Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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mind as he relaxes in his chair. Pros and cons of boredom WMQQBM5EE HEHE5EW5MW EEEEEEmME HESiBiQME Wl s fi wW hQHil mEE WSE HHWWEB Freshmen take advantage of homeroom by studying for after- noon classes. ' Homeroom proved to be one thing: BORI NG. During a span of 180 days of a school year, going to a class with no studying and no playing around seemed a little monotonous. But for the most part, the best was made of a bad situation. Freshmen were still trying to figure out what it was, sophomores were inventing plans to get out of it their junior yearg juniors were getting up enough nerve to skip, seniors finally realized that they'd spent so much time worrying and not doing that they decided what the heck, we'll please the administration and they went once a week. Walking by a senior homeroom, one might have heard many peculiar noises and phrases, such as, Aw, c'mon, Mrs. Coterillo, let us go early. . ., or Look Mrs. Walters, I've got a job, anda job is more important than homeroom, with VVell,accordingto Mrs. Luther. . . trailing off in the distance. An unknown freshman was heard to say, The food left over from lunch usually proves useful when bored freshmen on the second-level amuse themselves by dropping tid-bits upon unsuspecting 2 l i s i an assembly. l l l The actions of Rornel are eagerly watched by sophomores at passers-by. Even with strict homeroom rules, juniors usually found a way to slip past homeroom without being ripped offf' to take an hour lunch break. Excuses such as, I was just going to my car to get my lunch, or my car is parked illegally, can I go move it?, were common throughout the year. Homeroom had two sides to it. Some accepted it, while others continued to put it down. It was just another one of those Relaxing to the fullest is Ann 5ilver's motto. WN E HEB Mm ENEiwEQWESWE E W EBEW33HHW W things that Memorialites had to adjust to day in and day out. However, at the end of the year, the administration announced that homeroom would be abolished. At least it was something to look forward to. HOMEROOM -165

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Enhanced with literary masterpieces by the likes of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens, the first two years of English gave students a taste of Western and American literature. The switch from junior high to high school had brought about a marked change in English curriculum. Students had begun to move on to a wider variety of assignments and were given a considerable amount of independence compared to the previous years. Besides required reading, freshmen and sophomores confronted five paragraph papers and, of course, grammar. Freshmen found out what a topic sentence was and when to use one and sophomores learned to write and speak grammatically. Romeo and Iuliet catered to freshman romanticists. Test grades proved how much was really known about the Shakespearean classic play. First year English students tried out their V newly acquired skill at writing five paragraph papers to describe the characters A and symbolism prevalent in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the never ending mythological stories. Sophomore Richard Cole impresses his English class with an oral report. 166 ENGUSH Confronting the basics Freshmen worked at increasing their vocabularies. Weekly lists and tests helped to accomplish this goal. Spelling and grammar occupied sophomores time when they were not busy discussing lulius Caesar or any other famous work. A Separate Peace, by lohn Knowles, was probably the most realistic story read by the sophomores, The similarities students discovered between themselves and the lives of the characters helped bridge the understanding from worksheets to tests. Students spent a great deal of time going over the basics of the English language during second year English classes. Preparation for the coming years of English would off in the run ya. 555 ite? tw? ggi Ei? is ai at it E i . if it :xii Je Z? Trying to smother a laugh, Sophomore Tim Chapin A last minute check over his English test to correct errors insures an A for Sophomore Walter Kiley 2tQ51ftEBll!l5Ql2i5l2lll?lSl'?aQi6'SiiI9lil!5?S9i9LP51E?I?iBi?iSEQ?w QEWSEQiiQiW5QSQS!35? NG will5i?iiEYiiQFZ'fSi?!SS?Yfe!?tsiS'a2TWa??tii22E2M4l?'2St?.5lQ