Bulldog Collar (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Page: 3 of 4
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School can be funny
by Tammy Thomas, Becca Heston and Wade Coffey
P
ed to falling down in the hall.
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Bills said. “I was so scared that in-
stead of getting out of the way, I
ran. I finally just dove to the
ground. I was so embarrassed.'’
Kristi Southall says her embar-
rassing moment came during
swimming season.
“I was swimming backstroke at
practice and I reached for the top
rope to pull me,” Southall said
“As soon as I looked back. I hit my
head on the side of the pool.”
Playing golf in Ardmore was
when Terri Ellis had her moment.
We were playing golf at Ard
more and I wiffed the ball,” Ellis
said. "I could feel my skin turn
red.”
During a tennis match against
Vernon is when Sarah Thomas had
her moment.
“When we were playing Vernon,
I tried to catch the tennis ball with
my racquet and I kept hitting it
lack to the opponent instead of
c itching it,” Thomas said. ‘After
three times I finally caught it. I
tried to play it off but I felt so
dumb.”
Football season was a discom-
forting time for Stacy Spraggins
“At Vernon last year, the drill
team officers were dancing to
Wipe Out’, Spraggins said. “We
hadn’t practiced with the band and
we really played out.”
No matter where people are and
what they are doing there is
always a risk of having an embar
rassing moment that cannot be
forgetten.
Accidents happen
in activities
by Krista Schumaker, Loryn Tolbert and Betty' Richards
“I fell asleep in Mr. Bostic’s
history class. I even slept through
the bell. I finally woke up, and the
class after mine was in session,”
Elizabeth Lowell said.
Vicki Bellizi knows how it feels
to be embarrassed in class.
“I was called to the board in
geometry. I had no idea what was
going on, but decided to give it my
best shot. I started out alright, but
ended up playing out bad. Mr.
Freeman and the rest of the class
died laughing. Mr. Freeman
laughed so hard that he started
crying.” Belizzi said.
Some moments embarrass peo-
ple so much that they remember
them for the rest of their lives.
“I was a cheerleader at Snyder
High School. At one pep assembly
when the cheerleaders were to run
in from the back and up the stairs.
I skipped a step and fell flat on my
face in front of the entire student
body.” Mrs. Jolene McLeod said.
Kris Weber was in sixth grade
when her most memorable embar-
rassment occured.
“The bell rang and I was runn-
ing down the hall to get out of
school. I had my saxaphone in one
hand and my books in the other.
Tommy Richeson tripped me, I fell
and my horn case slid all the way-
down the hall and hit the door. My
horn case is still lopsided to this
day.” Weber said.
Embarrassing moments can
happen any time at school. So
watch out. There maybe one
waiting around the corner
vary from simply getting teas- he was a freshman during swimm-
ing and ended up embarrassed.
“We were swimming against the
eople can get embarrassed for I was really embarrassed.”
a number of reasons which Eric Knam tried to be cool when
to Bulldog Haven and looking the
other way. I ran right into the
Bulldog trash can,” senior Dwight
Stevenson said. “I ducked behind
the trash can and played like I was
tying my shoe, then ran to Bulldog
Haven.”
Walking to and from the
Language Arts building is one of
the best times to see someone flub
up.
“I was on my way to the LA
building sixth hour,” Sharla Ken-
drix said. “I fell over a parking
curb while looking at a good look-
ing football player.”
Now that straight skirts are
back in style, one has to be careful
when walking. The snug fitting of
the skirt can limit much move-
ment. Kim Wiles can relate to this
this.
“I fell while trying to step up on
the curb behind the football
stadium. I did not realize that a
straight skirt would limit my abili-
ty to step upon the curb. I was even
more humiliated when I was not
able to get up and had to have so-
meone to help me,” Kim Wiles
said.
Class time is a time for learning,
but sometimes one may get
distracted from their studies. This
can happen when something out of
the ordinary occurs.
T t is the first day of school, you
[ are real excited about seeing
your friends. You almost run
to class.
You find the perfect seat and wait
for class to begin. People start to
enter the class. You do not know
any of these people. Finally, the
teacher enters and begins to take
roll.
When she finishes, you realize
she did not call your name. You
look arouind to notice the class is
filled with SENIORS.
You jump up, make excuses to
the teacher and flee from the
room. What a great way to start
you sophomore year!
This is just one of the many em-
barrassing moments that could
happen at school
“People are always doing
something crazy and making fools
of themselves,” Boone Spencer
said.
Some embarrassing moments
that have happened stand out in
student's minds.
Sophomores are always getting
accused of doing embarrassing
things, but it is not always just
sophomores.
Surprising enough, juniors and
even seniors embarrass
themselves.
“I was running from the school
sophomores and I went to lean
back against the wall and hit it in-
stead,” Knam said. “I tried to play
it off, but the seniors were already
laughing.”
For Joe O’Rear, his unforget-
table moment was during band
when he lived in Texas
“After we did out marching drill
at our last home game in Texas,
the drummers threw their sticks
into the crowd,” O’Rear said.
“The crowd threw them back and
hit me in the head.”
At Dinner Theater last year,
Susan Faske tried to add another
dance step to the choreography
and “We were singing
‘PowerHouse' . We did
choreography on bleachers and I
fell in front of all those people. It
was even vidoetaped!"
Jill Bills had her moment come
during track season.
"When I was practicing throw-
ing the discus, I threw it and then
went to go get it. While I was going
to get it, Randy Storey threw it and
it was coming straight at me.”
But embarrassing moments can
come anytime, anywhere, and
especially during school activities.
Embarrassing moments in ac-
tivities can be a number of things.
For Paul Reed, his embarrassing
moment came last year during
basketball.
“I got clotheslined in basketball
in front of the whole school.” Paul
Reed said. "My mom came runn-
ing out of the stands and griped the
guy out.”
Kevin Porter’s embarrassing
moments are during the football
games.
It’s embarrassing when I go in
with a few minutes left in the
game,” Porter said, "and we’re up
by 59 thousand points. Oh well, at
least I get to play!”
Jan Chastain’s most embarrass-
ing moments came last year dur-
ing a basketball game against
Duncan.
rtwork by Kim Watson "We were playing Duncan and
my bra strap broke,” Chastain
said. “At first I didn’t want to go
out of the game, but when I had to.
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