Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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Sandy Goodner Andrea Gutierrez Neil Hammett Cassie Herrera Donna Herrera Monica Herrera Tammy Johnson Annette Madrigal Wes McCarty atpe ifr of datLig diifikb Every student has an opinion on dating. As part of a class assignment, the following students expressed their thoughts on the topic One aspect of dating I dislike : Ron Derrick — The one aspect of dating I dislike is that there is no place to go. Someplace fun, right? Morenci? No. Clifton? No way! Duncan? Ha! Face it, Safford is the only thriving metropolis of fun. But, when you get there you can only eat a dinner, visit your date's older sister at EAC, which by the way, is kind of uncomfortable, and go to the show. Are we destined to go to Safford every time we want to take a girl out? Karen McCurdy — One aspect of dating 1 dislike is the ride home. This is when a whole night of fun is ruined because you never get taken straight home, at least not without a struggle. I just wish that for once a guy could take a girl out, (it doesn't matter where), laugh, talk, and not expect an hour of paybacks in his backseat. Hollis Merrell — One aspect of dating I dislike is the attitude that some girls have. For instance, if you ask a girl what she wants to do she will say 'I don't care'. Later on you find out that she had a terrible time. If she 'didn't care' about what you did, she would have had a good time. Another example is when you take a girl to eat. Again you ask her where she thinks is a good place, and you go there. You sit down and order a full course meal and ask her what she wants and she says, 'Just a coke and some fries.' This is to make you think she is on a diet. So you start putting the food away, making a pig out of yourself because she is not eating anything. I think girls should take a different attitude towards dating. 22

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Angie Smith Rudy Sotelo Jason Stearns Mike Thornton Keri Webster Christine Wright NOT PICTURED: Joel Bellamy Charlie Clark Shawn McCurdy Fred Pino Jacqueline Wright tkougliU on (MM on I feel that the school's new detention system has both a postive and negative side. 1 will begin with the more positive aspects. The students are actually in their classroom sitting in their seats before the tardy bell rings. This is because they know if tardy, they will be spending at least one-half hour in the detention room after school. Before this new system evolved here at Duncan High, students were continuously standing in the halls conversing among friends, for up to five minutes after the bell had rung. Teachers would find it impossible to get class started on time, and would end up with only a few minutes to teach their well- prepared lessons. Also, students now cannot get away with walking around during their class by Diana Gonzalez hour. Students in the past would, somehow, always have an excuse to need to talk with someone or get something. Most likely, the teacher would be glad to see the student leave; therefore, he would release him from class. It would take the student nearly the whole class time to do his small, yet important task. Students would spend two minutes doing their task and the remaining time with friends. Now, with the new system, students are punished if seen with friends, out of class, without a pass. Students are finding it difficult to receive a pass. Teachers have been saying 'No'' to passes. This, in a way, is good. Students are now in class learning instead of walking and talking. But this does cause a problem; for students, not teachers. Students are sad now because teachers won't let them out during class. But being a senior does have its advantages. There are those other students who brag and feel cool'' if they receive more detention than their friends. This behavior can be understood by freshmen. Freshmen do not have the psychological development as we higher classmen. Yet, this is seen in sophomores and juniors, also. These students love to stay after school with friends, so the perfect excuse is detention. To end this positively, I feel this detention system is mostly positive. The rules were set hard and strict, not to make us feel jailed in, but to let us know that our school officials want us to have the best education possible. The rules were also set strictly so that they could be bent a little. 24