Duxbury High School - Partridge Yearbook (Duxbury, MA)

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y Ci nd Patch I ...LL For as long as I can remember, I have always been fond of art. When I was very young I would always ask people to draw for me. I would then take their pictures and try to do it myself. By doing this I started learning about drawing and acquired an interest for art that I will never lose. That was a long time ago, but today l'm still drawing. I like drawing people in particular. I have done a lot of portraits ol people l've known and drawings of places l've been. Another form of art which I often do is scrimshaw. I have been doing it for about three years now, after being taught by a friend. I started doing it as a hobby and ended up selling many pieces of scrimshaw iewelry. Although creating scrimshaw and drawing people is what I do most, I have also made items out of cornhusks, such as husk wreathes decorated for Christmas. l've also done a little pottery and enjoy working with clay. I would like to start sculpting with it. Art is a very special thing to me. I like being able to put things on paper or whalestooth whenever I want to, I think it's a very good thing to use your hands in this manner, to create something new. -I

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Personal Education Experiences For me and manv others of mx age, the past four xears of our lives have been spent receiving an education During mx high school career I have been taught theorems, irregular verbs, battle strategies and grammer in addition to numerous other things, Yet, in spite of all the tests I'xe taken, all the term papers l'xe written and all of the hours I'xe spent in classrooms, mx most valuable educational experience has been the learning not in school, but in mx home, Two xears ago, when I was a sophmore, a change took place in mv home that altered mx life and mx familxs lives forever - mx mother gaxe birth to a babx box xtv brothers, Alan lnoxv 153 and leff tage Ill and I were unquestionablx suprised when we learned of mx mothers pregnancx xxe reacted selfishlx at first - the idea of an addition to our previously completed familx was difficult to accept Our Iixes and schedules didnt have the time for babx-sitting, and bottle-feeding and diaper-changing, The age difference of nine years between even Ieff, seemed too large a gap for anx of us to oxercome and become close to the child. I think the thing that scared us most was the amount of added responsibilitx' we knew xve would all share its the end of the nine months drew near, mx xv hole familx found themselves involved in preparations for the newcomer When Anthonx -Xlfred was born on xtav 23, 19'-I, it was one of the greatest things that exer happened to us Little bx little, as Tonx ' grew from a small, helpless babx to a larger, more independent twfo-xear old, our familv bonds strengthened and stretched to include even our voungest member. -XII children are demanding and timesconsuming and Tonx is no different from his peers in that respect I-le is sometimes xerv exasperating because his needs are constant, but I haxe tried to learn to adiust mx temperament so that I can lixe in the same house with him and not dexelop ulcers or nervous disorders. The amount of patience that a person must have when dealing with children is astronomical, and patience is a gift that I wasnt born with, I also have a difficult time controlling mx temper, but I beliexe that I have dexeloped more patience and self-control, Although babxsitting used to be distasteful to me, I haxe come to eniox Tonx's companx and am much more willing to give of mxself than before his birth. -Xfter all, the time I devote to Tonx is little compared to what I receive from him as a result. Tonx' is a xerv special person to all of us He has provided us with a form of education that few people find easilx obtainable -the abilitx to love. I think that mx brothers and I have been especiallx fortunate in being able to open our hearts and to lose some of the selfishness that lies within exervone, Manx people dont find the same opportunities until later in their lives, others never do. Trish xlastendino Some people think that education begins at '43 A Xl and ends at 2 O0 P xt I don t Seltfeducation tas it is called bv the xearbook statti doesnt reallx require anx effort It sneaks up on me in the most unlikelx places I can generallx find it lurking in books I haxe no preference for anx parttcular txpe or book XX hat I read reflects the interests I have at the time l.'x hen I read I tend to form a chain from one subiect to another related subiect For example, reading the Horatio Hornblower series led me to several biographies ot the Duke ot Wellington fthe xtick lagger of his time, complete with groupiesl, and from there, to the Napoleonic xxars in general A desire to discover what was behind a factual incident in a fictional storx has pushed me into learning things I normallx wouldnt have bothered with This quirk of mine has helped me with mv school work I usuallx have an interesting and appropriate subject alreadx stored in mind, xxith the basic research finished, xv hen a teacher gives an assignment Learning something on xour own is alwaxs easier then having a teacher make'l xou do it Then when it comes around to using that information xour experience the most delicious feeling ot having sandbagged the whole assignment kim Carson 3

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Hugh O'Mara Art is an important means of expression that can be viewed collectively as minor creations surpassed only by the original one Art reflects history, common lite, and the ideas of the artist. .,,.,,, 85, , , ,. K . afifii J' wr .3 it 5. , 3 , V gf its.:-J . ' ' ' 5