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Garrett
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by Chris ConneD
In the latest edition of Old
160, Mr. Ainslie explicitly
stated that one of the key deter- minants to success in later life was one's degree of participa- tion in extracurricular ac- tivities. These activities include numerous clubs (debating club, science club), athletic teams,stu-
dent Vestry, or community pro- ject groups. With free time severly limited and highly priz- ed, I feel that the school unintentionally discourages the student from participating in these or other worthwhile ac-
ed into by athletic coaches; secondly, it serves to increase the student's day by another hour which once again works to decrease his free time.
The solution to the problem is this, either an abridged school work day, or a decrease in the amount of homework. To abridge the school day, V.E.S. would probably have to abolish manditory athletics, and star( a physical education program. ~ince this solution seems highly unlikely the answer seems to be less homework. Not the aboli- tion of all homework just a slight decrease from two hours to one and a half or a policy
Dear Moose,
I want to go to U.Va. so
Dear Moose,
I have this problem in the
Dear Moose,
Help!! Please give me your
OCTOBER 20,1979
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THE METEOR
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Free Time an Endangered Species
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bad....but I'm so frustrated with
The demands placed on the against homework on the B.K.'s history class...and Mr. morning. I can't seem to tear advi~e on how to get rid of IDJ
tivities.
average junior at V.E.S. are an
weekends would make all the difference.
Lee's "Alg.-trig.''...and well, and school in general. Can you help? Signed,
Will I be the only prep atVMI
Dear Will I be the only prep at V.M.I.,
No.
Dear Moose,
I seem to try to follow in my brother's footsteps, not that it bothers me but I just can't wres-
myself away from the mirror to get to school on time. Can you help?
Signed, Sun Lamp
Dear Sun Lamp,
Place one of my life like 10 by
10 posters of Dear Moose on your mirrors. This method has been scientifically proven by a panel of mirror-lovers.
Woodberry, W & L appearanee. All I get here is harrassment.
Signed, Whadda we eat?
Dear Whadda we eat,
Donate your Woodberry
letterman's jacket and your W & L jersey to the Bargain Mart
informative example of what I
am speaking about. After nine
hours (8:00-5:00), of physically
and mentally draining hours of
classes and athletics, he is ex-
pected to do two or more hours
of homework a night (plus a
term paper). This eleven hour very thoroughly,; this extra
total leaves him little excess time to do what he enjoys. IT is hardly reasonable to expect an over burdened student to devote his spare time to a club which more often than not, in- volves still more work.
time would allow him to do this. If a student has gotten behind in a class he can do some catch up homework over the weekend.
Whatever the solution, a change is definitely needed. High school students are not yet
in exchange Look.''
for the
"V .E.S.
This slight change would allow a student to do research for his club or enable him to finish some extra schoolwork. For instance, the debate club re- quires one to research his topic
tle as well as he or so the girls Mr. Ainslie has taken steps to ready to accept the responsi- say. Being the true grappler
remedy this problem by insti- bilities and pressures of the that you are, please tell me a
tuting an activities period, that adult world. To subject them to
is, in principle, the solution to this excess amount of work can
the problem. Several draw- be mentally straining. They
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backs exist in this move though; for one, the period has been slic-
need their free time. Hopefully, V.E.S. will provide it.
Early Snow
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by Tommy Moore
As the student body filed out
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The snow continued to fall un- til about 9:30 A.M. and left the VES campus covered in a white blanket. It had melted by the time school let out, much to the demise of the boys looking for a
quick snowball fight before athl11tics.
To think that I could be skiing in Bogue Sound instead of trudging through the snow in
the Blue Ridge, brings the dreaded "Deep Winter Syn- drome" menacingly closer. So,
put away your Madras coats and white ducks; bring out your tweed and wool, 'cause winter's
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students look forwat1d to snow,
no one was really expecting it in
October! The reaction to the
tably), while others remember
~he depressing slush that the
b e~_venly d a n d r u f f l e a v e s e tnd. As can be imagined, no matter what the response,
everyone was surprised.
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W was split. Some people had stons of the slopes at Winter- green (or Snow Shoe respec-
Look carefully for the snow.
The Meteor staff would like to thank Mrs. Richard A. Carrington, a member of the Board of Trustees, for all the time and love she puts into V.E.S. We are especially grate- ful to btir for the work she did in the landscaping of Wyatt
here.
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