After the 2022 seniors were asked if they had any parting advice for the Bethany high schoolers after them, here is what they had to offer:
Dos
- Take nutrition if you want to relax for a bit
- Take Econ if you want an extra study hall
- Join SGA or WIT just to use their rooms
- If you bring your backpack to each class, you will literally never need your locker
- Learn cursive before Michael’s class so he doesn’t make fun of you
- Eat the tater tot casserole
- Josh can tell when you’re just trying to get him off track
- Cherish the time you get in the lounges: those footstools won’t assault themselves
- Participate in as much as you can while still doing your homework
- Take all the AP classes
- If you’re going to be late, get Starbucks
- Be at least friendly to everyone
- Sporting events are way more fun with a lot of people screaming
- Have a designated chapel sweatshirt (it’s like the arctic in there)
Don’ts
- Don’t be stupid
- Don’t put off a bunch of Renae’s assignments until the night before a test
- Don’t do Renae’s assignments
- Don’t be scared to participate in English discussions
- Don’t take college and careers unless you really need it
- Don’t eat the tater tot casserole
- Don’t sit on couches that aren’t for your grade
- Don’t annoy the seniors, they don’t like you that much
- Don’t explore the depths of the art barn by yourself
- Don’t use your seniority for evil
- Don’t walk through the middle school hallway, it smells worse than you remember
- Don’t mess up your sleep schedule too early, it stays like that for years
- Don’t be scared when Calvin blows things up, he’s a pro