Learning and Growing and Striving and Thriving

By Zoe Goor and Hannah Shahidi

What we’ve learned in our time as sophomores:

•Chronicle is our sport. And that is okay. -Zoe

•No, it’s not. -Hannah

•Don’t make jokes about Yearbook Advisor Jen Bladen in your satire articles.

•Think before you tweet.

•Skip the stairmaster; just walk to the library.

•Waiting in the sandwich line is always worth it. -Zoe

•No, it’s not. - Hannah

•The sweet potatoes at Erewhon are so good. Not a joke, just a very strong opinion.

•Driving is hard. Why not just coerce a senior into doing it for you instead?

•Buying a bottle of water in the cafeteria every single day is much worse for the environment than dumping chemicals in the LA River. Get a hydro flask. Or a Stanley, if you’re being trendy.

•The Hailey Bieber smoothie does not make you look like Hailey Bieber. We tried.

•The activities fair is like the Hunger Games because 90% of those clubs die a week into the school year.

•Video Art is objectively the coolest extracurricular because it gets you into the Westflix afterparty.

•Tap Out is the closest thing to athletics I have ever done — aside from debate. -Zoe

•Tap Out will give you IBS. -Hannah

•Prefect Council.......wait... what does Prefect Council do again?

•You will get trampled when you’re buying tickets for the Sierra Canyon basketball game. Sorry, it’s just inevitable.

•Whatever the weather app says, dress for the opposite temperature. The Studio City sun has a mind of its own.

•The best part about River Park is not its environmental impact, it’s the Save Weddington AG Jeans merch collection.

•Pulling an all-nighter isn’t bad for you as long as you shotgun a Marquis drink from the cafeteria before 8 a.m.

What we’re looking forward to for junior year:

•Getting less than six hours of sleep every night.

•Being able to sit on the quad without being heavily judged. This year has been a struggle.

•Replying all to any Prefect Council emails about East Coast Prep Day.

•Never having to take a sex-ed class with our deans again.

•Complaining about homework without getting judged by upperclassmen.

•Not having to relearn what a double replacement reaction is in every single Chemistry class.

•College Kickstart. We don’t really know what this is, but all the Juniors are always talking about it. Must be fun.

•Running for Head Fanatics and promptly slandering all of our opponents.

•Being excluded from Chronicle Secret Santa. Some things never change.

•Not having to run to Weiler during our English class break. Oh wait, is that just an us thing?

•Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) because there’s never enough T-Swizzle.

•Driving to school, and then getting our steps in walking from the junior parking lot.

•Growing the staffs of the Elbow and Panorama from two to three dedicated journalists. Preferably four, though that may be pushing our luck.