Valentine’s Day is almost here, and it’s time to reminisce the past. Not only do students now have those certain “high school crushes” they’d do anything for, but some of the Har-Ber faculty did as well when they were in high school.
“I use to draw pictures for this girl all the time! I’d go buy her CD’s of all kinds, and buy her some weird things.” said history teacher Michael Scott. “I was 16 or 17, and we had this thing in high school called Bear Pride, and it was on Saturdays for four hours, well I went there just so I could see her.”
All teachers had different tactics to get there crush, or girlfriend to notice them more. Some joined choir, or drove miles and miles to see them or maybe they just did what Mr. Scott did and went out of their way to shower the girl with gifts and go to extra things for her.
“I drove 13 miles to a different town just to see her every night, this routine lasted for four years. I use to go down to Main Street and look for her every night for a month until she finally noticed me.” said Coach Horn. “We have now been happily married for 35 years.”
Before social media, high school crushes had to be pursued the old fashion way.
“I knew what classes he had, where he lived, and who his friends were,” said journalism teacher Karla Sprague.
“I used to write his name on my papers and on the condensation on the windows of the bus.”
But nothing compares to having something that belonged to him.
“So during passing period one day, I saw him drop a candy bar wrapper in the trash so I picked it out!” said Sprague. “20 years later I still have the wrapper in my memory book.”
These teachers will always remember the good times they experienced trying to make their high school crushes fall for them. No matter if the crushes fell in love or not, their memories wll stand the tests of time.