Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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by Donna Marie Caroleo Mother: Billy, have you finished your homework? Billy: Yea, I did it in school. Mother (to herself): How does he ever find time to do homework in school! Does this conversation sound familiar? If not, then you are one of the few students who doesn’t hurry to finish his her homework during school. Completing homework in school is a common sight. Usually, study periods are filled with students trying to accomplish this task. One may wonder what is this obsession with doing home- work in school. After all, homework implies work to be done at home. The reasons are elementary. To start, extra-curricular activities are a vital part of Butler H.S.. encompassing a large number of students. Since they won’t have to worry about doing homework after their activities, they try to complete it during the day. Working is another aspect of this homework situation. Many students, especially seniors, have jobs. According to former working student, Kathy Abicca who had been balancing school, a job, and other activities, “1 found myself under much pressure and rushing through my home- work.” Another student. Dave Gruner who is presently employed states, “During my spare time in school, I’m either studying or making up assignments.” When a student must work, they rarely want to come home and do homework. One must consider the social and physical sides to completing homework during a study period. The physical aspect concerns the issue of carrying books. Students dread taking books home when it isn’t necessary. The social side involves students wanting to socialize with their friends. All in all study periods during a school day have given students the opportunity to complete assignments and it answers the question ... have you finished your homework?” Time To Do Homework

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“What do you want to do Tonight?’ by Lynn Malzone “I don’t know, but we’d better think of something. We’ve driven around the same block fourteen times, and we’ve gone past my house six times. Somebody is going to get suspicious!” “Well, what do you want to do because I’ll do whatever you want, I don’t care. We could go roller skating in Bloomingdale, go to a movie at either Meadtown, Colonial or Abby. We could go bowling, or to Mama Mia’s for pizza, or the Milk Barn for ice cream. It doesn’t matter to me!” “Well, I have to be home by twelve so we’d better decide soon.” “I wish that it was cold enough for snow, then we could have gone skiing, or ice skating up at Silas.” “Do you want to go back to my house and watch Animal House on HBO?” “Okay, that sounds good, we’ll pick up a pizza on the way.” 17