Franklin County High School - Animo Yearbook (Rocky Mount, VA)

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Students Billy Hoffman and Jade Perdue help each other with homework during class. What are friends for? By his locker, Jeff Hall glances over his notes before going to class. No embarrassment of unknown or wrong answers for him today! In the hall, Tyson Hamberick works diligently to finish his homework, so that he may have time to socialize, cruise, or loaf after school. Studiously intent, Tonya Ellis looks on while Sarah Dudley explains homework that is unusually tough. 26 Homework

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= SKINZ! guys 351 SOUTHS Meh DA a ee Like many other students, Meribeth Cook filled her locker with posters of her favorite rock stars. Added space for ourselves or our friends, double your space, double your pleasure, double the room for hiding your treasure. Hide, it’s a camera! Beth Dillon, Stacy Witcher, and Christie Wray find out lockers come in handy for more than storing books as they stow away “goodies” for their friends to discover in the morning. ‘“‘My locker was the only place on the school grounds that felt like my own,” said Lisa Bacon. Lockers were an important part of every student's life. They provided a place to display taste and per- sonality and they were sometimes even a place to store one's school books. Lockers 25

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Looking amused with their work, Doug Foley and Edward Jamison continue writing. | wonder what's so funny? Could it be that homework has been laid aside to favor more ‘trivial pursuits?” Take Me Home Homework! Again? Homework — daily work that teachers assigned for home, though often completed during any spare moment. Was it really meant for home after all? “Psst! Hey you! Did you do last night's assignment? If so, what were 1-30.” ‘“‘Homework? We had homework?” Teachers decided that homework was essential. H — Help! I need it! O — Off the deep end again. M — Made it this time. E — Everyone has it. W — Work, work hard. O — Over and out. R — Rest time. K — Know it all. Homework — we really need more, don't we? Homework was designed for home but it came to be recognized also as work bet- ween classes. Skipping lunch to do English was a popular pastime. Study halls gave an excellent opportunity to get the job done. No one wanted to carry home every book in his locker, though this was a very popular habit. Homework, though not always ap- preciated, was an essential part of school life. Homework helped to provide a founda- tion for learning. It also provided the ex- cuse for students to use the phone during study time at home to “check on homework.’’ Homework came to be ac- cepted as an expected extension of classwork and a necessary preparation for the next class period. You can run, you can hide; keep it locked outside; but no matter what you do, you can’t escape homework! It follows, it hounds, until you give in — and get it done! Homework 27