A picture's worth a thousand words. Sophomores Isaac Johnson and Latina Carter express friendship better than words ever could. - photo by Charles Jones. Did you hear? Sophomores Terri McC/eod and Miss!f Hogan share a word on the patio. - photo by Michael joiner. 294 Life Out of the Shadows... Friendship Friendship is defined as "a liking between two people, a state of friendliness:' Ask an Academy student what friendship is and you'll get an answer like, 'Hmmm.. .I always thought it was something you had to have credits in to graduate." Some people have an unnatural number of friends- some need to have bodyguards to protect them from groupies as they go down the hall. Face it, if these same people did earn credit in friendship like they do in other subjects, they would have graduated in the seventh grade! Don't misunderstand, friendship is great. It is terrific to have someone to hang around with, as long as other people can tell that you are not siamese twins. After all, at one time or another, we've all had the urge to walk up and say, "pardon rne while I surgically unattach your elbows." After you fail a school subject so many times, you might as well go off and become the postmaster of Smoot, Idaho. Friendship, on the other hand, is something you try and experiment with for a lifetime. This wasn't meant to be pessimistic. Make all that you can of your friendships. A friend is the most valuable thing that you can have in this world. After all, the best thing to hold onto is each other. <Jf5> - Delayna Throckmorton Friends are friends for study hall. John Paul Capps and Torrie Hickman take a break from studying for a hug. - photo by Charles Jones .
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