQ magazine It did not work with the uniform. His name was Kyle. I asked him where my first class was and it turned out we had the same classes, so he showed me around for the day. We were about to be late, when I saw a blur fly past me. “That’s Marc, he is crazy fast,” Kyle told me. The fact that it was eight in the morning or that school started in two minutes didn’t stop the three Kaile Worman Came to TBCS: 1995 College Plans Azusa Pacific University Senior Project short film animation Hero my father Fear clowns Favorite Movie Oceans Eleven Pet Peeve smacking food A Favorite Bear Creek Memory graduation Mrs. Hernandez Came to TBCS: 1997 Future Plans spoil grandchildren, travel with husband Hero my dad Fear heights Favorite Movie Sense and Sensibility Pet Peeve people being mean to one another Highlight of the Year watching the boys basketball team play at State in Spokane a class act at TBCS a satire from one of our own amigas, otherwise known as Kimi, Megan, and Katie Ball, from singing their hearts out as they waltzed down the hall. The whole day it was Avril Lavigne, Earth Wind and Fire, and more Avril Lavigne. We got into our first class, called graphic design. “Hey you! You must be the new kid!” I thought my ears were about to bleed as Kelly introduced herself. There was one other senior in that class, a short scruffy looking guy. “What’s your name?” I said. “Its uhh…” I leaned forward so I could hear him, “It’s Julian.” Then he stared at me for a few seconds, a slight awkwardness in the air. “He’s a bit on the quiet side,” explained Kyle, “but we love him for it.” Another girl walked in and headed straight at me. She had a big smile and punched me on my arm, saying “Hey, how ya doing, I’m Cara.” I tried to stop myself from wincing at the punch as I replied. She was very strong. The next class was Anatomy. The first thing I heard was Sam Pomeroy singing, and then he told me all about this amazing band called Hillsong United for twenty minutes straight. He had assured me that he would burn me a copy of their best stuff, and that I would finally find happiness in life. Mrs. Dunn listed off all the ways to be injured in the whole realm of scientific knowledge, and Kaile Worman had all of them. Most intriguing of all, I saw continued on page 17
continued from page 16 Nathan Matson there, “I know you” I said, “World of Warcraft.” “Yes, I saved you from the dragon of Korath,” replied Nathan. “I hope you have grown stronger since then.” During the break, the man with the most infectious smile in the world introduced himself to me. “Hi I’m Todd. It’s so nice to meet you. I bet you’re nervous, I was nervous on my first day of school here….” He spoke so fast it was all a blur. Yet his sheer bubbliness made smiling back worth it. He practically glowed as he pointed out all the people at Bear Creek. Isaac was with him, and with a very earnest face he told me he had been studying psychology and learned all about the mental barriers of making new friends. He told me he would be my friend though. That was comforting. Then Josh came running right at me. He stood way too close to my face and told me I should run cross country. That sounded like the least fun thing I could ever do, so I politely told him I would think about it. Most kids hung out in the lounge upstairs. Chris was doing bicep curls, and said he had done about a thousand so far. I sat down next to these cool girls Allie and Asya, but they spoke excitedly in French and I did not understand a thing. Meanwhile I started talking to Katrin. I didn’t really listen to what she was saying, but her German accent was so engaging you just wanted to talk to her. Soon it was time to go to Apologetics. Morgan Wierleski was the most exuberant person in that class, and she was so excited to hear about everyone’s summer, and to tell every small detail of her own. Ten minutes into the class I realized this guy had been staring at me the whole period. When I looked at him he got this devious look on his face and said, “One by one the penguins come and steal my sanity!” A little worried, I shrank back into my chair. “Don’t worry about him,” said Kyle “That’s Michael. He likes to be unique, and he’s a good guy beneath all that.” Next was Statistics. James Harrang and Shannon spent the class arguing about the best way to build a stratified random sample, but then Shannon got distracted about the new Gucci line of purses, so James decided he