Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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,im Quirk and Amy Wilcox doubr an answer ur forrh while discussing rheir homework os- gnmenr. 01 Insects! One of rhe mosr dreaded aspects of biology for srudenrs was rhe insecr collecrion. Srudenrs in Mr. Tom Fish- er ' s biology doss weren ' r required ro make on insecr collecrion as he rhinks rhey ' re useless, said Barbara Hargrove wirh a grin. However, rhe unforrunare sru- denrs in Mr. Ed Wynkoop ' s class hod ro moke one oround May None of rhe srudenrs were look- ing forward ro collecring ond mounr- ing rhe specinnens. Heather Horvat claimed she didn ' r undersrand why rhey had ro ' go our, corch rhe bugs, kill rhem, and pin rhem ro a board. Thor ' s being roo cruel ro rhe bugs. Debbie Hargrove picrured obove wirh an insecr collecrion com- menred rhar moking ir wouldn ' r be roo bod, bur collecring rhe insecrs would be rhe worsr parr, looking under rocks and srones and such. The idea of pinning rhe insecrs ro a board and spreoding rheir wings our and oil does nor appeal ro me, said Jennifer Stark. tj Science 49 .

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What Was That Explosion? Just An Experiment When mosr srudenrs rhink of lobs, whor immediorely comes ro mind ore explosions end smol ;e coming from rhe chemistry lob, or frogs be- ing dissected in biology, and srudenrs getting sick. In reoliry, this rarely happens. The labs done in rhe science classes re- quire lots of concentration and re- sponsibility Often, students also manage to have fun while learning the materials. Jeff Hoynes described his marine science lobs as fun until we started studying muscles for three days in a row Kris Choi, with o slightly more scientific view on things, said, The labs were tedious and hazardous to your health, but they gave you a Kim Quirk loolss up from lier nores during Q Shown Longer exomines inis specimen a science lecrure ro see rhere is srill fifreen leaf somple, under o Inigln-power micro- minures lefr ro go scope ro find rhe chloroplasrs. better understanding of why reoc- tions happen. About the sulphur experiment in chemistry, Irene Liu said, It was supposed to do rhor. Just because our reoction didn ' t smell good doesn ' t mean it didn ' t work. If you wont to pass physics, Jon Pici ett had the perfect answer. The only thing more important than physics labs is sleep. 48 Academics

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Buenos Dios! Guten Tog! Bonjour! Hello! How Do You Say, Hello? There ore o lor of reosor s for rak- ing o foreign language. For some srudenrs rhe only reoson wos be- couse ir was required. However, for most, foreign language was on en- joyable challenge - even rhough ir nnoy hove been difficuir, rhey en- joyed learning a new culrure end language, as Veronica Nordi ex plained Jenno Gormon rook Spanish in- sreod of Germon or French because I ' ll hove a use for ir in my life - Sponish IS becoming more prevolenr here. Afrer all, we live righr next ro Mexico, Ir isn ' r as if we were next door ro France or somerhing, A reocher of Germon, Gunillo Svendsen, said, Learning o foreign language and o new culrure will pro- more undersronding berween peo- ple of differenr backgrounds. I love foreign language, ex- claimed Jennifer Duffy. Ir mokes me feel near ro know another lan- guage, I go around saying ' Nolo! ' Glancing up fronn her German ossignmenr, Norito Jaeger pouses ro brush her hair bacl , from her face . ;.M L. 1 Lisrening ro rheir reocher explain rhe doss ossignmenr, Jenni Sheldon nods in under- sronding Lisa DuffQ and Shone Huong offer a possi ble answer ro a quesnon in a group discus- sion. 50 Academics