C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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CAREFUL!- Meg Weaver carefully adjusted the tube on the ring clamp. SHADOWS ARE ON YOUR - Daniece Bryan found a quiet place to look over her notes. RIVETED!- Mrs. Treese’s NO MORE, PLEASE!!- Amy math class listened very at- Psalmonds and Zach Bryant tentively. labored over the books. Studying 25

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Libraries, Books, and Burning the Midnight Oil: We ' ve All Been ... Studying To get by with pass¬ ing grades, students had to put in some long study hours. Everyone knew that the teachers at the City of Byrd re¬ quired students to work hard for their grades. We all experienced those times when we thought we were going to drop from sheer ex¬ haustion. Freshman Su¬ zanne Cost expressed her views by saying, “I hate it. I really just hate it. I guess it will help me in the future, but I can’t stand it now.” We all felt like that at times. Then there were those people who loved to study. Believe it or not, we had some of those strange creatures roaming the halls of Byrd. Junior Patty Holt claimed, “I can’t exactly say why, but I love to study.” Whatever your feel¬ ings were about study¬ ing, we all had to do it. After all, it was what made school worth¬ while. GOOD GRIEF!- Bobby Bar¬ ber crammed for next hour’s test.

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SCHOOL DAZE Whether it was delib¬ erate or not, everyone at one time or another has been a participant in an academic accident, or something that shouldn’t have been happening in the halls of higher learning. We had some prime exam¬ ples right here at good ol’ C.E. BYRD. Kevin Pelton, a sophomore, said, “One time I fell asleep in English and didn’t wake up until the bell rang.” Nona Roach, a junior, added, “I have read a book behind my text book on a few occa¬ sions. Getting caught cured me, though.” A few other famous academic accidents in¬ cluded waiting until the teacher’s back was turned to pass notes, blowing up your science project, and being tardy again, and again, and again. There were also some classic lines used to cov¬ er up for academic acci¬ dents, such as the fol¬ lowing: What home¬ work?” “I don’t know, it just blew up!” “No hu¬ man being could possi¬ bly change out of gym clothes and get to the third floor in five min¬ utes!” “The dog ate it!” “My alarm clock didn’t go off!” Teachers sel¬ dom fell for these lame excuses, but most stu¬ dents figured that it was worth a try. As a gener¬ al rule, if you didn’t back up your excuse with a little evidence, you didn’t stand a chance. The year was filled with academic ac¬ cidents, some bad, oth¬ ers really bad, but it would have been boring without them. Safe, but boring. IS THIS AN A- Roger Vance couldn ' t believe his luck in Ms. Conner ' s class. I AN ACT OF NATURE- Students THIS ISN’T LATE, IS IT?- Miss didn’t have anything to do with the bird Whitehead gave a student her famous that got into the school one day. “late-work” look.