As their days of High school come to a close, Seniors of the class of 2017 were asked to recall their favorite classes and novels over the past four years.
The Seniors picked their favorite classes primarily on the likeness of the teacher and the content of the class. For Senior Luke Pfister he chose his favorite class on the likeness of history teacher, Mr. Hendricks as he said, “My favorite class was easily AP Euro because Hendricks is a history God and his light hearted attitude and cheeky smile make my day.”
Other Seniors based their favorite class on the content of the class as several Seniors such as, Tom Kelly, Chinwe Ezeonu, and Branden Johnson all expressed how any art class was easily their favorite class for the freedom and the lack of boundaries.
We then asked Seniors what was the best novel they read over their years at Prep, whether that be in Collegio, Summer reading, or contempt lit. The choice of their favorite book was based of off five main points consisting of, the author, the writing style, the genre, the overall message, or the characters within the novel. For Senior Ben Capeleto, he expressed that Summer Reading book, Into the Wild, was his favorite novel because he felt he could relate to Chris McCandless and though he may have died in his journey he did the right thing by chasing his dreams.
Gabe Berger expressed how the Scarlet Letter was his favorite novel because of the character Hester Prynne, as whenever he though he would have her figured out she would do something that just wouldn’t fit her character.
Seniors Asta Wylie and Michael Murphy both described how the Great Gatsby was their favorite novel for the concepts and the characters. Asta Wylie stated, “I’ve read the Great Gatsby nine times and now whenever I see a green light I think Gatsby not go.” Lastly, Senior Mars Conn described how she loved all of the book but “beloved spark notes were easily the best.”
In conclusion it’s evident that Seniors picked their favorite classes and novels based on several factors that they believed were most intriguing and meaningful.