Putnam City West High School - Patriot Profile Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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If R The little extras you do in the spare time in each class can be- come ruts. People often wait until the last moment to do something. Junior Jill Razey waits until Eng- lish to put on her make-up. - Photo by Jennifer O'De1I. Stuck in cu tomary habit Students find daily ruts are part of the i routine. Breaking these ruts sometimes seem impossible, but they leave us prepared for life as it is met. Ost Students up Egg live with ruts utt l lutluiui ut whether of not they re- are a settled alize it. Ruts habit or way of living. Many students find them- selves in ruts during the year. In September, students begin driving the same car to the same parking place and going through the same door to find the same friends near the same lock- er. They went to the same class to sit in the same chair to hear the same teacher only to find that the same rut prevailed in May. I get ready for school the same way even if I am running late or if it is a weekend, said junior Keith Crowded halls are part ofthe rou- tine. Students often get in the rut of going to the same way to class every day. - Photo by Jan Lyon. Nicholson. This rut, like many oth- ers, was never broken. It went on the same way ever- yday for most students. Different kinds of ruts were experienced by differ- ent people. A rut did not have to be experienced at a determined time or place. I get into this rut,'i said senior Kathy Greer, where everytime I get the chance to compete no matter what it is, if it is drama, speech or just everyday life, I take itf' Ruts could be something a person looked forward to doing. They did not have to be the everyday life that was sometimes led. Every other day I walk around school like the living dead because I am sick of it, said junior Tamara Smithee. Ruts were often broken and sometimes added a touch of light to our lives. When I go into a class where the teachers are real excited and get involved with the students, they break the rut, said Ta- mara. Ruts were often predict- able, but not always boring. Some ruts made life simple. A day without ruts would be confusing, said junior Courtney Pierson. If you did something different everyday it would be stu- pid. For others, ruts were a habit of human life. Life would be the same because I would have other ruts to get into,', said junior Joe Hooks. Ruts were sometimes not as bad as they seemed. The school operated more effi- ciently because of them. Imagine, walking over the Patriot in Patriot Hall instead of walking around it, the principals not watch- ing the students eat lunch, or school starting at a dif- ferent time each day in- stead of the usual eight o'clock. -Copy by Jolynn Craig. Routine Ruts - Student Life

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Homework is a rut that most stu- dents find themselves in. Juniors Kathy Huff and Laura Motley try to catch up on theirs in the cafete- ria before class. - Photo by Mark Sexton. Teachers get in ruts just like the students. Mr. Ed Yellowfish has hall duty during fourth hour each day. - Photo by Drew Dozier. Student Life - Routine Ruts Special events break the rut of the school day. Sophomore David Mutz reads literature provided by the counselor from Oscar Rose Ju- nior College during the Health Fair. - Photo by Bobby Bolles. .., ,Y 3 ARS A .Aka

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Valentine's Day brought many students to florists. Trying to im- press one special girl, junior Clay Hassell buys a single red rose at Plantsylvania.-Photo by Sam Lynn. QM! Ya uqng! 5. 1 its-Q' S- E Coloring with magic markers, First grade fundamentals of stay- Gary Norman and Mike Spoon- ing between the lines are practiced more, juniors, make their sketch by Trang Pham and Nhi Trang, as for their window from a Christmas they paint the courtyard win- card.-Photo by Jay Joyner. dows.-Photo by Jan Lyon. Student Life - Holidays