Seniors Should Paint Their Spots

Ava Gary-Hernandez, Staff Writer

February 26, 2024

The second I hit my senior year I want to do everything like they do in movies. I want to be cool with everyone, I want to win Prom queen, I want to win state in the sports I associate with, I want to go to the parties and I want to graduate, but most importantly I want to paint my parking spot.

Manhattan High does not allow it and the principal does not think it’s a great idea either.

There’s no convincing that man and he has his reasoning on why he runs things the way he does, but I don’t think that there’s anything that can go wrong with it. Hopefully seniors are mature enough to do things the right way and if not then he can do whatever he considers a valid consequence. But if the seniors just start the year off by getting or choosing a parking spot to paint in the lower lot for everyone to see. It would be memorable for them, very memorable.

They could end the year off by washing the paint off completely and just admiring it before they leave for college. The underclassman should be able to look and get excited about it, it’s small but it can mean a lot. It gives the seniors the option to express themselves through art. They can be creative in their own way and it’s not based on what teachers are telling them. I think that letting seniors paint their parking will give them a sense of freedom. It will give them something to look forward to when they get up in the morning to go to school and something to look forward to after a long miserable day of hard work.

About the Contributors

Ava Gary-Hernandez, Staff Writer

Sophomore Ava Gary-Hernandez has been wrestling for three years. She finds wrestling comforting and considers it her “comfort sport.” Hernandez chose wrestling because she originally played basketball, but wanted to try out wrestling, and found that she enjoys wrestling more than basketball. Most of the time Hernandez wrestles here at MHS but ever so often, she has to travel outside of the city to wrestle. Typically, when people first meet her, they always assume she doesn’t do any sport, let alone wrestling. Hernandez’s “spark” to wrestling was two years ago when she won against the guys. “It just made me happy,” Hernandez said. Wrestling has become her favorite sport over the years. Her most interesting wrestling story was when she broke her hand while wrestling and was out for a quarter of the season because of it. “I enjoy bringing people to the mat,” Hernandez said. “It’s comforting.”

Hunter Flagg, Online EIC

Hunter Flagg is a freshman staff writer who joined journalism this year after moving from New York, not too far from the city. If Flagg can find the time outside of class, he likes to be with friends as he likes people in general. “I like writing and videography and stuff like that,” Flagg said. “Haven’t been able to do that because of school.” Flagg joined journalism with hopes of creating entertaining articles and having fun. “I like all aspects of journalism, mainly videography,” Flagg said. “It allows me to bask in a job well done.” Flagg also has hopes of changing the yearbook for the better. Flagg believes the yearbook can get a bit cringy at times and he wants to stop that from happening. “I thought the yearbook sounded cool to me,” he said. Flagg wants to be a sports correspondent to write more entertaining life filled articles. “No offense to people in politics, but I don’t feel like the students care about it that much,” Flagg said. “I want to write about sports, current events and things that have an impact on student’s lives.” After high school, Flagg wants to join the military with no interest in continuing Journalism. Flagg says to anyone wanting to join journalism to “do it.” By Thurston Rogers Staff Writer

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