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good, do it', and 'never trust anyone over thirty',"
said Mrs. Plata. "Some of the hip styles were maxi
skirts, mini-skirts, and micro-mini-skirts," she added.
Fashions, slang, music, and literature were not the
only things on Mrs. Plata's mind, however. "The
things I looked for in a boyfriend were nice eyes,
good conversational ability, and things that we might
have in common." One thing that Mrs. Plata was
always sure of was what she wanted to do with
her life. "I always wanted to be a teacher," she
said. With that in mind, Mrs. Plata had this to say
about what inspired her to become a teacher: "Two
of my own teachers inspired me. They were always
happy and excited about the material they taught,
and they truly cared about their students." Despite
her love of teaching, Mrs. Plata does cite one draw
back, "I wish I had more time to spend on every
beautiful work we teach. I could spend months on
Shakespeare alone!" Mrs. Plata does teach many
fine works, indeed, and to many students! With all
of those students, strange moments are bound to
occur. "The strangest thing I have ever seen was
the class of 1993 dressed-up for Tacky Day."
I later asked her about her hopes tor the world.
"My students are my hopes tor the world. I have
160 students — 160 hopes."
After all of these questions, I had just one final
thing to ask her. When I questioned her about who
would win the presidential election, "The next pres
ident," was her cunning response.
Through this brief interview, I realized what an
intelligent, thoughtful and funny person Mrs. Plata
Junior High students get it go
ing at the Homecoming rally. In
the school gym both the high
school and junior high compete
for the "loudest cheer."
really is.
Crystal ball or soccer ball? One
way or the other it may help
Mark Coyne and Katie Ryan
determine the outcome of the
afternoon soccer game.
Scholarly Opinions
I recently had the opportunity to interview Mrs.
Plata, one of the many fine and experienced teach
ers in our school faculty. I first asked her to rem
inisce about her youth. "I was mainly interested in
music and literature," she said. We also discussed
the cool slang and fashions of her generation. "Some
of the cool catch phrases were 'groovy', 'if it feels
in ic
