"What's Your Clique?"

    

   What do you think about when you hear the word clique? Do you think about people in large groups or categories? Such as athletes, cheerleaders, class clowns, geeks, nerds, etc? On TV, they make it seem like cliques are all fun and games, but it's really different in reality. Well, at our school, we have all those cliques and more, but it's not as intense as you see on TV. To start off, you have the jocks, which are the star athletes who are cocky and popular, and don't have to worry about their grades. They can take a full ride on a athletic scholarship. Next, you have the preps, who are always concerned about their looks, they're outgoing and highly sociable at times. Most people come from a high-income family, they basically have everything handed to them on a silver platter. Then, you have the nerds, who are shy,and geeky. They are more into their books, then their actual looks. I must say though, the nerds are the ones who are most likely to have a successful career. Now you have the Band/Choir Posse, they can;t live a day without humming a tune, or conjuring up a beat. The Goths/Emo's, well they have their own story to tell. They wear black, they look sad or depressed, sometimes angry. They depseratley try to make statements, and they often wear clothes of the opposite gender. Last but not least, you have the Loners (or the Outkast). They tend to keep to themselves at ALL times, you never really see them talk or associate with other people. Overall, at Southern, these cliques aren't as overrated as they may seem.

Lets Eat!!!

     Throughout my years at Southern Guilford, I have came to the realization, that LUNCH, is everyones favorite class of the day.I can say I that I am one of those people. I've seen people running like their being chased by dogs, just to make it to lunch. I've also seen people almost fight over who would get their plate first, or would be next in line. Breaking/Fronting is most common at Southern, and it is really childish,but, our principals Mr.Gibson & Mr. Seegraves, are sure to shut that down.Another problem is, the fact that we have to wait so long for food, I feel like we should have more than one lunch lady at the counter.The food isn't even all that great to be honest, but I can make an exception. One of my favorite days of the week is fry day, that's the ONLY day I am satisfied.Overall, the cafeteria is kept really spic and span. If I had to grade Southern on its food quality and sanitation, I would give them a C in quality, and a A+ in sanitation.

SMOD

    
    SMOD, what can I say, no one likes it, especially me. Unfortunately, once again, parents and teachers got their way and helped enforce it. SMOD stands for Standard Mode of Dress. The majority of Guilford County Schools have SMOD. Others, well they have a lot of freedom.I think the reason why SMOD was even enforced was because adults feel like us teenagers don't dress "appropriately" for school, maybe their right, maybe their wrong. They were tired of seeing exposed chest areas, tight pants, short shorts, skirts, whatever, and most of all "sagging'. I personally don't want to see that, but we still do.We do have some type of freedom, because we can wear almost any color shirt (except blue). I feel like SMOD doesn't work because students are still walking around sagging and whatnot. We still have our own individual swags, with or without SMOD. It makes us look more professional, I mean we all are wearing the same thing. 

Mathematics!!!

  Well first off  I want to say that Math, was one of my worst subjects. I didn't understand it, never have, never will. Fortunately,I passed all of my Math classes so far,so I was very grateful after that. According to the Webster's Dicitonary: Mathematics is the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generations, and a bunch of other complicated words. But, all Math really is, is expanding your mind by learning how to use numbers and solve problems. You have to use Math in everyday life, and mist career choices deal with Math. I personally struggled with Math throughout my high school years, but I knew I needed Math to graduate so I pushed as hard as I could, and I passed every class.Bridge Math, Algebra I &II, Geometry, Trigonometry, AFM ,and Tech Math are just the few of the many math classes that Southern has to offer.