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

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Darek Jaronczyk iohnsonbaugh James Johnston Amy Jones Jeffrey Jones Sher Jones Keri Joseph Craig Kampmeier Mark Kawasaki Michael Kim lennifer King. Nick Kittredge • ' ' fcv Lance Kotsubo Jennifer Kurrle Tasha Kyzer Kenneth Laderr Rebecca Lake Chanlai Lamour Carrie Landers ' rpsis ' ► NOT ANOTHER MOVIE- Mr. Peloza ' s biol- ogy class watches videos on the antics of pre- vious classes. Mr. PeJoza video taped his stu- dents portraying the roles of nucleotides and amino acids. 298 Sophomores

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■ TAKING A BRAKE FROM FOOTSIE- Vince and Candy Paquin relax their feet after dancing up a storm. Sophomores 297

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Stephen Ledergerber Christen Lee Donald Lee Eric Legrand Summer Lehman Karen Lobosco David Lockard Stacie Lockwood Emily Long Imelda Loya opk iumt o m iljupul wonk Sophomores are at an awkward stage — gone are the days of little or no homework, and yet to come are the days of A. P. classes and two hours plus per night. The compromise — at least if you ask them — is busy work ancf stupid assignments. Sophomores define busy work as a tool used by teach- ers to control them. On the other hand, sophomores call a stupid as- signment anything they don ' t want to do or see no value in — but it ' s half their grade and they have no choice. Don Lee believes that busy work is much more than a control device. He describes it as an as- signment they give us so they can drink their coffee . Actually, teachers usually give busy work as a repetitious exercise, aimed at drilling the students until perfec- tion is achieved. (Yeah right!) On the far end of the spectrum is Eric Scott ' s opinion. Eric claimed that he dislikes what is generally classified as busy work, and prefer classwork that enriches my cultural and intellectual be- ing. Now, if you ' re done gagging, think about it. That ' s something we don ' t hear much of anymore; a sophomore, or for that matter, a teen ager, that actually cares about his ecTucation! In short, busy work and stupid assignments will always be here as long as we look at them that way. The key is to look for something positive in every assignment, some way they can enrich us cul- turally and intellectually . And if there is no such aspect to the as- signment, then HEY ... it is stu- pid! ▲ DETENTION AGAIN- Sophoi Crawford does busy work dur tion. Students were allowed to c homework if they were quiet. note Brett ng de;ien- atch up on