Osbourne High School - Eyrie / Hi Jacket Yearbook (Manassas, VA)

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£4 • 7:55 Blahs t’s six o’clock and g the alarm goes off on your clock on the first day of school. It’s been about three months since you’ve heard that dreaded noise that lets you know that once again, the school year has begun. You search for a button that turns off the horrible noise as you roll out of the wrong side of your bed. You drag yourself over to the window, and wouldn’t you know it — it’s pouring rain outside just as it was on the first day of school last year and every year be¬ fore that. But hey! You’re going to try to make the best of it, right? The new outfit you decided to wear looks great, and you feel better, but you know that as soon as you walk outside, your hair will go flat. So why bother? After numerous phone calls, you finally find a ride, determined that you’re nev¬ er going to ride the dreaded school bus. Arriving at school, you smell the odor of fresh carpeting, and you see your friends that you have been waiting to see all summer, along with a few you never wanted to see again. Looking at your sched¬ ule, you notice that you don’t know half the teach¬ ers you have (they’re all new), and you can’t remem¬ ber where the classrooms are. But luckily, you make it to first period at 7:55 (on time), and before you know it, another school year is on its way. NOT QUITE READY to begin school after the U2 concert the night before, junior Katie Sinback attempts to take a nap during class. UNFINISHED HOMEWORK GETS attention when its 7:30 A.M. and is due in fifteen minutes, so Carole Harrover attempts to get it done. 7:55 Blahs — Student Life 9

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EHH Student Life — 7:55 Bla IT’S TOO EARLY to begin school thinks senior Beth Clarke as she catches an extra minute of sleep before class begins. EARLY MORNING IS one of the most convenient times to study for an upcoming test, as Lisa Ashton does. WWw™

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Summer Fun ummer gives time to relax, time to sleep, time to for¬ get about school, time to eat, and just plain time. What is done with this time is up to the individual. For those less fortunate, students became members of the work force, earning money for college, car in¬ surance, clothes, or just some spending cash. Stu¬ dents worked in places ranging from gas stations to drug stores to restaurants. To sum it up, one student said, “It was an exper¬ ience’’. For those more fortunate, sleeping, relaxing and ba¬ sic bummin’ around took up most of their time. One could find these souls lounging around the pool, playing a leisurely round of golf, or watching their fa¬ vorite soap opera. “There’s nothing I’d rath¬ er do!’’ said one student when asked about becom¬ ing a couch potato in the afternoon. Some people travelled to escape the stifling Manas¬ sas atmosphere (if you know what I mean). Trips to King’s Dominion and Busch Gardens were common¬ place, as were trips to see relatives. Hopefully grandma lived on the West Coast or in Southern Flor¬ ida. Others trekked to the ever popular Virginia Beach and Nags Head because of everything that it stood for, or a summer home in the country because “my par¬ ents made me go’’, but “It’s better than staying here’’ according to a lucky-un¬ lucky student. Throughout the country high schools, colleges, uni¬ versities, and other institu¬ tions, offer athletic camps. Such sports as football, soccer, basketball, wres¬ tling, and gymnastics camps are open. Woe to the camper who was roomed in an unaircondi- tioned dorm with no fan in 90 degree weather for a week. Obviously complain¬ ing about this very problem, a student remarked, “We were hatin’ life.’’ Learning the fundamen¬ tals of a sport was not the only way to participate; there was football in the parks, pick-up basketball games at the courts, and tennis matches here at Os¬ bourn. If someone had a mem¬ bership to a pool, chances are that he had the chance to join the swim team there. Although practices consist¬ ed of morning excursions into cold water, and meets on Saturday mornings in even colder water, “We all had a great time, even though I never got caught up on my sleep!’’ one stu¬ dent said. All in all, summer is, more or less, a time to kick back, forget about school, re¬ sponsibility, and most of all, homework, at least for a while. 10 Student Life Summer