1980 School Magazine

MY HOPES FOR YOU 'Adolescence is a disease in itself' they Say knowingly. but I know. I rememrler so Clearly the poignant transient joys ahd the more Frequent, not so f leeting pain, dismissed in a phrase 'Puppy love' 'Growing pains' 'A new phase'. It is also a fine time, the right time to learn Who you are and what lies beneath the confident Or quaking, unsure facade - to unearth talents You never knew you had, the hard way, even the Hardest way Roundabout Painful way. It is a time when 'don't be silly' are the words You fear the most and may always do - as a thought Feeling or idea expressed to another Makes you vulnerable - and nobody likes to

MOTH ER I said I wanted to be a cowboy You laughed

never be anything but a bad boy who broke the eggs chasing the chickens you said

I cried

said i hated you spat in your face and kicked at your legs until you knocked me down down at me and I was afraid so I closed my eyes and covered my {ace and made you go away

You stared

Take a risk Of ridicule To find self.

I wish you may all find a secure secret place Deep within, but able to be shared with a Special other, where hopes fears and expectations Establish you as uniquely you and hence

Uniquely Valuable As a person. M. Ryan.

Eva Huehne. 101

Annabel Lahz, 12 Gibson