Fox News Yearbook: Carley Shimkus grades her senior year photo, explains hilarious 'hippie phase'
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Carley Shimkus is a 24/7 Headlines reporter for Fox News and co-hosts Primetime Highlights with Robb Schmitt on Fox Nation. We asked her to scare up her high school yearbook photo, and take a short walk down memory lane.
When was this photo taken?
It's my senior year graduation picture.
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Where did you go to school and when did you graduate?
I went to West Morris Central High School in Chester, NJ and graduated in 2005.
Did you like this photo then, and do you like it now?
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I thought it was fine. If I had to grade it back then I would give it a "C"... and now, I just can't believe how young I looked.
What was your general style back then? (Preppie, punk - whatever.)
I went through a hippie phase in high school so I wore a lot of flowy skirts and headscarves and beads, and I am currently laughing thinking back to it.
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What memories does this photo bring up when you look at it?
High school football games were a big thing at my school. Every now and then I would moonlight as the mascot. We were the wolfpack so I'm talking full wolf costume and mascot wolf head.
Do you have any good/embarrassing yearbook quotes?
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We didn't do quotes which is good because aren't they all a little cringy when you look back at them?
What's your favorite high school memory?
Ohhhh "the bagel rebellion." My entire graduating class walked out of school during a free bagel breakfast. How ungrateful does that sound?! We were really a good group of kids, very out of character I swear. I can't even remember why we did it, but we all walked out of school and onto the football field in protest. Protest of what? I don't know! But the event went done is class history and it was called "the bagel rebellion."
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What was your favorite subject in school?
I've always really enjoyed history, English and political science, which probably isn't surprising.
What was your worst subject?
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Spanish and science, and that is ironic because my mom's first language is Spanish (from Puerto Rico) and my dad is a chemist!
Were you voted “most likely to” anything?
This is embarrassing - I was voted "most gullible."
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What was the best advice you got in school?
Mistakes are a key part of growth.
Any advice for students today?
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Be kind to each other.