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Interview with Yoda

December 1, 1999 by Mini Archives

By Sam Maeder

Joshua “Yoda” Shoberg, ex-Mini student, back from the dead, is Com-Mini’s featured student. Josh was in Mini for about a year and a half before leaving to pursue other opportunities in his life. Well, now he’s back and I have been given this chance to get to know him better; as well as letting you get to know him too.

Interview

SM: What made you leave Mini-School?

JS: I was already a super senior and I got a job offer. I thought that job was going to take me somewhere, but it didn’t.

SM: What made you come back?

JS: I just wanted my diploma.

SM: What do you feel is different between now and when you left?

JS: Lots of things, teachers, schedule, and the area is even different.

SM: What do you like/dislike about the new area?

JS: I like that there is a lot more room, but I don’t like the traffic.

SM: What do you like/dislike about the new teachers?

JS: They’re alright, Merlin is cool, but Paul needs to lighten up a bit. He expects too much from the students.

SM: What do you want back the most from when you were first in Mini?

JS: Doug and Randy.

SM: What about the fact that there are no windows?

JS: 90% of the school year is winter.

SM: When do you plan on actually graduating?

JS: Hopefully by March.

SM: Are you gonna be sad when you leave Mini-School?

JS: Well it’s not gonna keep me up at night, but yes, I will miss it.

It was really fun talking to Josh. He had many witty answers that were probably too vulgar to enter in this interview, but I’m sure you would have gotten a kick out of them. Josh is a very interesting fellow, and this just gave me a reason to see what he would say. Well I hope you enjoyed getting to know a little bit more about “Yoda” as much as I have.

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