Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Homework can be organized The bell rings, it is the end of your 6th period class you get out of your seat to leave thinking you have escaped. In your mad dash to the door you hear those dread- ful last words that only a teach- er can curse you with. Study the last two chapters and an- swer all the odd problems on pages 30 and 31 , said math teacher Miss Wormell. Of course the majority of the students agree that school is for working and home is for relax- ation, not studying. But as we all know homework is an un- avoidable intrusion on relax time. Every day with out fail some assignment seem s to get scribbled on your assignment sheet. How much is too much homework? IS there a limit? The Los Angeles Unified School Board sav ' s NO! There is no such thing as too much homework. In fact, they require the teachers who teach aca- demic classes to assign 20 to 40 minutes worth of homework per each 55 minute period depend- ing on the grade level of the stu- dents in the class. Surprisingly enough even elective subjects A C A D E M I C S 44 Homework is hard to fit into my hetic life, Layne John- son 9th grader said y y require at least 20 to 30 minutes of homework per every 55 min- ute period as well. I didn ' t even know there was such a thing as a guide on how much homework each teacher should be giving me in each class Kevin Wright tenth grader said. The attitude that most stu- dents have is that this much homework is not necessary. The consequence of this is that many kids at one time or an- other try to dodge or get out of doing one or more homework assignments. There is not much that can be done about the teachers giving out massive amounts of assignments all be- cause the rules say that they must do this, but our school does try to make it easier for those who do choose to do their homework by handing out as- signment sheets weekly and gladly giving us all of their sup- port to complete out assign- ments. With this encourage- ment from our teachers hope- fully this will help more students to get more excited about doing their homework. I ' m so unorganized. — There rnusl be somelhing that could help me gel all my homework done. Forgetting assignments or losing them is a big problem, but it can be avoided. Considering the amount of homework assigned here, the assignment sheet is essential to be organized and successfully turn in all your work. Many people find this piece of paper to assure academic success. Homework C Academics y I

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I ' ve got 10 find it soon! — Melissa Kaplin, 10th grader searches frantically to find information to compete her report, looking through the encyclopedia, she finds what she needs to look for in the card catalog, therefore, completing her assign- ment in the nick of time. THE FACTS ABOUT HOMEWORK Do you use your assignment sheet? yes 65% no 35% Do you think it helps you stay organized? yes 67% no 33% Ways to get around doing homework 1. Pay someone to do it? — 15% 2. Copy a friend? — 4l7o 3. Make up an excuse and do it later? — 45% 4. Forge a note from your parents? — 9% 5. Say you didn ' t do it and take a zero? — 6% How do you handle friends who don ' t do their homework? 1 Smile and let them copy your paper? — 46% Do you feel this helps them? — 52% said yes 2. Tell them it would be easier to take a zero? — 33% said yes Do you feel this helps them? — 42%) said yes 3. Tell them they have a few minutes to do it themselves? — 51%) said yes Do you feel it helps them? — 30%i said yes Help! — Sherry Ino, senior, working frantically to gel her assignment in on time. No one wants to turn their home- work in late. The library provides a great working place al school to help all the students thai don ' t have a satis- factory place to work at home. 96 Homework Academics

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got it — Kimberly Artis is ecstatic that she understands her Chemistry work thanks to tutor. Senior Michael Kirshner. who helps her periodically to maintain good grades. Now that she understands it she ' s ready for the test. Oh no P-day — Yep that ' s it progress reports the day where everyone loves to receive progress reports. Ninth grader Cesar Carrasco shows his classmate ninth grader Ryan Hill all the good comments he received in his classes. Study, study, study — Eleventh grader Marcella Chang studies all her hard written history notes for a big test thai will count three grades towards the next progress report. She hopes that this test will give her a solid A aver- age in her class. It ' s party time — In Mr. Jones Chemis- try class, where Mr. Jones gives major tests every other week. Eleventh grader Joseph Antonio a dedicated student studies at the last minute to refresh his memory of what will appear on the lest. 98 Tutoring Academics