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

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s we prepare to enter the great administrators, and former students have been big bad world, we should instructing us in the preparation we would reflect back on the need for this real world. past year of high Academically we are as ready as we school. Do you could ever be. remember that But what about life in general? great game against L.B.J.? We beat them for the first time ever We have so many roads open to us. There are so many choices and we are the only ones that can make that decision and in the final if Mom canlt decide for us and friends and teachers can't decide. It is totally up to us. And this decision will probably affect us for the rest of our lives. WOW!! Most of us will choose col- lege, whether it be a four-year seconds, too. How about the loss of our homecoming parade traditionally held down Manchaca Road? Administrators decided it was too much work and vetoed it despite student outrage. And we will all remember House Bill 7 2 and all its glory. It upgraded the curriculum and designed harder criteria for graduation. Seniors got to take finals exams and freshmen were expected to add economics and com- puter literacy to their list of required courses. But as we look back at these events in retrospect, plan, a junior college, or a trade and technical school. Others will enter the job field right away. Still others will get married and start a family. And the rest of us are pretty confused. We want to party for the rest of our lives because we have graduated and are adults now. These types will usually spend a few weeks lying around the we should also look ahead to the upcoming years and the adventure they hold for eyes fall out. house watching soap operas and game shows until their us. Underclassmen can look forward to at least one more year at dear ol' Crockett High School. But seniors must prepare themselves for the real world? What is the real world? Is it anything like Wonder World or Disney World? For the last four years teachers, counselors, No road that is open to us is the perfect one for everyone. It is only right if we believe in it. We must choose these paths for ourselves not because all our friends decided it is the best. But no matter what road we all eventually choose, let's hope we can find what we desire at the ends of these paths. 228 f Closing

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