Del Campo High School - Decamhian Yearbook (Fair Oaks, CA)

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l.umhrimeLmgursrfcs, Mefrm Miner and Stephanie Parks quiz one another for the vocabulary test to come in Wayne Geri's English class. P f f A ' A f , . IW W' ,cf , 42,91 IN YOUR How do you 9 I 0 Q avold dolrgg your homework . jf I clean my rooom to avoid 2? y my homework. If I'm in ,i Vf l there about to do an assign- ment I start cleaning. -Keith Bunker, 1 1 I glance through the books to and convince myself that I a,r cou1dn't do it anyway. I 2 - -Zach Hessler, 12 , ,, 3 astracted from points and angles, Laura Stevenson converses on the phone while attempting to complete her Geometry assignment. Social vs. Academics

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UGGLING ACTS Caught under a pile of homework, bogged down by telephone inter- ruptions, and to top it all off the basketball game starts in 15 minutes. Does this situation sound familiar? If you were one of the many students who took on more than Superman himself, it was a well known feeling. I feel like I'm juggling school and fun, and fun keeps winning outI said Felicia Heard. The difficult task of balancing the demands of an academic load and the more interesting aspects of social life were an ever present problem. The need to speak with friends and attend the big bash on Saturday night most often took precedence over the ten Algebra assignments awaiting completion. Whether it be talking on the phone while memorizing the elements or falling asleep in class after a rough weekend, students expressed their academic dilemmas in as many ways as there are assignments during the year. I always end up memorizing my vocabulary Thurs- day night while I talk on the phone or watch Cheers, said Greg Barnes, a busy senior who worked every day after school. More often than not social life interfered with the basic academic demands, but sometimes because of a multitude of tests, social life had to suffer to bear the burden . I have to pass up basketball games be- cause l have Calculus and Physics assignments every night, said Danielle Yates. Underclassmen had difficulty balancing school and extra- curricular activities as they became accustomed to high school's whirl- wind pace. It is really easy to fall behind because of all the things going on like Homecoming, but it will be a lot harder when I start to drive. said Tim Shadko, sophomore. Juniors were the hardest hit by this common problem because the junior year was considered by most to be the most academically challenging. l have Physiology and Physics this year. Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in homework so when the weekends come I have to come up for air, said Keith Bunker. Of course the seniors also battled the problem, but due to the effects of senioritis, that grade-killing dis- ease, the social aspect of high school was usually the victor. l know the part of high school I am going to miss the most is the parties and all my friends, so I want to take advantage of all that now, said Colleen Burress. I l., ' I. ' . ,F arlifryfti, HOUCf,fQ',l., fr: r .I Pre-gamepreparations, Student Body President Jennifer Davis finishes her AP English assignment previous to the Varsity Volleyball game. Exhausfed from an exciting weekend Chris Franchimone takes a nab during his English class, missing a lecture on grammar.

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Toute ensemble, Jennifer Tampas, Sondra Shrader, and Tracy Hinds make a group effort to complete their French ll assignment on a Sunday night. lvnurrshing the mind, Denise Darrow snacks on a banana and a Coke while working on her Geometry homework TU DY STYLES The fifty-pound, swelling backpack was flung into the room with disgust. The contents were dumped out ahd strewn across the floor. After staring at a blank piece of paper and an open text book, an undying thirst came about. T-he journey to the kitchen to grab a Coke or Pepsi was completed and the dreaded moment arrived. Time to start homework. Whether it was studying while listening to the radio, or watching television, or sitting in complete si- lence, students studied in a variety of atmospheres depending on the in- dividual or the subject. l listen to the radio when l'm doing busy work, but when l'm working on harder things, I turn it off, said Kathy Zelinski. Diane Mason, on the other hand, always studied with both the television and the radio on at the same time. Another method involved studying with one or more people. A group of seniors in AP Physics got together about once a month for a Physics party where they worked out prob- lems by talking them through. lt is easier to work the problems out loud, they always seem more logical and are easier to understand, said Laura Harrison, the organizer of the par- ties. The number of hours spent on homework also varied greatly. Any- where from one to four hours was spent a night. Guiv Rahbar studied an average of two hours a night. nl have a bad habit of taking too many breaks. lt probably would take less time it I didn't, said Rahbar. Another aspect of homework in which students did things differently in- volved the order they did their work. l always do the easiest assignments first, said Kris Scott. Bradley Vin- cent, however, always dld his home- workin the order of his classes. ll Reading tothe beat, Jill Ratner sings along with the radio while reading her literature assignment. Qw- at