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FEBRUARY 1>89 THE FULL MOON Features EDITOR: KRICKETMORTON PAGE 2 ^ (Day of Love BY PALMER BROWN February 14th. Valentine’s Day. Throughout our short lifetimes, this day has held many differem meanings and occupies various feelings in our memories. Remanber back to elementary school when Valentine’s Day was the favorite day of the year behind Christmas and birthdays. Your teacher had you and each of your classmates make an envelope to hold those precious valentines you expected to receive. Once the envelope was made and decorated just the way you Uked it, you would hang it on the front of your desk so your classmates could easily deliver the valentines. Then, on a certain day. everyone brought their valentines and little pieces of candy with messages such as “I love you” or “WiU you be mine”. These pieces of candy always required a great deal of thought as to which person got which message. You certainly did not want your best friend to get and “I love you” heart and your girlfriendto get a run-of the-mill heart. Remember also how you made everyone in the classroom a valentine, every the big bully ihat stole your lunch money and beat you up last week. Then, as you got older, you decided that maybe making everyone a valentine wasn’t that important, but you stiU made everyone one that you expected to receive one from. All of the guys got their mothers to take them to the store to get them a box of candy. The girls may have gotten a little something but mainly they just speculated on who they received candy from if they received any at all. It never failed, one or two girls in the class got everything and everyone else was left out of the fim. Now. valentines are all but obsolete. You only get a gift for that “someone special”, but you usually make it a nice one. The florists and the card shops have a field day every year at this time because when all else fails, why not send the traditional? I guess Valentine’s Day has different memories depending on the person but one thing remains the same, everyone wants a valentine. STUDY SKILLS ARE SURVIVAL SKILLS Wiih the new rule passed by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association stating that all student athletes must pass five classes per semester in order to participate in sports, many students have found out that they must develop new study skills if they are to maintain eligibility for athletics The foUowing guidelines, offered by the CoUege Board, are a good place to start in improving classroom performance. For athletes in North Carolina, study skills are now survival skills. Tackling your most difficult assignments first, studying in a quiet place, and reviewing your notes before class are among the study habits that should be part of your daily routine now—before you get to college. Good study skiUs such as these are essential to academic survival. Practicing good study habits as will as note-tal^g and reading skills now. as high school student, will give you a boost in college If you re not already doing so. you might want to follow some of these suggestions for studying and rwte-taking: j * Always stucfy without distractions. • Have available all Ihe materials you'U need to complete an assigmnent wilhout intemipUon. Smdy as soon after class as possible, while the infotmation is fresh in your mind. If this is not possible, then study as early in the day as possible. • While reading a ch^ter in a book, to' to leam the lesson in small chtmks by summarizing the important pomts. Ask yourself questions about the material. * As you read, jot down any questions to ask the teacher. • Read as much as you can. Push yourself to read novels or magazine articles in addition to your school assignments. ^ V^^°“^““'“‘“'”“P"‘^'"'"'“'’j“‘->”™*Iitaaiybooksloreadmoreaboutit. Getinto the habit of readmg a newspaper or news magazine regularly. apen(ink is easier to read than pencil), and * Organize notes by course and date each page. mm Chris "Jumps the bumps" to pass some time. Eastgate Cinemas have become Aibemarie's enter tainment center What's Happening? BY BILL SNYDER “What are you gonna do tonight?” is a ques tion you’ve all probably been asked a million times, and your reply is usually, “I don’t know.” It’s definitely no secret that there is very little for Albemarle teenagers to do, so I have decided to look into this problem, but by no means solve it. One type of entertainment for the “doomed” Albemarle teenagers is going to school football and basketball games. Even if you’re not into sports.thesearegreatsocialevents. You can talk openly to your friends, without having to stay after school and scrape gum off desks. Another type of recreation ( and probably the most popular) here in Albemarle is the movie theater. Students go there to catch a good flick, but most are more interested in scoping out some babes or hunks, as the case may be. The movie theater may be fulfilling for a while, but two movies per weekend just don’t cut it. If there are no good movies (or you ’ve seen them all), cruis ing around in this metropolis of Albemarle is usually a good way to pass the time. Parties are usually a lot of fun. on the rare occasion that somebody’s throwing one (and on the rarer occasion that you’re allowed to go). Because of their scarcity, parties are usually crowded with teenagers from all around Stanly County. This brings about the problems of fight ing and police raids, which are nearly inevitable. ^ More likely than not, parties are an enjoyable I way to spend a festive evening in Albemarle. y. As you can see (and probably already knew). ^ there are not too many fun places to go or fun ; things to do here in Albemarle, but you gave to be creative. (Example: Who would ever think that driving a car back and forth in front of Sky City, “jumping the bumps,” could be so much fun?) " Don’t get me wrong; Albemarle is a great place to grow up. but what are we gorma grow up to be? BBBiHil HUBU FULL MOON Published nine times per year by the journalism class at Albemarle High School Member Quill and Scroll Staff o • Brown-Editor-in-Chief Suzie Bntt- Business Manager Paul Childress- Sports Editor Bl^ Johnson ^d Mary Kay Page- Entertainment Editors Kncket Morton - Features Editor Adrienne Soyer- News Editor Keith Byrum - Managing Editor Susan Hathcock — Advisor cu A,, ^ Senior Staff J)hem Allen, Greg Harwood, Ross Holshouser, Kendall Homeslev Samy Lamp, Ward Misenheimer D . Junior Staff Beth Childress, Wes Gantt, Sonny Miller, Bill Snyder, Tom Stubbs leeeeHieeiEfB leBeiEeaiieBii IlilHeHEIIIIH ihiihmhhhbihhiii T rrEACH6ft^ ^ I At this time of year a teacher's three favorite words have hMnmo .i,.n» ,|,||y and Anninl nishiki cyclcpm ei*NCH, trek Compliments of 5 UWHARRIE CYCLERY | E. J. SNYDER & CO., INC. ALBEMARLE, N.C. Ed, Roger and Mike
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