NOTE: Grade
School V.S.
High School
Our high school fair happened a few
days ago. Last Friday and Saturday was very enjoyable. Everybody in school was
excited for the fair for countless reasons. It could have been for the fun, the
chance to get away from the school, or for some, the chance to get to meet
people… of the opposite gender.
In my opinion, I very much enjoyed our
high school fair. The Ateneo did well in giving students a fun time, as well as
making sure that the high school fair was unique, and not exactly the same as
the grade school fair. I will be counting off where the HS fair succeeded in
being better than the GS fair, and also where it failed to do so.
The first thing I want to discuss
is the noticeable increase in stalls. Sure, the HS fair lacked a bazaar in a
cafeteria, but it definitely succeeded in making sure there was an increase in
the amount of stalls. Now, fairgoers were able to buy food, clothes, and other items
with more ease. For a “slightly” unfair price, of course! For “this is the
Ateneo way!” (quoted from our graduation song)
Now, parlor games. I noticed that
there were fewer parlor games this year, which indeed was a disappointment. And
no, the quality of the games did not make up for this decrease. Therefore, GS
Fair was better in this one.
And of course, what’s a fair
without rides and the like? In this part, I had a hard time deciding which fair
did better. They did us a favor by forbidding the caterpillar, because we aren’t
1st Graders anymore. However, I was quite sad when I knew that the
flying spinning chair swing whatever you call it ride wasn’t included in the
fair. They also included the people’s choice, the Octopus, so that truly satisfied
us. To be honest, the Ateneo HS fair didn’t really step up their game when it
came to the rides. It felt, especially to us, 7th Graders, a bit old
and dull, it just wasn’t unique. However, the one thing that really made me
decide to whom the title should belong to was the High School’s “Kubol ng
Katatakutan,” which was renamed into something a lot more creative, something
with a much deeper meaning, “Haunted House.” I braved its depths in order to
discover nothing but an extremely short and dull cliche’d horror house. Last
year’s kubol definitely was better. This year’s just didn’t nail it, it lacked
too many elements that made a horror house a horror house. Sorry, but I didn’t
exactly scream too much in this “Haunted House.”
Of course, control has to be
maintained for a nice fair. This was more visible in the GS fairs than in the
HS fair, in my opinion. I hate those people who were using spray cans. I’ll
need to confess that I also sprayed people once or twice, but I’m not like the
people who went crazy and literally covered people in strings and snow. I
wonder where the authority was when we needed them. Some catchers also did not
abide to the rules, and caught with no honor and righteousness. I hope this was
stopped by the authority.
This was a hard decision, but
overall, the win will go to the Grade School. In my opinion, they did better in
making us have a great time.
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