Verbatim: New Year Resolutions
January 11, 2018
As Palo Alto High school students ring in the new year and prepare for second semester, students set goals, or resolutions, that they hope to accomplish over the coming year. The Paly Voice asked students what their resolutions were, academically, socially or traditionally.
![Economics teacher Eric Bloom encourages students to return their textbooks for the end of the year. According to Bloom, students might have recognized his unique fashion choices including vibrant shoes and belt buckles. Bloom said his attire choices actually linked to his lessons. "I have a lot of shoes, I have a lot of belt buckles and wear them purpose because of its educational value," Bloom said. "Especially in the earlier part of my career when we would talk about product differentiation, I had an assignment where students go home and count how many different kinds of shoes [they have]."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-6-1-300x214.jpg)