Agoura High School - Quixotian Yearbook (Agoura Hills, CA)

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erm paper: these words seemed to spark a tremendous fear in the hearts of many students at Agoura. Most teachers introduced this hell on paper by announcing, Class, we have a term paper due in two weeks. Her next sentence was drowned out by the moans of students who had images of writing until the wee hours of the morning popping into their minds. To make matters worse, many of these dreaded assignments bore coded titles such as D.C.E. and I.S.P. There seemed to be two types of students with completely different study habits. The majority seemed to favor all-nighters with plenty of Vivarin to keep them awake. Of course, the next day they suffered heartily for their procrastination with a severe mi- graine. On the other hand, there was a splattering of students who actually started working on the term paper at least a week before it was due. These scholars planned their essays to the minutest detail. They seemed to live at the library, especially the Thousand Oaks Library with its over-abun- dance of information. Not only did these students study for immense periods of time, they also tended to get the better grades. No surprise there. As for preparing the final draft, most teach- ers required that it be typed. Thanks to computers, students could type up reports without using white-out to get rid of their numerous mistakes. Others, however, had to dig out their old manual typewriter and blow off the cobwebs in order to use it. Then again, some lucky students had the use of self-correcting electric typewriters which made the task a lot easier. Overall, students had many different opin- ions when it came to term papers. Denise Mills, a junior, noted, l think we have too many of them during the year, but they help prepare you for college. Ben Vine added, I think they are wonderful. They give you the experience that you will need in college to write essays and term papers, although, not everything about them is wonderful. They are sometimes long and tedious and one has to spend long evenings and even all-nighters working in front of a monitor or typewriter. And l would like to thank ... lCongratulations to Ben Vine for giving yearbook the longest quote ever.l The majority of students seemed to share Steve Salustri's opinion about these massive projects: They suck, he groaned. - Maile Hunt rut: -us All-li' iLEEl.l5:Lll.'i,l.5l.l. ' IELU IQUIB lr l EIUIWIJIIEIB l gaviati Margaret Peart searches intently for information for her humanities paper. Because she aided for Mrs. Rogalsky, she was able to get valuable rea- search books before other students could find them. Term Papers 199

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Maggie Allen, a junior, desperately tries to jot down a few notes before the period ends. Because she de- voted most of her time to acting in drama, she hardly had any time left for her term papers. Gloria Kim and Marianne Man, with the help of friends, dig up informa- tion for their papers. The library be- came very crowded around due dates. Diane Prosin is caught catching a quick catnap on her books. The rea- search project put her to sleep within a matter of minutes, as it did for most of us. ,Nw 'fbwualv W M' Q i ajysrff V I r Q. :ff 1 . 32 Nm. f : ff, lj, f ,,,. f if ,fr f 2 . , fl S . ,f if f7'Vy'9f,, ' 5 ,I ' wfi I 4 ,-ff' WV fam' 'f ' . M M ff ! I 1,1 Q f , JV azimov E wi -if 'ws I , ff' I -K y H ,g t I , M., r fi.,-Q L. t . ' ' , .L 12? .pgzfw V -K ' ' ,f f fu, ll? t an J' k., 1 ,dy if 9 M ' . x 3 S me P Z W ,Y s bf api? 93. ei 'TK l- Aww-...MN v Linda Adams, Spanish john Anderson, auto Tom Anderson, special ed. Stanley Batten, math, computer . science 6, Marc Berke, math, ceramics ' gr grg b' P X Suzanne Packard-Bigham, English P e N- Larry Bushner, film, social studies, j E .X psychology if Q- ' N X . Nxt X lite Nan Cano, English Patricia Croner, career center Sami Dagher, Spanish judy Dobrowski, English, pep squad Victoria Doi, English Judy Gaviati, English, yearbook Mark Goldstein, special ed. 198 Term papers '91 Y, -. , f t 5 n' X ,I M -W--M..,,,Mh azimov X0 6-C, 'WY Y ik. E

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Lisa Sisson polishes her project in stained glass. She enjoyed making artwork for everyone to ad- mire. Dave Mizrahi leans over the potter's wheel as he puts the finishing touches on his project. Being in ceramics for two years gave him the skills to com- plete this difficult task. Sam Fu is hard at work in architectural drawing. He finished his project, feeling very satisfied with himself. v 22-a gaviali vhwmw, ,M ,,,, , .Sri I, I -. -,, , Q' t X cg ct M ,X Q 33'-' i' 'tt M at X-wx-svQv, X vs N tk .c NM . ,, Y NN Gary Gray, wood, P.E. Bill Harms, science, leadership Gordon Hart, electronics Bob Hayden, math AI lsenberg, math Nancy Johnsen, art Tom Johnsen, English, debate MariAn Karbo, dance, drill team john Kilpatrick, English, theater Mary Ellen Kirk, home economics David Laughrea, math Richard Leonard, math, health Douglas Litten, English, humanities janet Mactague, special education 200 Arts gaviati 4 e . f, -Wi 1 1 4 t... it lu i