Two of the editors of The Red Ledger, Jillian Sanders and Caroline Smith, compile a naughty and nice list for Santa this year.
Santa’s helpers
Two editors of The Red Ledger decide to break down this year into a Naughty and Nice list
December 16, 2016
Nice
- Starbucks on West Lucas Road. Thank you for fueling so many students’ need for caffeine and a study break.
- The school library: a welcoming home to students with broken printers, seniors with nothing to do, AP students cramming for tests, and those who just really love the comfy couches.
- Teachers who stay before and after school for tutoring. We hope y’all have an amazing holiday break – you guys deserve it.
- Student Council for planning so many events and making our school a better place.
- Brockdale Park and its nature trails out by Lake Lavon.
- The sports teams for working so hard and representing our school.
- The fine arts department. The school’s new art galleries are amazing, the theatre shows are entertaining, and the choir, band, and orchestra programs are second to none.
- The guide dogs and their trainers. Nothing makes a bad day better than seeing a cute lil pupper in the halls. (This is from Carol, muahahha).
- Downtown McKinney: Everything about The Square is perfect.
- The cafeteria staff for offering Chick-fil-A sandwiches on Wednesdays.
- The Target $5 and under aisle; where one can find fluffy socks, coffee cups, and school supplies super-conveniently and cheaply.
- The school janitors for continuing to clean up our messes left on the lunch tables every day.
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Naughty
- The construction on Stacy Road and Highway 75. I’m sick of it taking 20 minutes to get somewhere that should take 10. Also it’s so scary to drive through.
- The entire presidential election. Does this really need an explanation? #RIPamerica
- College applications. College essays. Application fees. Resumes. I just want to be successful and not cry please.
- The fact that seniors have to take eight classes every day even though they already have most (if not all) of their credits.
- M. Christopher and Company keeps cutting down trees and destroying our last pieces of beautiful land and building a lot of houses, and it’s rude. Urban sprawl is so sad. (This one’s from Jillian).
- It’s cold but we have no snow. If I’m going to suffer through the winter and negative temperatures (in celsius obviously), the least Texas could do is provide a winter wonderland. Here, if it’s 30 degrees, it’s just dreary. In many Northern states, if it’s 30 degrees, there are beautiful snowflakes to frolick in.
- Class rank. At our school, kids with all A’s might not even be in the top 50 of their class, and a thousandth of a GPA point may be the difference in whether or not you get into a college.
- Too much homework, too little sleep. I’m tired. And sometimes busy work just doesn’t sound all that inviting. Sorry.
- Texas has fall in December. Deck the halls with boughs of dead leaves, people.
- The school only has two exits and after school traffic freaking sucks. It shouldn’t take 20 minutes to get out of the parking lot. And don’t even get me started on the traffic we have on half days. You can go ahead and cancel those lunch plans.
- People who still think Harambe jokes are funny. Someone died. Show some respect.
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