Who ever thought that it would be a good idea to write in the pages of a shiny book that costs like $60? I mean, I think it's a great idea and all my friends signed my yearbook, but really? People normally don't write in books much less big fancy ones like lots of schools have. What did people do to stay in touch before? There is always a nice hand written letter, or you can assume that the people you want to stay in touch with you will but yearbook signing? It just seems peculiar. It's often turned into such a weirdly competitive social thing. I mean, why are you special if someone writes HAGS on your year book, just like they did on everyone elses? Overall I think signing is a great way to remember the good times but why sign the book as opposed to like something else?
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I have all my friends sign my yearbook....but we all write long heartfelt notes, mostly sharing favorite memories from the year. I think it's a great way to remember what happened.
Yeah, it's kind of weird, but I like to capture something from the person, even if it isn't a heartfelt note. You're lucky, Serafina, that people in your school do those.
Plus some people bring in T-shirts to sign.
What's HAGS?
And it really depends on how you go about it, in my opinion. If you have everyone you exchanged "hellos" with all year sign your yearbook, you're not going to get much more than "this year was fun, stay cool, see you next year" from some of them, but hopefully you'll get some more thoughtful signatures from closer friends, which will help you remember the year if you go back to look through the yearbook.
Personally, I don't buy my high school's yearbook...it costs a lot and in a school as big as mine, is full of people I don't know. I buy a band yearbook instead, which people in band put together -- smaller and paperback, but full color and full of friends, plus it costs less than a quarter of the amount. When I'm a senior I'll probably get an actual yearbook, but till then I'm perfectly content without one.
Also I only got about five people to sign it this year because I was lazy and most of the people were like "yeah I guess but I hate signing yearbooks." But I just really love reading what people write.
HAGS stands for "Have a Great Summer". I say HATS instead- Have a Terrific Summer.
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