Rainier Beach High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Maritess Manaois Pamela Mandac Aaron Marbet Loraine Marr Jennifer Martenson L'Taai Mathews Eric McCrath Brook McKeIvey Shantel Mecier Nicole Medlock LaTonya Miller Fullmoon Moliga Shawntel Monroe Andrew Murray An Nguyen Hoang Nguyen Stephen Nielsen Tralanda Pleasant Dale Proctor Kris Ralston an xt N fe 58 - Sophomores

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Jamie Kessler Byung Kim Elbert Kinniewbrew Tara Kirchner John Knapp Jason Knisely Shannon Konen Pove Koth George Kourtis Karen Lam Ellen Langley Jeffery Larican Renae Lathan Deidra Lee Christopher Leingang Anita Lewis Lajuana Lewis Alan Liang Antonio Lofton John Loyd

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l Getting The Grade j All the students are wait- ling in lines up and down the 'halls. The talk is that of ex- ,cited, yet nervous people, As each person gets to the front of their line. they show iden- tification to prove who they are: this is serious business. Each student walks away with only one piece of paper, but this paper says some- thing very important. lt is re- flective of nine weeks or hard, or not so hard, work. It is the report card, and con- tains the all vital cumulative grade point average. Just what is it that eveyone's working towards . ,L ., :J rg sr for four years? Some are working just towards gradu- ation. They will go out into the world after their gradu- ation and get anything they can for themselves. The rest of the students. however, are thinking about going on to college. And while col- leges are interested in many aspects of their potential student's records, one of the mostimportant is the cumla- tive grade point average. That average that is figured out over the course of four years, that is unforgiving, and will not tolerate mis- takes. Qw 'I Now that it's been deter- mined what everyone's working towards and why, how is it that people main- tain this level of consistency over a four year span? That is a long time for anyone not to slip up. For most people, the answer is continued hard work. This sounds easy, but as it gets closer and closer to the time you will graduate. it gets harder and harder to work. For some, this becomes too much. The desire for free- dom begins to outweigh the reasons for working. Some just let their grade point average slide. Others, not wanting to lose what they've gained over time might take easier classes. or go to the old standby of cheating. How people maintain their grade point average is something that is different for everyone. Some aren't really concerned about it and go about their lives. Others worry and do all they can to come up with the most impressive number they can. Hopefully all this trouble is worth it. Some- times you really have to wonder if it's anything more than just a number. Crystal Robinson Jill Ross Kao Saelee Lisa Santos Tawnya Savage Marvina Scott Adam Sedlik Ardell Shaw Jackie Shaw Charisse Shelby Brian Sims Michael Sketchley Sophomores - 59