Mialyza was a student at AJMS and culminated in 2016.
She talks about her experience at AJMS like uniforms, rules, after school, and a little bit about her classes. From the interview there are many different things about the school that has changed from how it was then to now. She also gives advice about eighth grade, she mostly says to have fun and don’t get too paranoid about getting demerits.
Transcript:
Abigail Hernandez: What’s your name and what year did you culminate from AJMS?
Mialyza Nuño: My name is Mialyza and I culminated 2016.
AH: What are some changes you noticed about the school that has happened from now- from then to now.
MN: The uniform for sure. We had to wear a lanyard.
AH: A lanyard?
MN: Yea and it had like the demerit card, the merit card, and it had our school ID in it. We could only carry those. Umm we also had free dress Fridays and if we had like a demerit then we couldn’t participate. The khaki pants we could only wear khaki and navy blue, no grey, no fricken, no uhm black pants. Also your after school clubs. All we had was Arc.
AH: What’s Arc?
MN: Arc, the after school program.
AH: Oh.
MN: We didn’t have like clubs. [inaudible] Like there wasn’t Arc, people doing the acting you know? It was literally just after school like activities, but it was just like [expletive] frickin- sorry.
AH: [laughs] It’s okay.
MN: It was like Uno and you know.
AH: Yea. What were- wait what were the merits and demerit cards? Cause you said you had to like, they had to carry and lanyard and ID.
MN: You don’t know how to get a demerit?
AH: Yea.
MN: How do you get a demerit?
AH: Like its just they put it on Liveschool.
MN: What the-
AH: [Laughs]
MN: [Laughs] We didn’t have a Liveschool so it was like we had these necklaces and we had a clear pouch and it was a demerit card, merit card, and your ID and then whenever you would get a demerit the teacher would ask for you card and then they would hole punch it and write down why you got the demerit. So you would walk around and you would have to put it back in your pouch and everyone could see you had a demerit cause- you know?
AH: Yea.
MN: And then if they saw your demerit card had a hole punch you couldn’t get free dress so they had to see the date. To make sure it wasn’t from that week.
AH: Did they have- Was there like a specific amount of demerits you-
MN: Yea you had like six on each side.
AH: Oh but like no-
MN: Because there were six days in a week. Or because…
AH: Five?
MN: Yea.
AH: No I meant like were there like a specific amount of demerits you had to have where you couldn’t have free dress or like-
MN: No once- once you had the one demerit it was done there was no second chances, it was like yea.
AH: Oh, um what were some of your favorite memories from AJMS.
MN: Um okay so there was this teacher his name was Mr. Broguire.
AH: Mhm.
MN: And he would do music videos.
AH: Do music videos?
MN: Okay so every time- like when- not every time but SBAC- not SBAC whatever state testing right.
AH: Yea.
MN: He did one a year- not my grade, he did the year above me this time, and I don’t know what song he did it too. Oh, Thrift Shop, remember that song, Thrift Shop from Macklemore?
AH: No.
MN: You’ll know, he basically made a like a [inaudible] but like a different version of it with just AJMS kids.
AH: Uh huh.
MN: And like… but it was fun. I wasn’t in it pero, like I helped because I was in, like student council but, I was… I was after school- I don’t know but I was in it kind of. [Laughs]
AH: [Laughs]
MN: It was fun. Uhm well, he was a cool teacher so he had a bunch of cool, like stuff. Oh uhm the haunted hallway.
AH: Ooh I-
MN: I don’t know why I have a memory of the haunted hallway. One time we got- oh the carnival like you know how there is usually a carnival at the end of the year?
AH: Yea.
MN: Yea that was fun.
AH: Oh. Wait, what’s the teacher’s name again?
MN: Mr. Broguire.
AH: What subject did he teach?
MN: He taught English.
AH: Oh okay.
MN: He was next to Ms. Argueta her name [inaudible] was Ms.Vargas…Vargas.
AH: Vargas?
MN: Cause she got married while I was going to school.
AH: Okay uhm what were some of the things you regret, like things you did do or didn’t do?
MN: Mmm… Honestly I don’t know I don’t regret much I think maybe spor- nah.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Mmmm… Uhm I guess I regret…I don’t know I think I was just chillin. To be honest I don’t regret anything.
