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Making it to Thanksgiving drains Staples students

Making it to Thanksgiving drains Staples students

Summer ended abruptly this year as the first day of school was August 25. After a whopping one day off between August 25 and Thanksgiving, the Staples community was finally granted a four and a half day recess to eat some turkey and stuffing. For me, the school year effectively ended there.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, there is less than a month of school. At the rate we read in class, that’s barely enough time to finish a book. Even watching a movie is a bit of a stretch. Quite a few of my friends are partial to the saying, “You just have to make it to Thanksgiving” because after Thanksgiving, the motivation for students starts to dwindle.

The seniors are already slumming it due to pre-second semester senioritis, where upwards of 10 episodes of “Revenge” look a lot more appealing than writing a bill for AP Gov. The laziness only escalates from there.

There are significantly more vacation days spread out after Thanksgiving. Before the four day break in November, there are maybe 5 vacation days tops. After, we have Christmas, the long weekend after midterms, February and April break after that.

It becomes less of a marathon, and more like short sprints in between vacation.

I remember my sophomore year, we were watching Joyeux Noel, a Christmas movie, in French class. Our teacher intended for us to discuss the movie before break. This didn’t happen. We had only gotten about 30 minutes into the almost 2 hour long movie before break started.

I kid you not, we watched the same five minutes of that movie twelve times. Our teacher just kept losing where we were. Now, Diane Kruger is an incredible singer, but after hearing her sing “Ave Maria” for the fifth time, she was not really my cup of tea.

Getting through first quarter is no small feat, but I take my solace knowing that I only have to make it to Thanksgiving.

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Alison Morrison, Staff Writer
What do you get when you add a “Hunger Games craze,” cookies and cream ice cream, an easy-breezy attitude, Canada, journalism and a deep adoration for peanut butter? The answer is staff writer Alison Morrison ’15. Let’s break down the equation. She admires the spunky attitude of Jennifer Lawrence, and is a die-hard fan of the “Hunger Game” series. She stands strongly behind fantasy, and is not capable of being friends with a person who has never read or seen the “Harry Potter” series. Morrison enjoys reading about Katniss Everdeen most when she treats herself to a bowl of cookies-and-cream ice cream. “There is seriously nothing better on this Earth,” Morrison smiles. “Except for peanut butter.” Well, not just American peanut butter. Morrison is proudly a Canadian, as it is one of her favorite places to visit, but the real reason she’s so fond is because of the Kraft brand of peanut butter that’s not available in the U.S. “Everytime we go to Canada, we come back with jars and jars of peanut butter.” Morrison has taken a strong interest in the art of journalism, and even though she couldn’t fit journalism into her schedule last year, “lots of people thought I was in the class because I was in the Inklings room so much,” she said. Now that she is in the class, Morrison looks forward to getting out there and talking to people. “Interacting with different people is not something you can get from just any ordinary job,” she said. “Journalism allows you to have a really interesting and useful skill set.” Well there it is, the full, broken down equation of Alison Morrison. However, unlike most equations, this one is fun-filled, eager and really looking forward to writing for Inklings in her senior year.