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

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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

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Money Talks One would never pick Doug Fowler out of a crowd as unique. His clothes are normal, his hair is cut in an improbable style, he doesn't wear make-up. He takes classes that many other juniors haveg like many students, he enjoys Waterskiing and scubadiving. However, Doug Fowler has another hobby that few others can claim to share: parrot training. Doug has been interested in bird tam- ing and training for some time. We us- ed to live in Guam. When we came back to the States about three years ago, my dad bought me a cockateel and I just went from there, he says. He tames and trains mostly Amazon parrots: he has worked with a cockatoo or two. He per- sonally owns a macaw and an Amazon parrot. Doug normally starts out by going to a pet store and buying a bird. Even wild birds are expensive. Taming the birds takes up to three months, and he ac- complishes this by simply talking to them and getting them used the presence of a human. The next step is teaching them to talk. Fowler says, I usually start out with something simple, Melissa Buesing Mildred Byrd Randy Caldwell Bird training lucrative for Crockett llth grader like the name. I once had a bird that could sing I left my heart in San Fran- sisco . fDoug also admits that it was not really in keyl. There are numerous books that advocate constant repetition as a method of getting a bird to learn a wordg Fowler says, I don't use books. It works better with boredom, if you just walk by and say the word once in a while. I think birds go for attention, more than the language. Infaddition to talking, some of his birdsphave picked up other sounds such as barking and clucking. If a bird ac- cidentally picks up some choice language, Doug says the best remedy is to ignore the bird every time he says it. While birds are supposedly ig- norant of comprehending language, Doug says, you actually think they know what they're saying, every now and then. The amount of time that it takes to train a bird to talk varies, depending on the bird. After the birds are gentled and talk- ing, Fowler sells them. He has bought birds for S300-S600 and sold them after training for around S4,000. He estimates that he has made around S 6,000 since Q . he started his hobby, even though he only does it at intervals . He says, I usually spend some the money and go out and buy another bird with the rest. Fowler says he plans to stick with bird training for a while at least. He says he's been kidded by people about his hobby, but his answer to them is, It's just money in the pocket. f ,s 1 . 2 get . . .i Im, 1 V 1' 1 1 , . .ia Sheri Caldwell ' Charlie Callihan -Leslie Callahan Susan Caluillo Rudy Canizales if 1 , wg wr li , . .. jj ? f 'A -1 k A rl , . ' - X V 1 3 fx 'C - . 4 Y - ' ' sv at i x A R, ' . N , ' ' , ' , . Q .i 'Z I , , 1 ' fa- B.. iv w , 5 L .. i . ' ' 4.1 dit 1 x 2 2'-li ' . .. H .. L Chris Cannon Edward Cantu Georgina Canlu Rose Castro Syndic Caxlra KC. Caslruitu Timolhy Caswell Samuel Cates f . ' N I .1. 372 V if x E' 4 Q, W X if, I X Lisa Cameron Jamie Campinn Marissa Candandannsa Tarun Carreira Leticia Carrillo Kevin Cauley Misti Cauthen Julianne Cauaao ..... N A f 4 f Yi W ., 2-,Q 4. 2 Q f . M-- ' ' ,. , .,. Rebecca Carr-antv: J-'fft'hamhvrlai'n Thumas Chandler Amanda Chapa Cindy Christian Tim Christian Teresa Cisneros Melissa Cisneroz Juniors!191