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

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Mai Freeman Ed Figueroa Virgil Flowers Momez Fowler Ramiro Garcia Ronald Garcia Louis Gigliotti Chris Giroux Romunda Glasgow George Godinez Kenia Gomez Eran Gonsor Addie Goren Stephanie Gross Lorena Guevara Sandra Guzman Moran Haddad Tazsha Mammons Michael Harbin Nichole Harris Raishawn Henderson Marta Henderson Darrel Hill Mark Hunt TENTH GRADE Meeting curfew can be difficult for teens Being late or missing curfew is a big issue for tenth grade students. Knowing that your curfew is too early and begging for more time is a common theme. Los- ing track of time and having to face impatiently waiting parents is a major issue in the life of a teen. The key is getting parents to agree to giving you no curfew at all. The problem arises when you know that you will be late to begin with. Trying to get that extra hour or even minutes ahead of time can avert prob- lems. It ' s hard asking your par- ents for that extra hour or two of staying out with your friends, when you know that they are going to say ' no , Alicia Mod- ley, 10th grader said. But activities of a 10th grad- er out for a night on the town takes more time than a parent might believe. Taking in a show or two and then getting a bite to eat over good conversation can make the hours just slip by. I would have to start my evening off at noon if I wanted the night ' s activities to be com- pleted by 10 pm, the legal cur- few, Crystal Nordsteedt, 10th grader said. Another choice taken by some is to go out without the permissi on of parents or guard- ians. This requires sneaking and lying about one ' s whereabouts. It is certainly not the recom- mended choice. Ending my night at 10 pm just doesn ' t cut it. I need to spend more time out of the house. My parents don ' t know that I take that time when they are fast asleep, an anonymous 10th grader said. This is a time when childhood is ending but adulthood is not yet at hand, at least not the re- sponsibilities or the privileges. Deciding when one can come home or meeting curfews is an early rule one must learn in or- der to develop character of in- tegrity and responsibility in adulthood. Clock watching — It is important to watch an accurate time piece when try- ing to meet a curfew. 11 pm is a com- mon curfew for 10th grade students. Entering a house — there are many ways to enter a house, the most conven- tional being going through a door. Sometimes it becomes necessary to find alternatives when one is locked out of the house because of a forgotten key or the less savory sneaking back in the house when you have missed curfew, or have lied about your whereabouts. 118 Tenth grade Faces

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Denise Carter Jaqueline Chacon Rita Chawla Joon Choe Jennifer Cipriotti Bradley Clark Melissa Coleman Annette Cortez Amy Cutler Laura Davis Sonia Davis Wallace Davis Aly Daya Bayron Diaz Ligia Diaz Valeska Difrieri Leif Eklund Demetrius Fears Ditrius Fears Judith Feinstein fairdrprass? Td get as far away from school as possible, said Juan Linares I would just leave and get some real food to eat instead of this school stuff, said Kevin Wright Fd go someplace quiet with my friends and away from all the noise in the school cafeteria and the hallways, said Brian Quon I would jus t leave! said Chris Giroux Tenth grade Faces 117

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Chantel Hunter Jennifer Husby . Thu Huynh lobert Hyman Jeanna Jackson Dennard Jackson Kendrick Jackson Pilar Jackson Greg Janis Dean Jayasinghe Jacqueline Ji Maria Jimenez Karmen Jones Kiiitl)a Junes Sheri Kaidin Melissa Kaplan Lori Kendall Ean Kenyon Hagop Keshihyan - jCi-f- Geetika Khanna Dae Kim Donta Kinard La Tasha Kinard What is an appro- priate time for curfew? Now that we ' re grow- ing up, I think that our parents should give us more freedom. I believe that they should pick a reasonable time which I think most would agree to be 12 am. Thu Huynh said. Since the legal system chooses 10 pm as a cur- few, I will agree with them. They have a lot of knowledge and must have a good reason behind that choice. Louis Gigliotti said. r,tmt, 119