Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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I f . f, .Lmfffi 'N' ,, ' ' 'Y Lounging around. Kevin Riser, Paige Mills, Jenni Stitt, and Charlie Haines relax in the senior lounge. The lounge was a great place to snooze because of the couches and chairs. iPhoto by Robert Freemanj. Exhausted! Glen Guy catches up on a few winks in the library. The library provided a quiet place to sleep. iPhoto by Kelley Wisonl. flfepmg Q1

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EZ I Sleeping like a baby. Mrs. Barbara Stacey rests in the teacher's lounge. Even teachers took a break now and then to snooze during their free period. tphoto by Nancy Smithj 20 fhpafg y... Students Fight To 1 It's that time again. Time to get out of bed and start get- ting ready for school. Sleep- ing late is over. Work has begun. One morning my alarm went off and then without knowing it, I put the clock next to my ear so I would wake up the next time it went off. said Paige Lunceford. Waking up was harder for some than some others. One morning I pushed the snooze Stay Awake button on my alarm clock six times! said Merry Robinson. Once students got to school, it was harder for them to stay awake. Sleeping was my favorite thing to do dur- ing sixth period, said Mandy Elmore. Teachers did various things to students who slept during class. The punishments ranged from giving zeros to throwing erasers. Mr. George Youstra said, I liked to jump up and when I came down and landed on the the whole portable shake. But no matter how punishment that the inflicted on the there were always a few slept in class. Tommy Chamness Sleeping was my f thing to do in class until I caught by the teacher Mayfield :naw Taking a nap. Jason Hartwig takes a break during lunch. Lunch gave students a chance to take their minds off of classes. iPhoto by Kelley Watsonj. Sweet Dreams. Brent Ricket sleeps during his job of library aide. Students frequently found somewhere to sleep in the library. iPhoto by Nancy Smithj. 'Q 5

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Out of class again! Kevin Chappell waited patiently for chance to sneak by Ms. Billie McGaha. For once he had no excuse prepared. iPhoto by Kelley Watsonl. 8. Late again? Mrs. Brenda Howell couldn't help but laugh after hearing Jeffrey Hill's feeble attempt at an excuse. Mrs. Howell has heard almost every excuse from latecomers. iPhoto by Robert Freemanj. Q2 Exauet CUSGS Plagued The MHS Student Body Mauldin students are known to be bright and inventive. They , . , are never without a good excuse. Senior Jane Conforti said With- out excuses most people, espe- cially me, wouldn't have gotten out of some of the messes us kids have gotten into. Here are several excuses over- heard this year. I didn't do my homework because: . . . I talked to my Rabbi about it and he didn't think it was a good idea. My sister made me help her fold road maps. .. Wasn't that due next Friday? l'm late because: You probably won't believe this but you see there was this blue car in front of me and it was going really slow and I couldn't find a pair of shoes that matched my pocketbook The Dj on the radio told me not to move. I can't take this test because: I can't believe this hap- pened but there was no chapter 12 in my book. I feel a song coming on. My horoscope said avoid stress situations. No matter what the tion, students always cam with some kind of With th managec out of tx Who's been parking in my Many people who were late to had legitimate excuses - parked in their space. Ralph was even seen trying to move the that were arked ille all . iPhoto P Z Y Robert Freemanj. r