David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1 Top: After Matthew Tyndall takes his short walk across the stage to receive his diploma, it's a race to see how quickly he can get out of his graduation gown. above: It was a long and windy wait in the bleachers before anything began to happen. Starling Blythe and Meredith Bihm discuss their plans for graduation night while Sherri Blocker fcenterj focuses on a point in the future. fjlVH,,,.f I rr!! V 'HV m Graduation!187

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Dne more year The thought a junior most likely has, at the end of the year, is Just one more year, let me make it one more year. Juniors look forward to having power, and be- ing top dog. It's just one step closer to being free. 11th graders feel they have been here three too many years. Theylre tired of four walls, freshmen, and books that have to be read four times to be understood. A junior, before becoming head of it all, asks the sound advice of a senior. About what? About teachers to get or not to get, about classes that should be taken, and whether to go half day or not. The senior would have a different answer for two kinds of people. The two kinds of people are the juniors who take a full load for three years, but then blows off their senior year. They look forward to that sort of thing. The other kind of 11th grader is a typical one. They coast for three years, and then have to take a full load and sum- mer school to graduate. They don't look forward to that. After a senior has learned how to tell the eager beavers from the coasters hefshe tells them their very sound advice, which, of, course is taken very seriously. But before becoming a senior, a junior must pass all of his or her classes. Classes like Health, Chemistry, American History, Geometry, Algebra, and yes, English. English- the course that has to be taken no matter what. In this fam- ed course, an 11th grader has to read such books as Great Gatsby, Huckleberry Finn, Scarlet Let- ter, and The Grapes of Wrath. In between those books they were required to write research papers. Some had to write two. One in English, and another in American History. The difference between a junior and senior is freedom, but what about between a junior and a sophomore or a freshman? Being a junior is one step closer to getting out then sophomore. And being a junior is definitely a change from a freshman because you don't get kidded, you get treated with a little more respect, and like you are a person. When a junior becomes a senior, it's a pretty safe bet that they'll have seniors in their classes. But when a junior, they have lower classmen, and a few seniors. The advantage is that juniors can ask for help. They aren't afraid to appear helpless. Being a junior has advantages, and disadvan- tages, but they take it in stride. With only a year left they are busy with exams and college applica- tions. They are prepared to leave, and be out in the college world. But before all of that they must get thru their junior year, one that can go almost too fast. by Kelley Creasey wi X -ef Juniorsl189