Yearbook Persuasive Essay

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There is a sign hanging by my teacher’s door, and it has become a bit of a joke in the class, it says: “A Yearbook is a love letter that a school writes to itself”. Everyone makes fun of the sign, myself included, but four years into high school and currently Editor of the yearbook that will highlight my senior year, I have found the statement to be exceedingly true. Most people have looked at their parent’s old yearbooks, seen how different they looked, wondered how the man who just yelled at them when they didn’t clean their rooms, could possibly have been voted class clown and have so many signatures from friends. We have all watched as our parents and grandparents talk about the people they knew in high school, the past girlfriends, teachers, and the friends who have since then passed on. It’s …show more content…
The fact is, some students don’t come to sporting events, meetings, pep rallies, they barely come to school. They will hide their face when you come towards them with a camera, and you don’t even know their names. These people aren’t going to be in the yearbook, and this has taught me a valuable lesson. Have you ever been around a group of people and they have an inside joke, and when you ask why it’s so funny, they reply with “you had to be there”? Well, Yearbook has taught me that a lot about high school, that making friends, getting involved, being in the pictures, all starts with just being there. Just showing up to class and not falling asleep, going to the football games, the pep rallies, the meetings, makes school a lot more enjoyable. 45 years from now, when I’m flipping through my yearbook, I want to be in the pictures, involved in the events, and I want to remember the people that made it memorable. Because in the end, it’s not the classes or the grades who leave paragraphs and signatures in the back of the