This week the long awaited yearbooks have came in. After a whole school year taking pictures, interviewing students, and staying up all night to finish a page. The reward is finally here.
With the new books coming in, this sparks a lot of discussion about the topics mentioned in the book. The book has fun, lighthearted pages as well as political in depth topics. While everyone has a different opinion, it’s no question that some people may be offended on certain pages.
In the book, topics like the “Don’t say gay” rally and presidential elections are mentioned.
“I think they should keep political topics out of the yearbook, I think yearbooks are meant to remember the fun times in high school. And the government, president, whatever doesn’t fit in that category,” Abby Araniego (10) said.
One sophomore has a differing opinion.
“I don’t mind the pages about political topics I think they are topics that are current in our lives and they reflect what is going on in the world as well as in our schools,” Cj Moyer (10) said.
The yearbook staff has reasoning for including controversial topics that can cause issues.
“We include it because it’s real. It’s really what’s going on. And yearbooks are meant to capture what’s going on in our lives. Pretending like political things don’t affect us wouldn’t be real,” Addie Barno (10) said.
In the past students have gotten mad over topics discussed and have even confronted the yearbook staff for publishing these ideas.
“I’ve heard of yearbook editors getting yelled at by other students for mentioning things they don’t like, I don’t really care and I’m not too worried about it because it’s just a yearbook and not everyone is going to agree. All I care about is publishing a good book,” Angela Montana (10), said.