Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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Getting Up Getting Out Getting There zzzzzzzzzzzz Buzz! Buzz! ZZZZZZZZZZZZ Susie it ' s 6:45. Huh? It ' s 6:45! Oh no. I ' m going to be late. Mom! Where ' s my blue blouse? In the washer. Great, now what am I going to wear? Look at my hair it ' s a mess. I wanna stay home! Where are my shoes? Slam! Great! I missed the bus now I have to drive to school. Where did my keys go? I hope they ' re in the house. Oh, they ' re right here on the table! Blam! A flat! That ' s just what I need. Brrrrr it ' s cold out here. Now that that ' s fixed I can get to school. Whew! I made it to school before the bell. I ' d better get to first period and fast! Before getting started with her morning routine. Shannon O ' Connor catches a few last minute Z ' s. The hardest part of getting ready for school is often dragging yourself out of bed. Morning Routine

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“Tardy again Amber,” exclaims Mrs. Fran Thompson as she checks Amber Perry in for the day. Students signed in with their grade level administrator when they arrived late. For Mike Burrell, the morning ritual begins with a slathering of the creamy white stuff. The school’s bathroom mirror allows Kyle Jack- son to put the finishing touches on his tie. For those who habitually ran late, the bathroom be¬ came a place to make last minute adjustments. Morning Routine

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Homework . . . What Homework? It ' s 2:15, she strolls into the kitchen, raids the fridge and carries the booty up to her room. Dumping her books on the bed, she pops a cassette into her Walkman and adjusts the head¬ phones. Spreading books and papers all around herself and reaching for a can of Coke and a bag of chips, she gets down to some serious homework . When speaking of study habits or homework, you can ' t but help to men¬ tion a few of the most common spe¬ cies of students. Those who do home¬ work can generally be catagorized as an I ' ll do it, but I don ' t wanna ' ' stu¬ dent, a concientious student, or a procrastinator. The I don ' t wanna” group has the largest membership. The majority of students don ' t really like to study. They do the work but try to make it as en¬ joyable as possible by consoling them¬ selves with junk food and loud music. On the other hand, the concientious one studies in quite a different environ¬ ment. Beng in quiet, peaceful sur¬ roundings, seated at a desk probably produces better results than if lying on the floor in front of the T.V. They get right at, and finish the job and never put it off. Those who do put it off, the great procrastinators” are experts in the field of rush delivery. They wait until the last possible moment to begin, preferrably late at night, then end up finishing it the next morning in study hall, lunch or the five minutes between classes. These are only a few of the possibili¬ ties for catagorizing those who study, but most people fall into one or more of them sometime during the school year. Whether waiting until the last minute or getting it done right away is your style, the important thing to re¬ member is that you got it done. Some¬ one else probably didn ' t. The library provides a quiet place for study; Laura Thieling and Lisa Knecht take advantage of that quiet to do research for a report. Study Habits