Ross S Sterling High School - Governor Yearbook (Baytown, TX)

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 rch Ume of the year usually includes y nights at the Sterling Municipal iry Lori Houghton. Missy Powers and a Mohlman dig In tho books for infor- on one of Mrs. Teni White’s ment projects. homework

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INSETS: Prior In being presented during halftime activities, Princess Jana Russell anti Duchess Kay Richardson await the cuo to enter the fit hi. fiolh girls are escorted by their fathers. After being crowned Homecoming Queen l y l ori Marti, the I960 Queen, Jeri Craig receives a well-deserved congratulatory hug from her father homecoming

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The grade is really noodcd. but not enough atudylng waa done What la a person to do? Getting help from others la a big question to many, but fortunately this la not the case with Lisa Evans and her neighbor [ana Russell They are simply comparing notes on a re- cent lecture Ilo it with a Beat homework Some like to do it with the radio on, some prefer silence. Some do not do it at all while others like to do it and get it out of the way early. What could this thing be? It is a part of everyday high school life that not too many students like to think about or remember: Homework! Ideally, homework is designed to provide each student with an individualized learning experience or a positive response to a given stimulus. explain- ed Mr. Tom Landgraf. Unfortunately, homework often is merely a means of negative reinforcement. I have to be in the living room with the televi- sion on and everybody around. commented Debra Norton. This might seem a bit odd to some but many students actually prefer to have either a radio or T.V. going at the same time. The noise helps from making me bored. On the other hand, Allison Hawkins said. I can’t study in the library — it’s just too noisy; there is just too much going on and it distracts me. Some peo- ple, however, have to have absolute silence. Some have to wait until everyone in the house has gone to bed before they can really concentrate. The normal hang-up about homework is that most students put it off over and over again. This can result in several nights of lost sleep trying desperately to finish a month-long project two days before it is due. Walking into the class, so proud that yours is completed, you notice the person next to you getting his back because he did not put it off and turned it in early, which resulted in an A+. You make that old familiar promise once again that you will never, never put a big project off again. homework