Foothill High School - Shield Yearbook (Tustin, CA)

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Y 'A , e Academics 1,1 it If if if Z lf, fy if 41' ,U ,rf Z 7 3 j In English you voere learning how cruel the real plex sentences You were often the guinea pigs for 1 ' 4' 1 k I world was. At least you weren't diagramming com- No one ever said it would be a bed of roses. But then again, you may have defied them all, by actual- ly enjoying the academic life. At first, it may have seemed like a four year sentence for crimes un- known. Soon enough, you realized it wasn't that bad and that you were actually learning something. You found out that not all your teachers took a course in Perpetual Homework and Student Suffering. your teachers' bad jokes. Controversial subjects, such as AIDS, abortion, and nuclear war were dis- cussed, while viewpoints were exchanged. Students were learning not only the Pythagorean Theorem and the conjugation of Spanish verbs, but about the world outside of Foothill. You say academics and some people may shud- der. In all actuality, academics wasn't just hours of homework, term papers, and tests. Academics was learning, experiencing, questioning, and appreciat- ing all the world had to offer. Above: Sabrina DeNaie can't bear to look. Left: Lou Ann Power is in awe of Pat Librajo's work. ACADEMICS DIVISION

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Right: Craig Metcalfe hopes that his experiment doesn't ex- plode. Bottom left: Birte Madsen thinks she might have the wrong locker. Bottom right: Mark Soderwall tries to ease Ricky Robinson's confusion. Z 41 W gl img, 14 4 A M 41-' Z gif I I Y! iQ 11' gig , 11 Building O 71 llggll ACADEMICS Q A

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Seniors Above: Bryan Hannegan, Mike Fukuda, Mike Her- nandez, Matt Harmon, Todd Brock, Bob Bran- don, Dan Shortall, John McCarty, and Brian Aust get ready to chow down. Left: Nancy Villareal is all too happy to go to her Fic- tion of the Future class. Q' AJ, 1' 0 'til- 1 6 SENIORS