Del Valle High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Del Valle, TX)

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Crammini; for the big test, senior Susan Guentzel quickly looks over her Cliff notes. Photo By John Mercn- Layout By Tonya Turner

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JETaTtTi ■ 1 1 Til T Cliff notes help confusea Students found a differ- ent way to pass their Eng- lish classes, especially when they had to read books assigned by their teachers. Cliff notes came in handy when many stu- dents had difficulty under- standing the book they were to be tested over. I don ' t use Cliff notes that much, but they are very helpful when you ha- ven ' t read a book, fresh- man David Kocen said. Also I think teachers should encourage the use of Cliff notes because they help students understand general topics of the sto- ries. Many people used Cliff notes to help them under- stand the main idea of the stories they were reading. Cliff notes help you with the main idea of the stories you are reading, and if the student doesn ' t really understand what he is reading the teacher shouldn ' t really care if the student is using Cliff notes, sophomore Cisco Chapa said. Other students simply believed that Cliff notes were an excellent study guide. Cliff notes are good study guides to have with kind any reading, soph- omore Charles Lwem said. In addition, many found the notes a good summary of what they were sup- posed to understand. Cliff notes are good to have when you need to summarize any section of the book that you are hav- ing problems with, junior Scotty Ozmun said. Some students, howev- er, did not think using Cliff notes was such a great idea. The idea of using them is wrong. If I ' m going to read a book I ' ll read it on my own. I ' m not going to use something that has the possibility of failing or passing me, Ozmun said. Perhaps some students did pass their English classes because of Cliff notes, but others survived the class without making the big purchase. Before going to class senior Keitli Townley and junior Brad Pfing- ston review the main idea of the story. Photo by John Memlief f 1 42 X Good Luck Academics V

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