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The Future of Mini

March 1, 1999 by Mini Archives

By Leah Shoberg

After Doug retires to do all the cross-country skiing he wants, we have to ask
ourselves what the future might hold. What will become of Mini five, ten, or even
fifteen years from now? Will all things stay the same, or will all things change? Well, here’s a few things that we’ve come up with……. THE FUTURE…..

1.No more hearing Doug say, “Can I have it quiet please?.”

2.Ramona and Pauline will try to buckle down on the kids about bringing sodas in the room.

3.Joanne, following in the footsteps of Pauline and Ramona, will suddenly get pregnant and have a baby.

4.Lacey will break down and come back to Mini to get a job.

5.Pauline will designate a science room and put up many laminated health posters that will completely cover the walls.

6.Ramona will take it upon herself to rename the word ‘math’ so that it consists mostly of “Z’s.”

7.Randy, being the only man left on the Staff, will run a block about the history of the differences between men and women.

8.Cheryl Cermak will miraculously decide to stay in school, and enroll in mainstream classes in her spare time.

9.Mini will become full of computers and soon have the most technologically advanced education ever.

10.OR…..Everything will break out into total anarchy and chaos, and no one will do what they’re told……… so things might just stay the same…..

I hope that this has been enlightening, and made everyone think deeply about the future…..who knows? All things change.

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