East Central High School - Hornet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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201 ... Academics

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Setting aside time makes the grade Reading long-winded, bor- ing novels seemed bad enough. Not to mention the ever so unpopular essays and tests, but there was one as- signment that couldn ' t be out- done for the Doom prize. Yes, you guessed it, the dread- ed research paper. We all knew it was coming: everyone of us aware that sooner or lat- er we would be faced to a month ' s torture. The writing is not really that bad: it ' s the hunting for information that is the worst part. It seemed like once a year you had to move into the library in order to survive. Jennifer Adams said. The unpopular assignment seemed to be dreaded by not only students, but by the teachers as well. It was a has- sle for teachers to grade the reports, then having the stu- dents coming into class and asking everyday, Have you graded our Research Papers yet? Then having to make up an excuse on why it was that they haven ' t. You have to spend a lot of time on grading the papers. Each individual one has to be reviewed and read, which can take awhile. Pam Smith said. The research paper took up a lot of time and effort for eve- ryone. To be successful took a lot of work. Many of the Eng- lish teachers felt it posed as a good preparation for students planning to attend college. Al- so, many students felt it taught them many valuable lessons that will benefit them for future use. It seems like there is once every year when the library skills we learned come in handy. I didn ' t think all of that stuff would really ever be used, but it has been, Michelle Beckman said. ChArieen Pearce Heidi Htilcherso MAKING THE GRADE. Rob Crim carefully rerleivs his grammar book to prepare himself for a quiz. Many teach- ers give quizzes over neiv concepts to see how well the students grasp the concept Just learned. Many times they hint when one is near. ACADlMiet English Department by Deelaina Stowe . . . 202

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Ti i M o iCeefa Almost two o ' clock and the essay that lad been put off until the night before it vas due was only half way complete, anic took over, as you frantically tried to jet it finished so your tired eyes could get i few hours of much needed rest before ugging the stack of books back to school. s each eyelid seemed to get heavier, the vriting on the paper became more scrib- bled until finally the writing ceased and he panic was ouer — until the alarm vent off the next morning the horrid re- ilization came to you that the homework vas still not done. That was one of the many times that academics played the leading role in stu- dents ' Hues. They had to make the grade. 7ut it always seemed that the last minute was the best time to do it. That was until of course the last minute came. Whether it was actual homework or simply studying for a test, many students made excuses to make it wait til later. Later was sometimes hard to find be- cause besides having work for school, many students had other responsibilities. Going home at 3:30 wasn ' t a daily routine if you had extra-curricular activities. Be- ing a member of a club, org anization, or team meant less time available for other things. If you had a Job it became even more complicated as you had to Juggle all of your responsibilities into a 24 hour day. Sleeping was usually the last thing you allowed in the schedule. When it was there, there wasn ' t too much of it.