AH: Wait what sports did you have at the- like when you were there what sports were there?
MN: Just soccer.
AH: Soccer?
MH: I only remember soccer, honestly I don’t think they had volleyball until I went to high school.
AH: Oh there was actually a soccer team there like at AJMS-
MN: AJMS yea.
AH: I didn’t know that, we don’t have that.
MN: You don’t have that? There was a whole-
AH: There’s not a soccer team. Was there an SRLA?
MN: SRLA yea I remember SRLA.
AN: Oh okay.
MN: There was a soccer team.
AH: Oh. We don’t- we have flag football and volleyball and SRLA but that’s it.
MN: What the hell.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Yea there was a soccer team like the full on-like the teachers- the [expletive] the coach was miss… it was with a B.
AH: Oh wait I think there actually was a soccer team, but it was like last year because it was like those… umm what was it called, like I don’t know how to explain it, was like they would introduce it kinda in the middle of the year and then it just stopped at like a certain point.
MN: Oh.
AH: Yea. Umm wait so did you join any of the sports or-
MN: No.
AH: Only- only when you were upstairs.
MN: Yea.
AH: Oh. Um what is some advice that you have for me that- since I’m at the school now.
MN: Um I think enjoy your time because that’s the easiest it gets let me tell you that-
[Phone rings]
AH: Oh.
MN: Phone call.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Um yea enjoy your time, honestly have fun, like anything even if it’s like, “oh I might get in trouble.” Just have fun. Like, I don’t know, I think you should have fun because you’re still a kid and you can still get away-not get away with things-
AH: Yea.
MN: Nothing too serious yet, so like even if it’s like “Omg I might get in trouble, I’m being too loud,” like I don’t know. I think it’s good to have fun in those moments, especially if you can have fun, like if your laughing in the classroom and your teachers like be quiet but you just can’t stop laughing.
AH: Yea.
MN: Like literally enjoy those moments cause they’re so fun.
AH: Did you ever get in trouble? Or were you like a good kid.
MN: Yes of course I got in trouble.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Well I didn’t even get in trouble like bad. It was just more like I would get a demerit cause I was talking, if I was chewing gum.
AH: Chewing gum?
MN: Yea you would get a demerit for chewing gum.
AH: That’s insane.
MN: Yea they would have us like dogs.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Especially with the fricken lanyard making it look like we had collars on.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Yea they had us by a leash.
AH: Um.
MN: Cause when we were at AJMS it honestly felt more stricter than when we went to ARB because we didn’t have a lanyard, we didn’t have to tuck in our shirts, we didn’t have to- you know so many things.
AH: Oh yea they removed the- like now we can have our shirts untucked now.
MN: Oh glad you can.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: I was over here getting a fricken wedgie from all my tucked in shirts.
AH: [Laughs] Um okay, wait there was one more question I had it was- oh what was like the biggest thing you got in trouble for besides, like that did you ever get in any fights or stuff?
MN: No the worst thing I got in trouble for was getting my phone taken away and I thought it was the end of the world-
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Because they would give it back to me without my mom being there because it was like my fifth time getting it taken away, it was a lot, and I was like “Oh I’m here to get my phone back” and they were like señorita you got your phone taken away so many times, like we are going to need to get your mom to come here and I remember crying. I got so scared I was like “[Expletive] mom’s gonna get mad but then I literally started crying in front of her I was like [inaudible].”
AH: [Laughs]
MN: And she was like “okay okay sorry [inaudible]” uh but I thought that was the end of the world.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: And then I was like- what else did I get in trouble, for oh I showed up like an hour late because me and my friends we went to the park.
AH: Did mom find out?
MN: No.
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Cause by um- for some reason I think- they did call mom.
AH: Mhm.
MN: But I told her there was a sub for first period and he didn’t put me in.
AH: Oh [Laughs].
Mn: I was like, “Oh there was a sub and he couldn’t [inaudible]” and she was like, “Ahh.”
AH: [Laughs}
MN: Like didn’t even ask.
AH: Did she get mad when you got your phone taken away or-
MN: No she didn’t even know [Laughs]
AH: [Laughs]
MN: Because I stayed in after school either way so by the time I would spend after school trying to get my phone back she was [inaudible].
AH: Oh okay.
MN: Yea.
AH: Okay, well thank you.
MN: Mhm.