won the argument. The teacher was pretty cool too; she fed us goldfish. Finally, lunch arrived. I sat between the drama kids and the guitar kids. The drama kids, Alex Patterson, Carolyn, and Morgan Bader, were discussing how extraordinary the play Romeo and Juliet was. Alex Patterson was probably clASS OF 2008 Current June 5, 2008 1 the classiest guy in the grade, he sported a very well done beard and some black shades that said, “I know how to be artsy.” They were eager to know if I would come see their performance. As I opened a package of Pop Tarts Kara Heiser asked me if I knew how many calories that was. “That's 6,000 headed straight to my belly,” I replied. She just laughed and left the subject alone. On my other side were the guitar guys, Jackson, Brett and Ben. They were planning to challenge the Biology teacher Mrs. Dunn to a game of guitar hero. Jessica was there too. She was pretty much one of the guys, and they all loved her. Since I didn’t know anything about guitar or Shakespeare, I just smiled and nodded for the whole lunch. I was throwing away the remains of my lunch when I heard a shout. “Recycle that bottle George!” yelled Alex Amela as he raced over to the garbage, but it was too late. After lunch I took a walk around the campus, since I had a free period. I went into the gym where Garrett was. He wanted to show me how he could dunk a basketball. He broke his arm trying, and I failed to hide a smile as the basketball coach was furious that he had injured himself goofing off. After Garrett dropped the basketball Karlee came sprinting in and dove headfirst for the loose ball on the gym floor. It was nice day outside, so I went to some nice benches in the sun. A flock of birds flying above, it was a peaceful day. Then BAM! I sprung out of my seat at the sound of a gunshot. One of the birds fell to the ground. “I got it!” exclaimed Greg as he crawled out of the bushes with his shotgun. Apparently he liked to hunt. After that escapade I went to shoot hoops with James Bartlett outside. He made a dozen three pointers in a row, but said he didn’t really feel like playing basketball for the school. I headed down to check out the library afterwards. It was not half a second after entering when the library security guard had me pinned up against a wall and forced a water bottle out of my hands. “No food or drink in the library. Hi my name is Jesse. It’s nice to meet you.” I went back to the lounge for office hours, where an incredibly perky girl named Cindy showed me a drawing she had done of me. It was an anime sketch of me, skillfully drawn, that made my hair look like it had been electrocuted. In fact most of the other Asian students–Jake, Gunny, Mark and Christy–were there drawing. The Louvre had just contacted them about a new anime exhibit they were opening. They were occasionally interrupted by an outlandish sneeze from a girl named Taite. There was no way that sneeze was real. Then Kristin Kelly came over and took about fifty pictures of everyone sitting in the lounge. “These are soo all going in the yearbook!” she screamed. Katie Beman introduced herself to me by telling me that I could not physically lick my elbow. Then Jimmy Rehfeld smirked, slowly lifted his arm, and licked his elbow. Finally it was time for the last class of the day, English. English had the craziest group of kids. The teacher was strikingly patient with a class that would never stop talking; apparently we were worse than her kids. Maryam was so excited to tell me about hockey, but I was too busy eating the cookies she brought in to care how well the Buffalo Sabers were doing. Jimmy showed me a couple of pictures that made him look like he was in a teenage counterterrorist unit. I decided avoiding conflicts with Jimmy was a wise idea. Chelsea was an easygoing girl who laughed at everybody’s jokes. Sometimes she wouldn’t be able to control herself from laughing for ten minutes at a time. Then there was Mel, who had the awesome, enough said. Marc was there, he looked like he was being tortured, forced to sit in a desk for such a long time. All the while Megan got a little too excited over sniffing expo markers, then you throw in Kimi and Trevor who have an infinite fight going on, and English was a party. I left Bear Creek the first day wondering how I would get along with such a funny group of seniors. I think maybe I should just laugh.
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