Shawnee Mission Northwest High School - Lair Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Maximum Performance --v Time to tud ,..............................-........ Making the grade is a student 's full time job fhe time was never there. From the Ery day assignments to final exams te always seemed to run out. fhroughout the school year, students :med to follow a pattern in the way ey studied. There were those who ldied all the time. those who mmed. and those whose study habits 'ied. I tend to cram more than study for a tg period of time because it is easier me to remember things on a test the at day. if I cram at the last minute. a Doten said. Other students thought ,mming to be an unsuccessful way to dy. For me, studying over a period of ie seems to do the job of getting good grades on tests. But when it really comes down to it, time always seems to run out and I always wind up crammingf' Kyle Mieras said. Students were individualistic about their studying environment. A quiet spot. as in a library, was needed by some stue dents to perform to their maximum abil- ity. n . When it is time for me get my home- work done, there has to be total silence. especially when l'm reading. If there is a radio on or if someone is talking. I get distracted. and never get anything done. Kristin Hruby said. To some a room of activity was more desireable as a study- ing atmosphere. Total silence kills my train of thought, ' 2 i . Kim Fatall said, I always have the radio on or I am talking on the phone while I do my homework. Without that little side distraction. none of my home work would ever get done. Throughout the year certain study choices worked differently. At times a point would come when no amount of studying could bring about the desired results. lt always seems that on the tests that won't change my grade I do really well: but when it comes to those major tests. my grades always seem to take a major dive, Rachel Cannon said. When the night was over and the study light finally went out, the only task left, was the test. -Lora Smith l AT THE END of each day a large amount of books are often needed to be taken home. Lynn Moore leaves for home loaded down with books. -photo by Greg Gloshen A CLUTTERED DESK is often the ideal study place. Robert Thompson finds his desk at home to be the perfect place to Study. -photo by Greg Gloshen Maximum Perf rm n 21 design by Lara Smith

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TO MANY STUDENTS studying seems much easier whiie there is music playing. Beth Roy listens to her walkman while Studying for a test. -photo by Greg Gloshen THE LIBRARY IS used throughout the year as a research center. Mike McComas sits in the library using the encyclopedia to collect information. -photo by Greg Gloshen 20 Academics

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---.-...www-Q-... Maximum Performance The final test Pressures from late nights studying build asjinals get closer As semester exams approached, some students panicked and feverishly tried to cram a semesters work into one night. Others took it in stride and studied without feeling anxious. I briefly glanced through old tests. a few pages of notes. and some note cards. Caroline Schrader said. but l was really nervous because I had never taken finals before. Several students and teachers thought that finals were not an effec- tive system of determining semester grades. I don't think finals should count as much as they do because if you work X i 1 . xx ., .X K ., . XXL X h. XXXL-I C- bt- I iq .h LQ . ll WN ' s ' ' ik iel'1.i'lllll it D.. l. , sn wt at SY -.E x t X ff 'kc X Xi ll? , ll Nh X' xxl X l ra N 4 f' l W . XX 'bex' 5 5- L , X XXX ,iliss x mx'-' 'T . RNSWS3 X f Xb 9' N ' ...-. X 4 lvl ' ' ' if A K i--..g-..-lglslige tb-.--ii? ' STUDENTS SOMETIMES FIND themselves studying late into the night. Elizabeth Ouseley prepares for upcoming finals. -photo by Marc Parillo 22 Academics hard all semester and you fail the final. your grade is all messed up. Jeaninne Wenzel commented. The opposing faction stated that finals were a method of determining the knowledge a person did or didn't gain during the semester. I think finals are necessary because they not only determine the students knowledge, but also help to find out how well the teacher taught the class. Jeremy Coulter said. Upperclassmen had an advantage over freshmen because they generally knew what to expect from the tests. The finals were really easy for me because I've taken them for many, years and l know how teachers sei them up. Christy Atkinson said However I did study for some finals because you never know how harc teachers will make their exams. The type of review also reflected the grades students received on the exams. Some teachers had a long. formaf review while others. like Mrs. King. only reviewed if necessary. Effective or not. finals continued tc be a problem for some and a breeze for others. -Ruchi Aggorwol