Coppell High School - Roundup Yearbook (Coppell, TX)

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M4 ONE DROP AT A TIME. Freshmen Ouaide Williams and Chris Burton examine the contents of a drop of pond wa- ter. PERSONAL TOUCH. Senior Laura Riesenberger receives help from economics teacher Mrs. Betty Mehling. if-4 -L4-or ACHIN' FOR BACON. Fresh- ing the annual fetal pig dis- men Jason Jones and Scott section lab. Sutherland experiment dur- 1 12 ACADEMICS I

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W.. ,ww Sometimes GAMES. Tic- DAYDREAM. P L A Y peoples best was done while out a window. the subject ot often strayed that ot the teacher. C H A N G E THE SUB- J ECT. Some could be gotten and discussing college days or last s basketball game usually more inter- tac-toe or con- nect-the-dots were al- ways good to pass the time, but only it you sat on the back row. ZZZZZ. Sophomore Lisa Jones finds a comforting moment of sleep in history class after fin- ishing her achievement test. STUDY FOR A N O T H E R TEST. When you torgot to study tor a test next period, notes were disguised among books, and a lot ot cram- ming went on. HEAD PER THE HILLS. It was easy to listen to English teacher Gloria Perry when she donned a hillbilly costume for Halloween Day. ACADEMICS 111

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N - - s -sts., t, My DA x 1 BEATING THE DEADLINE. Junior Theresa Johnson reco- pies a rough draft, just one step in many to prepare her junior research paper for turning in. RIGHT IN FOCUS. Freshman Kathy Scanlon explores the world of micrioorganisms during biology lab. Each year students look forward to the tun elec- tives, But, as with anything else, tun has its price. Stu- dents paid by having to take the required classes, the dreaded hand-me-downs like English, history, math, and science. Many people envision the hand-me-downs as usually very difficult. Soph- omore Sheri Vincent ex- plains, The reading ot out- - side books and the writing ot compositions are the worst things ot all. Looking ahead, some people think that the out- come ot these classes won't be real learning, but a lapse ot memory. I don't like these classes because chances are, the skills l do acquire, l will tor- get after the test, said sophomore Amy Young, However, there are al- ways two sides to every sto- ry. I think students should be required to take the ba- sic classes, because they are required tor every job there is, said freshman Travis Scott. And besides, it we got to choose more elec- tives, they would have to make the day longer. When students were se- lecting tuture classes, it sometimes just didn't seem tair. I think we ought to be able to choose classes and teachers, instead ot leaving it up to some unemotional computer, said sophomore Luke Mallinson. Each school year brings new and exciting times However, everybody knows that atter a wonderful sum mer, it's back to the basics again. ACADEMICS 1 1 3