Bishop Amat High School - Tusitala Yearbook (La Puente, CA)

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Anthony Chairez Jennifer Ciridon Kathleen Coleman Rosa Contreras Tim Courternarche Kimberly Couzens Genevieve David Procrastination Leads To Deterioration Many freshmen received their first long term high school assignment very early in the year in the form of their first quarter project. When it came to the question of whether or not to start working on it, the most popular reach tion was Why should I work on it now? I got lots of tirneln Little did they know that the time would sneak up on them just as it has for most every student before them. The result was an intense effort to finish several hours of work the night before, or in many cases, the morning of the due date. The typical I'll do it later student finished at about four in the morning. Others worked on it frantically during other class periods. Of course, there were those who simply gave up. For those who actually, completed the project, however, their effort definitely de- served applause. After all, the student did complete the work even if he or she was under tremendous pressure. Yet, this cramrning defied common sense since it put unnecessary strain on the mind as well as the nervous stystern. The effects of the marathon effort of night before oramming upon the stu- dent were evident. Movement was often slow and sluggish, they often suffered from a loss of coordination and balance, ugly black rings formed around the eyes, and an appearance in yesterdays clothes with hair resembling a mop. In other words, they were DEAD. It was a mystery why so many fresh- men continued to go through this obvis ous physical torture. There was a gener- al attitude that it was a necessary part of high school life, To an extent, it was true. Just like all the other classes, the freshmen had many of the characteris- tics of full time procrastinators: Waiting 5 minutes before a test to study, writing a full length essay on the history of mankind during lunch, and pulling out the old Cliff Notes when asked to read and interpret Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. a When asked why they procrastinat- ed, the answer was simple, Why not'??, Kari Gordon replied I don't wantto do my work right then and there, I have better things to do, That may aloe, but when the deadline came along the peof ple who didrit look like daytime zom4 isles were the ones who didn't wait till the last minute. L The Cliffs Notes was a very vafoalole tool for the freshman class when it came to studying for the test on the novel you never read. Not keeping up with a novel meant resorting to the use oft ready summaries. Gina Chavez Janell Chavez Lisa Chavez Miles Chen Mary Chua Micheal Collins Ranee Cristofol Brandi Crum Leticia Cuellar Lugdy Cueva Jasiri Daire 116 Students