Smyrna High School - Gold Dust Yearbook (Smyrna, TN)

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TERM PAP R TERROR There 's No Escaping May 1983! The junior year is complete. The new seniors think the worst is over. However, they soon realrke that the ultimate challenge lies ahead and there is no escaping the terror that lies in store for them. The inevitable term paper - this is just another one of the many firsts each high school senior must encounter. First of all, the senior must decide on a topic that interests him. Next, the student must find sources, write the paper, and then type it or pay someone to do the job for him. Still the worst part of all in many students' opinion is the oration of the speech in Hont of the class and teacher. These are just a few of the traumatic experiences a senior must deal with while writing his term paper. When the research is completed and the trn1e comes for organization, he is on the verge ofpanicking. With only a month to write his first term paper, there seem to be endless pressures. After painstaking thought and many nights of burning the midnight oil, the senior hands in the completed paper. Filled with many doubts and rnsecuritres, he eagerly awaits a grade. Aker he has his grade, he either sighs or cries, but all that remains of the carefully compiled term paper are the ashes that smolder in the senior English teachers' fireplaces. Q t iw 1 , eg -- is: E .Ar -S fs' in ':?.. A Library Lifesa ver. Since the first step in writing a term paper is looking for references, the card catalog is usually the first stop for most seniors. Kerri Parman ' was able to End several sources for her paper on Lord W Byron. The Second Step. Shutting out the rest ofthe world ff rm...,,,M while working diligently on his term paper, ,ffffy I Davis attempts to complete his many note cards. y . . .... . 2r --- W-f.,..,...,. ,M . . .s.....,,4, ...V to I Finishing Touches. Before his finished paper is typed, Gary Martin works on last minute details and revi. Q sms

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SUCCESS AT SE VE TEE a member ofthe senior class, was voted most talented for her outstanding dance abilities. has been dancing since the young age of three, and now she owns her own dance studio, the Dance Academy, where students, beginning with the age of three, are in- structed in the many types of dance. began taking lessons Hom Paulines School of Dance where she also was accredited to teach tap, ballet, jazz, acrobatics, toe, and ballroom dancing. She is also accredited by the Chicago National Association of Dance to teach dancing. Teaching classes sbt days a week and keeping up with her school work involves a great deal of determination and sacrifices Hom There are certain things I have to get done every day, she said. 'Y have to know what I nl going to be doing every second ofthe day - my life revolves around my watch. hopes to inspire her students to fulfill their dreams, 'Yrs not hard to accomplish something if you really want it, she said. This is my dream, and I in living it. ' ' . .- X 1 .. :SPS ef! - , Qt..,1.f f S ,ff . ' , . W 5 . .. 1, . .g ,q,,.,v,- - f . s f - 1 ,, . S A ' f l-E, 'sg-?L9-iAAf' zf. 'QQQ W ,J--51.19 ii- - 2 .Q Q y .am en P X fs H t' 1., -' ms -sv fwglff - f sf' ' A .wr-ima-Lf qfgcgt , -- .,... , , + .. ' ,nu-M-a..Mm. ,fs t.. awww ,......,.,.,. -, A Moment to Relax. Aher working diligently on her journalism - duties, takes a moment to relax and organize her thoughts. Warming Up. warms up before beginning her daily routine of reaching dance. - Photo by Greg Campbell. In Between Classes. With a very busy teaching schedule, takes a minute to arrange her activities in an orderly manner. - Photo by Greg Campbell. Seniors 1

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V. ft Disarray in the Huddle. Dur- ing practice senior powder puff players plot their next play and attempt to get their signals straight. Friends Forever. Cynthia Foutch and Tammy Hobbs laugh at some unexpected ex- pressions on their senior proofs. Breaking It up.jeffKey shar- pens his expertise at shooting pool. CHERISHED MEMORIES Forget Them ot The time has come for the 1984 seniors to go their separate ways. This time is hlled with excitement but ,also with a bit of reluctance. As the seniors reflect on their past school days, they remember the special people, places, and times which were impor- tant to them. Graduation - the major milestone ofa senior's life . . . as each student steps across the stage at Murphy Center to receive his diploma, the senior feels a variety of mixed emotions. He feels a sense of satisfaction and elation at having accomplished a seem- ingly endless task. However, the senior may also feel sadness, for he may never see some of these people again. Anticipating graduation, the senior's mind is Hlled with memo- ries of football games, the class clown, club activities, bulldog spirit, fund raisers, arrival of class rings and senior pictures, both bad and good times, and the special Hiends who made the days a little shorter. The senior then realiaes the importance of memories and knows that they must never be forgotten. Twenty-four Carat Gold memories last a lifetime. Seniors