Lake Orion High School - Dragon Yearbook (Lake Orion, MI)

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,f-wx ,Vg you go to the counselor's office where you take a place in back of the line. Finally, when the secretary has tried unsuccessfully to reach one of your parents, you contently slip into one of the chairs to rest your weary mind. But alas! You spot some pretty colored paper on one of the upper shelves. As you glance through the pile, you notice informa- tion on such topics as why you should join the Army, literature proclaiming the benefits of taking the PSATXNMSQT, ACT, or SAT, and information on every college im- aginable. Feeling woozy all over again, you decide that maybe you can recuperate better in your fourth hour class. But when you walk into your Chemistry ll class, your lab partner informs you that you have a lab due at the end of the hour. So after a grueling hour of filling your head with chemical equations and facts, you happily leave the room to go to lunch. But your mood changes quickly when you find out how long the lunch line is. You're a patient A COMMON BRAIN STFIAIN shared by all high school students is the quality of tests that must be taken throughout the year. Donna Soucy pauses for a moment to be sure she has chosen the right answer. TONY WILSON EXAMINES one ofthe many AND YQUR QUESTIQN IS , , , Annette booklets put out to inform students about the Hamel thinks Over ner question fof the lung- COHSQS emfamie examinations- ing during the 1978 Jr. Miss Pagent. LAST MINUTE STUDYING is always a necessity, done usually between classes, dur- ing lunch, or in other classes. Jim Cygnarowicz finds study hall the perfect place to do his cramming. Academics 179

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A TlRlNG PART OF ANY CLASS is the homework that must be completed. After a speed-reading exercise, Jill Bullard fills in her answer sheet so she can find out how much she comprehended from the story. ll We have a test today? But I forgot! This will probably happen when you least expect it. Especially when you have stayed up until mid- night working on a project for another class. After you struggle through the test, you turn it in just as the bell is ringing. It's on to second hour, which is Reading Techniques, where your group feels they are ready for five hundred words per minute, but your eyes are just getting accustomed to four hundred words per minute. When your eyes turn into pinwheels, you ask the teacher for a pass to the office because you don't feel well. After she gives you a pass, Caution: Brain Gverload l

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CHEM I EQUALS A BRAIN OVERLOAD for Maureen Drummond, Miki Gabrieau, and Diane Foley, even though Chem I is an essen- tial part of a college prep program. creature so you calmly wait in line for fifteen minutes. Soon you are rewarded with the object of your affection-the cheap sixty-cent school lunch. After you hastily gulp down your food, you beat a path through the sophomores so you will not be late to class for fear of having your open lunch pass revoked, even though you had lunch in the cafeteria. Fifth hour you have Senior Math. But you find your mind has a hard time keeping up with the teacher. Your eyes begin to droop, and the next thing you know you're fast asleep. Soon the bell rings to signify the end of fifth hour. Being one of the lucky seniors, you have sixth hour excused study si? ' qi 'in at was 'er rw .. Qt. f f ff is -A 11 . 'sf r r ' S it , 123, -. 5 L55 :fl-gig, 1 . K ,Q EW ge sv We W if vas .WW we ,Q - CAUTION: BRAIN OVERLOAD 180 Brain Overload