Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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ANXIETY ATACK. Blc in mouth, junior class vice- ■ president Kelly Travers stresses ■ut about homecoming activities at a class meeting. Her favorite ex- cuse: Miss Rores, you have to be- lieve me. I was walking to school reading the newspaper about a Mexican homework thief. The next thing I knew, he came up to me and said, ‘Your homework or your life.' 1 said. 'ST, sehor. Here is my tarea.’ Photo by Terri Lin. EXCUSE The Voice of Au- thority won't listen to your rea- sons. So you try a lit- tle . . . ABUSE top, don't tell me. I know the story. 1 swear to God, I was on my way over when a tru- ant officer asked me for my autograph. And you'll never believe what happened next! I ran into, uh. Madonna, yeah, that's it! Hey, you really should be glad I'm only ten minutes late, considering that last night I hardly slept at all because I had a close encounter with some lit- tle green men from outer space who were going to take me to their leader Excuses. We all make them to get us out of tight spots, whether we're late to class, forget a huge home- work assignment, or can't explain why we don't have an admit for the week we were stricken with viral pneumonia. Maybe they're not as weird as the one featured here, but many of us have to admit to occasionally making up some pretty wild ones, ranging from the classic blame-it-on-the-dog or my-car-broke-downs to some that would make a creative writing teach- er proud. I usually say something like, The report was supposed to be about the history of Japan?! I thought you want- ed it on the mystery of Spam! said an anonymous source. Seems like no one wants to admit to excuse-mak- ing. To tell you the truth, most of the excuses I make are to guys I don't want to date, confessed senior He- len Chiang. ”1 once told this guy who called me up, ’I'm in the middle of eating dinner.' Problem was, it was only three o'clock when he called! Others resort to a) doing their homework during E period, b) forg- ing signatures, or c) never attending class at all and avoid excuse-making altogether. That may be the easiest way! Gosh, I'd love to finish this article, but a yearbook-eating monster just came in and destroyed the printing plates, and ... Well, excuuuuuuuuuuse me! By Terri Lin. POP THAT TOP! Looking down !o open a container of Yoplait. junior Deidre Smith contemplates the calor.c differ- ence between low-fat and non fat oqurt. Deidre finds excuse-mak- ing most necessary when she's ab- sent. Whenever 1 miss school. S always use the same excuse: 'Really, there was a big family emergency!' Pholo by Shelley Woods.

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KICKIN’ BACK ... Eric K regel gels comfortable while chatting with classmate Richard Herrera. Each take some time . out to catch up on the latest gos- A. ip. Richard admits that “the class is work, but we all try to find time to talk with our friends when the teacher al- lows! Photo by Tanya Pino. Special Education 4T

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SEE. IT GOES LIKE THIS ... Armed with knowledge. Mr. De- Vita explains an art concept os senior Marlow Markus r.ods thoughtfully. Marlow uses a famil- tar upper classman excuse when she's tardy: I couldn't find a park ln paceM hadJojdnve around until one opened up. Photo by Mike West. THE THREE MUSKETEERS. Relaxing in the sun. buddies He- len Chiang. Koren Higuchi, and Doug Shoji intently study a page of economics notes. Lunch time- cramming spares the seniors the need for the old I-didn't-know- the-test was today line. But accord- tng to Doug, saying that I have a huge headache because I acci- dentally got tossed through a bos- ketball hoop gets him out of many sticky situations. Photo by Terri Lin.