{"id":7781,"date":"2018-01-17T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2018-01-24T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T18:15:09","slug":"going-out-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=7781","title":{"rendered":"Going Out with a Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-opinionstage-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.opinionstage.com\/api\/v1\/polls\/2473340\/code.json?width=\" style=\"display: none; visibility: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7781-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TieBurningPodcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TieBurningPodcast.mp3\">https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TieBurningPodcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>How do you measure a year? How does a class stack up against the past and prepare for the future? Students put in hours of work, physical strain, and mental anguish. But perhaps the biggest measure of success for a senior class here comes not from what they do, but from what they can get out of\u2014and that happens based on the opinion of Fr. Lawrence Frederick on tie burning day.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"7845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?attachment_id=7845\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tieburning.jpg?fit=133%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"133,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tieburning\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tieburning.jpg?fit=133%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tieburning.jpg?fit=133%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tieburning.jpg?resize=133%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Duncan Diaz (class of 2017) took the weight of the decision and the class on his presidential shoulders. \u201cWell, obviously, every year the seniors try to get out early. [The Class of 2016\u2019s skit] kind of set the bar really high because they did something different with the Bible verse being read.\u201d Not facing the daunting task alone, seniors often turn to an unlikely source for figuring out ways to get out of school\u2014teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all start going, \u2018Do you think we\u2019re going to get out early? What should we do?\u2019 Every teacher tells them the same stuff. I always tell them chanting and things like that never work. Coming up with something clever and original is really the way to go,\u201d said Mr. Steve Aday. Instead of studying calculus and physics, the seniors of 2017 decided to study the Bible. To get out of school, these seniors followed the same path the Israelites took to get out of Egypt thousands of years ago, by parting a sea of red.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had seen a bunch of basketball student sections do that [the skit]. They have everybody dress in red, and a guy dressed up like Moses parts the red sea before the game to get the crowd pumped,\u201d said Diaz. \u201cWe just decided to get everybody to wear a red shirt, take it off, and have Aaron [Moore] come down with a Bible. That\u2019s just kind of how it came about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The planning went well, then it all came down to execution. \u201cWe were kind of struggling because we didn\u2019t know if it was going to work, and we were trying to make sure everybody was on the same page with it. [The skit] had a lot of moving parts, but it came together great, and it really worked well,\u201d said Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Even current seniors, like Michael Miller, had to admire the effort. \u201cI think it was the best skit they\u2019ve done by far. It was actually pretty creative,\u201d said Miller. It\u2019s Fr. Fred who makes the final decision about the outcome of the tie-burning. Luckily for last year\u2019s seniors, he liked their skit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The skit was] very good; it was better than most years,\u201d said Fr. Fred. At the end of the day, the seniors headed home, successful in their quest and proud of a stellar ending to a really great year. \u201cI thought it was really good. I was excited about it,\u201d said former senior Chase Condren. \u201cA lot the teachers were saying it was the best one they had seen, so I felt really good about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-opinionstage-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.opinionstage.com\/api\/v1\/placements\/3498975\/code.json\" style=\"display: none; visibility: hidden;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you measure a year? How does a class stack up against the past and prepare for the future? Students put in hours of work, physical strain, and mental anguish. 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