Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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scape Activities help relieve routine Droning teachers, boring films and endless lectures. It's enough to make a stu dent want to fall asleep. Or Kill himself. What do bored students do to keep them .selves alive? I just draw a blank, sc nior Ken Hobbs said. I don't think about anything. I with draw into my own world. I sit in class acting like I'm paying attention, senior Kel- li I till said. I look at the page we're reading so it will look like I know what's going on and I just drift into a day- dream. I look around at people in the room, junior Sue Ann Clayton said. I look at them and wonder what they're thinking about. Junior Lisa Williams day- dreams when it gets really bor- ing, and Stewart Isbell talks to other people in class when he gets bored. But when tensions get high, how do teachers escape? neatly my only escape is at lunch, journalism teacher Dix ie Martin said I finally get a few minutes to relax or read the paper Only students really have the luxury of daydream mg Senior Mike Meyer even turns being bored into a game “When I get bored I just sit there and look around for peo- ple doing stupid stuff. he said. Then I laugh at them. by Miranda Perkins MCDONALDS AND YOU. During a Saturday afternoon junior Mark Baty and senror Shannon Bartclt get a quick bite to eat at McDonalds WHERE OOES THIS GO? Senior An die Williams works on his mobile 'floating sculpture' in art teacher Beth Smith's class. Activities 17

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WHAT A BREEZE. Seniors Lisa Thornsberry and Melissa Norman enjoy the lime of( during a journalism workshop held Iasi summer at Ball Stale Umversily in Muncie. Indiana HIGH SCHOOL TIMES. Junior Allen Walker relaxes wilh ihe new High School Times Sec- tion in the Friday edition o( Ihe Arkansas Democrat. 16 Never enough

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Hangin’ Out What's hot — what's not Charlie s. Trackside, and Geyer Springs gave way to Kingfish. Maz- zio's. and Levy as this year's most popular hangouts. Mazzio's and Kingfish were the newest places to go, with Mazzio's drawing the crowd after football games and Kingfish providing the hottest dance floor. I go to Mazzio's on Fridays, to Kingfish. or to a party if there is one. senior Cheryl Ahart said. I used to go to Charlie's, and I liked it. it was fun. But now Kingfish is really the only place to dance, so I go there, she said. Others go simply because eve- ryone else does. I go to Mazzio's after games and sometimes to Kingfish. senior Rod- ney Cambell said. It's fun and everybody can get together. That's what everybody else does. he said. Levy replaced Geyer as the place to cruise this year, but by the end of the year it was boring according to some. Levy's dead, Ahart said. I hardly ever go there anymore. Some people don't even hang out at all. I don’t really hang out,” senior Ken Hobbs said. If there's some- place to go. I go there. he said. I don’t have time to hang out, senior Tanya Seward said. “I have to work. — by Miranda Perkins NEW HOT SPOT. This year a popular place lo hang out after ball games and on week- ends is Mazzio's Pizza 'MAC TONIGHT. Junior Scott Clark waits in line at McDonald's, a popular place for Sylvan Hills students to get a quick bite for lunch or before going out at night. 18 Never enough