Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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■4 PROJECT IN MOTION — Seniors Sean Gallagher and Chrissy Richards work on a projectile motion lab in physics. ▼ THE ANATOMY OF A FAUCET — Sophomore Kevin Mackie spaces out in Mr. Babbs class, waiting for the bell to ring. ▲ IT LOOKS TOO SMALL TO BE MINE — lunior Jenny Palmer looks apprehensively at the sheep brain she ' s supposed to be learning about. Dissections were often the highlight of science classes. Science 99

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9 2 appdtuilioiii Science is nothing but trained and organized com- mon sense y — T.H. Huxley The scientific world ac- cording to Einstein, Newton, and Galileo may baffle some of us, but to others it ' s as natural as tying their shoes. But whether we hate it or love it, it ' s in our science classes that we learn the weird facts and do the neat experiments. In anatomy we dissected a cow ' s eye, a goat ' s brain, and a whole cat. It smelled really bad, and some people wouldn ' t touch it, but it was really interesting. said ju- nior Nicole Garfield. Courses such as anatomy and biology dealt with peo- ple, animals, and plants — concepts we can easily iden- tify with. But step into a chemistry, physics, or ad- vanced placement class, and you ' ll find yourself swim- ming in abstract concepts. We learned the truth about black holes in phys- A WIERD SCIENCE — Sophomores Cindy Cha and )osh Utter are all packed up to leave after a rough day of learning about bits and pieces of flesh and blood. ► YOU ' RE EVEN SLIMIER THAN MY LAST BOYFRIEND - lunior Anjanette Molina pets Wally the Burmese python, who has found a new friend. ics, said junior Jim Engel- hardt. You don ' t just get sucked in, because n othing sucks in physics, but you get ripped apart by gravity. That ' s so cool! whether you go on to become a nuclear physicist or never take another sci- ence class again, at least you now know how many valves the human heart has and the bonding behavior of alkaline metals!

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► LEARNING THE FUN WAY - Darius Mo- hit ' s sixth period class enjoy learning about geometry from him. ▼ ENGROSSED IN PROBLEM SOLVING - When given free time senior Shelley Zierhut attempts to do her calculus homework r owetiMU tttey but get off m a loiyMt Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. - Bertrand Russell »apo students endure math classes while trying to pass a re- quirement of twenty units of mathematics. During this they may feel like they are entering a survival contest. These classes include Math I and Algebra II, a college prep class and even a class that teaches a col- lection of useful statements - geom- etry. And for the extremely masoch- istic, there ' s calculus. Even some of the teachers think the classes are a test of the students endurance. Mr. Paul Dye said, In math analysis, you Wilt. In calculus, you Dye. After listening to Mr. Dye, a stu- dent would think that the math de- partment has struck a deal with local mortuaries. It is not the difficulty of learning the material, it is is the ma- terial. Gosh, those derivatives are the noK ' thing that kept me awake in class. Otherwise all the other times my head would just drop down into my book where I slept until class was over, said senior Julie Millett. While Julie was sleeping, teachers like Pete Wilt were trying to endure the new change in textbooks and a new class. Math A. Through all of that he remarked, I hope the stu- dents will improve their mathemat- ical skills. Trying to improve his skills, senior Dustin Frieder said, My math classes have helped me learn how to add up the size of my extremities. To continue through a math class a student could become encouraged from the positive thoughts of Dariijs Mohit, The math department is the strength of CVHS and the most dedi- cated, I challenge anyone who doesn ' t think that.