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Show - s r i. j i t i V r i I i " ' """" ' ' j " m 1 r I v i ; r r JEANENE KOPENHEFER ' 'Employers will know you worked hard." TERRY WALKER ' 'The piece of paper's not important. ' ' MANDY PARTRIDGE ' 'helps me be what I want to be." ROGER STEPHENSON ' 7 survived the system." Does a high school diploma have value? r 1 in r L L married, I wasn't sure it was that important, but .now, after that period, looking back I'm glad I graduated. I like to see things through," she said. Mandy Partridge agreed that a high school diploma is important "It helps you go on to college to get a good education and a good job. Employers will know you have worked hard and gone through school to get it. Even though I'm in the sixth grade, getting a diploma seems like it will happen really fast because when you look back it will be such a short time in your life." Terry Walker said, "It's a loaded question. A diploma means nothing. What's learned in school is what's important. It's not that piece of paper that's important High school was a boring waste of time for me. The problem was the attitude of the teachers and the popular kids. If you weren't popular you felt like you didn't belong." By JUDY JENSEN Editor With reports of today's job market being flooded with college graduates who can't find work, the value of a high school diploma may seem to be shrinking. Many reports indicate that it is critical for everyone every-one to have an education beyond high school in order to "get ahead" in the world. We asked local residents if they felt a high school diploma was valuable. According to Roger Stephenson, "If a diploma stands for a high school education, then yes it's important." im-portant." Roger said he feels if students are "shoved through the system" they are not helped by a high school diploma. "Graduating proved I could survive the system," he said. Jeanene Kopenhefer said she feels a high school diploma is important. im-portant. "It lets me be what I want to be which is a veterinarian or a rancher. It's also very important if I want to go on to college," she said. Kay Walker answered, "I really have mixed emotions about it. When I was 18 and wanting to get KAY WALKER w ' 'Mixed emotions about it. ' ' |