Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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 Alone, by the light, and quiet; the old fa- shioned way to study is still be best. -Tresa Adair . 9 What is your study method? Dif- ferent methods are selected by stu- dents and parents. Some parents demand the student study in a qui- et atmosphere, and others leave the decision up to the student — some are happy if the student studies at all. Usually, I prefer studying by myself, although I do have the qui- et company of my stereo, said Caryn Adair. However, some parents won't al- low even the stereo. Alone, by the light, and quiet; the old fashioned way to study is still the best, ad- ded Tresa Adair. But this method doesn't suit ev- eryone. For example, people like Rob George and his friends have a method they call party studying. I've got the answers to the se- mester test, boys. I know it all, man. I've been studying at smart people's houses, and off of smart people's notes that I ran off on a copier, bragged Rob George as he barged into Stanley Sharp's smo- key living room, the sound of loud music nearly knocking him down and a bunch of senior boys giving him hard looks for interrupting their cramming session. What on earth hit this place? he asked as he viewed the paper that covered the floor between the spit cans. You jerks look so burnt out. What's this one? Rob asked. You ignorant Pollock! The an- swer to that one is this, Rick Spears snapped back, starting the verbal battles by asking another question. The five boys went at each oth- er's throats for hours. Ernie Thor- nell said this was good because, we pushed each other; someone al- ways had a question, and it was fun. This method had other good points. DeWayne Whitehead and Rob agreed that it helped everyone unwind between studying spurts. We really started going bananas about 1:30. Ol' Ernie was blowing Stanley's nephew's soap bubbles, we had played every tape back as far as Elvis Presley, and we had tried on Stanley's whole hat collec- tion; all just to get out of studying, laughed Rob. When comparing the quiet study method and the party study meth- od, James Mashburn stated, There are arguments for both sides, but ours is more fun and we show more interest; therefore, we learn more by party studying together, and it must be effective, because we're seniors. I just hope it works in col- lege.

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Theo Capes tries to study for a test using the very popular but highly unsuccessful osmosis method of studying. Photo by Trena Adair Sandy Dickens tries to study despite constant interruptions from Jacky Young. Photo by Trena Adair Andrea Wells uses her lunch hour to do her homework as Courtney Miller gives her a you've-got-to-be-nuts look. Photo by Trena Adair GOOD ENOUGH Ben Anderson makes his first point to Buckley Foster as they study for a speech test. Photo by Mike Robbins LAYOUT DESIGN BY MARC MCELVEEN

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 It was cheating, Michael insisted. We warned her if she did it again we would have to have a student-par- ent conference. i» ' Spanish II and football. Nothing in common, right? Not as far as Tony Travis, Todd Tucker, and Michael Wiggins are concerned. Michael explained, Miss Knight refused to attend our games pro- claiming to have a disinterest in the sport, which we diagnosed as a lack of understanding of the rules. Therefore, the three football play- ers took it upon themselves to see that she had some lessons in foot- ball. Every Friday after the pep rally, they went to their Spanish II class armed with their latest questions they had prepared for Miss Knight's weekly quiz. I was ecstatic about the oppor- tunity to broaden my field of knowledge, claimed Miss Knight. My three instructors were well- qualified people but they had little to work with ' she added with a laugh. We taught her about offensive and defensive formations, what each position's responsibilities were, and what the special teams were for ' explained Tony. When we gave her a test at the end of her lessons she made a 60 on the offen- sive part and a 65 on the defense; but she cheated on the last part, so it was counted a 0. I did NOT cheat, argued Miss Knight. I just asked Coach Scheel to help me. In fact, the test was so hard even he didn't know some of the answers to the questions! It was cheating, Michael in- sisted. We warned her if she did it again we would have to have a stu- dent-parent conference. Actually, Todd said, I think she was pretty excited about it. She wanted to prove she could learn it. Yeah, Tony agreed, She thought it was fun as long as it didn't interfere with Spanish! So you see, we've disproved teachers' favorite cliche: It's harder for me to make out tests than it is for you to take them. Michael, Tony, and Todd will all agree; after years of taking tests, it's nice to see a teacher struggle through one! Todd pointed out, She really didn't know one thing about foot- ball. We figured since she had three players in her class, she ought to learn about it. It also gave us a chance to show her what she put us through! By Shannon Dunn. GOOD ENOUGH