Saddleback High School - Caparral Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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am. Tftecu s4C Pt 4t Tttavinj By Karina Cerda and Elena Moore found myself in the mid- dle of nowhere. Suddenly, I see a light and run to it. Now I find myself in ' O ' period. Test tomorrow, says the teacher. I hear the same two words from my first and sec- ond period teachers. In third period, my one hundred points project is due. In addi- tion to that, I have to prepare a speech. How will I get all my homework done and still be able to get up tomorrow at 5:30 for ' 0 ' period? I seem to be getting nowhere. I start to run and then . . . I hear Mom ' s voice saying, Get up! Already?, I moan. For many students, get- ting up in the morning is the worst part of the day. Setting the alarm is a futile effort to awaken your body. When the alarm rings, everyone in the household is shocked by the blaring noise except you. Your mind simply refuses to acknowledge such an annoy- ance. If you are involved in ♦ A Conquering the A.M. syn- drome, senior Tony Brock hurriedly finishes his homework before class. Every morning, sleepy-eyed stu- dents can be found in the library studying. Julia Hollins would rather catch some sleep that she missed the night before than do strenuous ex- ercise. Students are often nonactive in class participation in the early A.M. hours. sports, extracurricular ac- tivities, or have a job, home- work becomes a late night task which strongly affects your sleeping pattern. I wake up at 5:00 every morning because I go to an early morning seminar that starts at 6:00 before I come to school for zero period English, says Kristen Cook, junior. I usually get to bed late, she added, and it be- comes hard to wake up in the morning. The task of getting your body in motion and your brain functioning properly is faced by all students who can relate to the early morn- ing dilema. V 22 A.M. means Almost Moving

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M - . ? l y vP V ° V r. v V £ r fe y„y ♦ Being a man of experience. Shane Verge gives students a help- ful tip on hallway traffic. Crowded hallways have become extremely detrimental for many students. Glaring into the crowd. Kendra Feemster is overwhelmed by the number of people that surround her. Apprehensive about mingling with the crowd. Zina Merrill clings to her locker. Srudenr Life 21

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Not interested in the class discus- sion. Gerals Cardajal takes a nap. Energizing herself lor the day. Vicky Ortega supplies herself with apple juice from the cafeteria. The cafeteria food often becomes breakfast for numerous students who get up late and do not get a chance to eat at home. After oversleeping twenty minutes. Mario Esparza quickly fills out the blue slip that will permit him to enter class late. Attendance lines were usually longer after 8:00 because of the late rush. 41 Tammy Charpentier contemplates the day ' s events as she takes a look around her. Victims of the Almost Moving syndrome always seem to be wondering. What ' s going on? Srudenr Life 23