Author: adviser

New school year, new everything. They say change is good, but that does not apply to everything people! So far this school year has started off on okay terms, as for the weather, not so much. Actually no, nothing has been as good as I thought it would be this year. Particularly this whole new bell schedule. It’s been driving so many students crazy, myself included. I know most people don’t like to be rushed, but this whole seven minutes we’re getting compared to the ten minutes we had last year is a joke. The average person’s attention span is at most forty-seven minutes. Yup, that’s the most. These ninety minute classes are too much for my worn-out soul to bear. Just writing this article took me around an hour because I can’t even dedicate fifteen minutes without going off task. So many students can relate to this whole struggle to keep track on what is going on in class. Unscheduled periods are the best, apart from the fact that I have to wait in line and not being let in right away or being let out on time. What is up with the whole line things? I just think it is very unnecessary because I would just like to walk to school and not have to wait for a line and loose the little time I have to do what I have to do during nutrition. Unscheduled eighth is as much a mess as first and second unscheduled periods, because students have to wait in a line to get out. Why? I don’t really know why; I mean if we’re already in the school why do our IDs and schedules need to be checked for us to get out? With this is also the issue that the gate on 15th Street isn’t open, only the gate on Jackrabbit Lane is. How much does it hurt to open both gates? This causes a lot of us some more extra stress. Like, can’t people see that I can barely come to school without having an anxiety attack and when it’s time to leave I want to leave ASAP?

New school year, new lost freshman, new staff members and I am stuck in one of the largest high schools in the district without knowing the locations of all my classes. Poly is a sizeable campus with 5 additional parking lots and over 4,400 students. Above is a picture of a map of the Poly campus. The map sits on the side of the big gym facing the Jackrabbit Lane entrance. With Poly being such a large school, a map of the campus is great for new students, or at least it would be if it were accurate. Since the campus is so large and confusing and the only map available isn’t even an accurate map, allow me to help by telling you where everything is. First, all the even room numbers are located on the second floor of all buildings, leaving the odd room numbers on the bottom floors with the science building being the exception to this unusual pattern. Every building except the 200’s, 400’s, 550’s, 800’s, and 900’s, have student restrooms, and the boys restrooms seem to follow a pattern of constant closure and reopening. The 100 building holds all the offices except for the attendance office, which is located in the main entrance off of Jackrabbit Lane. The 250 science building juts away from the “clockwork design” and is found further East than the 150. The science building also shares its area with the south gym, better known as the small gym and staff parking. I might also wonder why an English class in placed in the science building, but all I can say is the world may never know. Even though the point of having a Science building is to be able to access the science department and its resources not copies of Mythology by Edith Hamilton. The upper south corner of the 300 follows where building becomes to a dead end, and out of my own experience I warn you to not go past the clear doors because you will get locked out. Then the 500 building follows with the 600 on its end at which point we face West looking away from the 100. The library is located at the front of the 600 building which. The 700 sits with the 800 building behind the 600, closer to Jackrabbit Lane. The student store is pretty obvious since it’s always overpopulated with loud, obnoxious children. The three locations of the vending machines include the language building, behind and around the library, and the blacktop but your best bet is to use the vending machine closest to the language building which has a history of providing two for one. Next,the P bungalows are located in the very end corner next to the tennis courts. The Tony Gwynn baseball field may seem like it’s hiding, once you reach the 900 bungalows you have a full view of the field. The JROTC shooting range is under the bleachers. Yes, we have a nurse office located to the left of the pool. Don’t forget that being lost is normal, until you walk into the wrong classroom and all 35 pairs of eyes look in your direction. Also, good luck trying to find the entrance of the hidden locker rooms, especially the girls’ one.

What is up Poly? Halloween is twenty-six days away and the burglars – I mean dirty zebras – I mean referees – are already up to no good. And don’t even say it; “But John, a lot of those penalties on Poly actually are their fault.” As a true fan with my class of 2018 rose tinted glasses, I see two things; referees making bad calls and referees missing good calls. But fear not jackrabbit lovers, for I have a solution to our pandas with whistles problem -I mean referees. Man I got to work on that. Being a football fanatic, and also a scholar in my Government class, I have been doing some reading. Article 2 section 4 of the referee’s handbook states clearly that “You, the fan, have the right to question any and everything the officials call during the football game.” I know what you’re thinking; “John, why are you telling me this?” Great question, random person reading this! I’m telling you this so you know that at every game, you can yell as loud as you want. Like really make some noise. Anything that makes sound is appreciated. The referees actually like it. It makes them seem important. Clapping and stomping, rain dances, smoke signals, organized chants, almost anything works. Don’t worry, the law is on your side. So the next time one of those monochrome bumble bees – I mean referees – throws his dirty laundry on the field, let them know how you really feel.

When people hear the way I speak, they often ask “Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?” The answer is yes the hell I do. And yes I know foul language is not good to use, but let’s be honest to ourselves, cursing has a huge part in modern day society. Remember those times in elementary school when someone would yell out “Stupid!” and we would all open our mouths and say “Oooo”. Well we’re not in those times anymore. You are lying to yourself if you say “I don’t cuss”. We all have our moments, although some more than others, but shit happens. I did not start cursing until I was in the fifth grade and I can not say I’m proud of that, but it had to happen. Why can’t I cuss without teachers looking at me like I have some sort of god damn mental problem? Get over it! Your kids probably talking like that too, so just chill and do not come to me with all that crap that “My son doesn’t speak like that because he knows what is gonna happen if he does”. Obviously he ain’t gonna talk like that infront of you if you over here with a chancla in your hand. Let me be how I want to be, it’s my way of talking. Believe me, I have tried changing it, but I can’t. So please leave me alone because I am sure that I am old enough to know my limits. Just because I cuss in front of my friends doesn’t mean I’m gonna do it to an adult. I promise to try to watch my profanity a little more.