This was the part of the assembly that should have been taken the most seriously, Mrs Curtis would explain each one of the requirements in order to graduate our senior year. Most of the requirements seemed very simple and straightforward. Such as each class a student takes, they earn a certain amount of credits and a mandatory 25 credits minimum to graduate. Three of those credits had to be 3 years of taking a language course, 1 of the credits has to be a art credit 8 have to be english so on and so forth. One requirement stuck out most difficult to me and was most the most important, it was an essay, called your information literature essay, or just a typical research paper, without writing one you were not allowed to graduate. It was encouraged to write in your freshman year where it would be easier and to get out of the way you literally had four years to write it, which is great unless you procrastinate and It could be written in any class as long as a teacher has approved your topic and had agreed to it, and would only count as long as you got a B or better. She closed up her speech with going over the dress code, the same dress code we've had since fourth grade and passed the microphone to the next suited gentleman. The athletic director, Mr. Lipinski, he just talked about how to get involved and was nothing of too much importance. .
At the beginning of my second marking period, freshman year, my Social Studies class would be my first attempt at the requirement. My teacher, Ms. Stewart assigned a research paper about Western Civilization in the 16 hundreds, it was a chance for the whole class to get their Information Literature paper out of the way. It was not only the requirement but in assignment in class, with motivation to get the requirement out of the way as early as possible. A paper with this much importance should not be left until two nights before it was due, something I learned the hardway.