Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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TAT T7 1717X1 171VT 17 ULi: r J:J VJ:Ji lL Daydreaming. Thinking she d rather be in bed, Shono Dittrich listens to o lecture on Latin Grommor I took Latin becouse I wanted to be different. Dit- trich soid G. Dorone. Decorating the Cafelerlo. At the Inter- tionol Donquet, Joye Nelson and ,rissy McDride woit to hong decora- The hardest thing to leorn in Sponish is how to conjugote verbs, Nelson soid J. Putz. A Heovenly Skit. The Internotionol Don- quet provided the opportunity for foreign longuoge students to perform skits Donielle Huck ond Jennifer Delk perform o French skit oboui St Peter odmitting ' students into heoven who hove studied o foreign longuoge. J. Putz, 130 More FOREIGN LANGUAGE . . .

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Mies Bonding Drama. We were study- ing hydrogen bonding, so Mr Moore dressed up os James Dond With rhe gun, he was forcing one of the students to cut the cords with him. Liso Kim sold. Kim wos in Moore ' s fifth period chemistry doss J. Putz. iimWedc aioed . No pass no ploy. This phrase become widely known becouse of House Bill 72 ond H. Ross teror. Every subject from Physical Education to Chemistry IIIK wos affected, as were the itudents who felt the shock of the new educotion reform bill ' s horshness. Mock Congress, for he first time, was cancelled although smoller ones were held in classrooms. Not only was Aock Congress concelled, but previews of the Talent Show, Tigerette Spring Show and many ' ducotionol field trips bit the dust. Numerous amounts of students found themselves hoving to noke time for after school tutoring so they could continue their participation in extracurricular ictivitles. All of this boiled down to more than we bargained for. BY GIN A VICKREY SECTION EDITOR than we bargained for 129

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Some students selected a foreign language for various reasons. ill «iiiAiiid Review Day. I enjoy working with students in octivlties outside the clossroom, such os Sponish Club, Sylvia Trono soid She exploins the elements ot review to Robert Crowford F. Telxlera. Preparing foi the Test. Cromming for o Sponish test, Greg Cogle end Eddie II- ovio look over their Sponish book, I took Sponish becouse it wos required for college, Cogle soid D. Williams. The studenrs next door to the French doss could smell rhe oronno of quiche, chocolate mousse and ecloirs Food day was rhe most popular day omong foreign language srudenrs. However, students did not sign up for o foreign language just because of food doy. Most signed up becouse it would be required for college and future jobs I wont to be a buyer for Sokowirz department stores and will need to know French when I go to Poris, French stu- dent Michael Dorbozo said, I ' m going into elementary education and need to be bil- ingual, Spanish student Julie Tyree soid. Other students hod personal reasons for learning o foreign language. I hove some Ger- man ancestry and I like the language, German student Jeff Koone soid Although foreign language come easy to some, for most students leorning another languoge meant overcoming some stumbling blocks, The subjective tense was the hardest thing to grasp, Latin student Miriam Kwon said. Because one word could be spelled a different way for each tense in Sponish, Tyree hod trouble memorizing tenses. But after months of leorning their new languoge, students hod chance to show off their skills at the Foreign Language Fair in Morch. Many who par- ticipated received medals, and of course, all enjoyed the food! BY KAREN HURT -Vi ■ 1