Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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r Gear (ger) equipment needed for a particular job or assign- ment to be done well, ie: For school, students need these very essential items: white-out, any- thing acid washed, backpack, sunglasses, 50 pictures, 5 no- tcs(to be finished in class) and optional- a book. Make up tests are harder because you miss the review and the extra 'hints' teachers always give. -Laura Rugh, Junior. PERIODS 9 Hope (hop) A feeling that what is wanted will occur, desire ac- companied by anticipation or expectation, ie: Your 88.7% grade might be an A on your report card. It’s hopeless to think Mr. Crabtree, Mrs. Gcr- lach. Mrs. Godfrey, or Mr. Stansbary will change that grade. Tostos greot. less filling Getting right to the (pen) point, ju- nior Tony Arellano checks his neigh- bor's homework. Maybe there's time to change that answer- Don't do it. Tony Just say no. Don’t look at me like thatl Mr. Tanner starts off yet another school year enforcing the school rule of no food in class. But fer the low. low price of his favorite candy bar- he wouldn't $nick(ers.) 166 Ac ademics

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SPRINGIN' THROUGH A PHYSICS LAB. Physics student Lara Elliott has to swing a streched spring from side, to side in order to determine the var- ious dimensions and velocities of the different kinds of waves produced by the spring. MORE THAN JUST PAPERWORK. Student aid Jennifer Cooley not only is responsible for maintenance, such os setting up and cleaning the lob apparatus, but afso helps out the students who are stuck on an assignment. NOT JUST CHILD'S PLAY ANYMORE. The physics program takes a simple object, even a chiefs top. and turns it into logical concepts. Keith Hol- guin uses a Slinky to measure the velocity of the waves on a spring. UP FRONT SENIOR AIDE Curtis Trcnck helps out the science department by watching the snakes in the display room during his spare time, before school starts and the lunch hour. By observing the snakes, can learn how they live in various desert environments. The worst thing a teacher ever made me do was to eat the test paper I was cheating on ... ALL AT ONCE!!! -Matt Corless, Junior EGREGIOUS-(Uh GREG EO’s) adj.origin: Latin- “egg” From a farmer, or agricultural engineer, who made big bucks with chickens, probably some guy called McDonald, Ronald McDonald Of, relating to, or involv- ing flagrancy. SEE FLA- GRANCY. 4 FLAGRANCY-(Filet, GrayNC) n. origin: Latin- filet From that same farmer who used soybeans to make bigger bucks and sold his chickens to some big time colonel The state of being egre- gious. SEE EGREGIOUS OR BUY YOUR OWN DICTIONARY! cience

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You'll thank me later Sophomores Brandon Jofford. Ray- mond Lewis, and Robbie Plunketl ore horror struck over teacher Ms. Thacker’s enthusiasm for weekend homework assignments. Poos neatness count? Unfortunately, the answers have to be right to get credit. Bill Cline, ju- nior. makes a few 'quck' adjust- ments to last nights assignment be- fore he turns it in. Senior Christy Clough takes her Al- gebra I doss 'just for grins.' Social hour it isn't, but it is bearable and looks great on those colege appli- cations. UP FRONT I don't plan to factor polynomials for a liv- They crash towards you multiplying and d iding, exponenticrfy increasing unti... Not a war movie it's the real life problem of Al- gebra. It was difficult to un- derstand how knowing trian- gle B's angle could help in life. After all. students had the basics mastered, they could cashier anywhere. But few teens aspired to cash- iering forever. Teens wanted more, and silently they won- dered if there wasn't an easier way to learn. The math teachers, though, counted on atten- dance. They taught analy- zation and logic through tricky proofs and word prob- lems-well. word problems were good for a laugh. Pa- tience came when six prob- lems filled up four pages and two hours of valuable time. When asked the dreaded question How does this help us in the future? Ms. Thacker confidently replied. “The point is, this is real life. Design by Renee Ellis. Photos by Jeff Dorbut. Math 167 Ulko p