South Windsor High School - Centurion Yearbook (South Windsor, CT)

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Student Life 15 Brian Symonds gets charged till his hair stands on end. Experi¬ ments like this are run to test the flow of electrons. Keeping a balance...John Davis works on accounting homework while frantically trying to make ends meet on his Work Sheet. r+

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This is... How we learn E veryday we force ourselves to get up very early in the morning to come to school and learn. We are taught just about every¬ thing we need to know in this building, from solv¬ ing a mile-long math problem to writing es¬ says, and chasing a ball around a dirty gym floor. They even offer us courses in child develo- pement (so we might un¬ derstand ourselves bet¬ ter). Cooking, so we ll know how to put popcorn in the microwave and watch it pop; typing-the art of pressing tiny keys without looking at them; wood-how to make a shelf, and chorus, how to sing and read music. Let us not forget those for¬ eign languages that are needed to get into a good ' ' college. More importantly though, they put us in an atmosphere where we must learn to get along with others. We learn so much everyday. Learning doesn ' t always have to be done in a classroom under the direction of a teacher. Sometimes our friends are our teachers, or surprisingly enough we might learn some¬ thing on our own. Learning is not con¬ fined within school walls or school grounds. Our parents and brothers or sisters are great teach¬ ers, if we took the time to listen we could learn a lot. What about our em¬ ployers and the custom¬ ers we deal with every day? Have you ever gone people watching ? You know, when you go to the beach and look at all the people passing by, or you ' re just sitting in your car at a red light. You see things you liked or didn ' t like about them. It was then that you began learning about yourself. You were growing up and that ' s what learning is all about. Remember books and homework are im¬ portant, but so are peo¬ ple. All are the tools nec¬ essary for learning. Otoe leCKBEV il.W ’ Hat In The Jar 1 .v; ' JuMWutW ,m.r; smgkingL Who says you get time off from class? Students work diligently on current events during their al- ledged free time . One lone door awaits open at the end of the empty hallway. This is the picture many students have seen. Yes, you are late to class. 14 Student Life

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MBU This is ... r ive more minutes. The clock seems to be standing still, working against me. Fi¬ nally. Jumping up, I race into the hallway to share the important gossip I just heard. Does this scene seem familiar to you? To many students of South Wind¬ Soc ializina ' sor High School it does. Lisa Hatitus, a senior, stated, In between classes is a great time to catch up on gossip and see people you other¬ wise wouldn ' t be able to. Don ' t believe that talk¬ ing is limited to the hall¬ ways though. Ho way. Time in the classrooms, to the dismay of the teachers, is when much communication among students takes place. ” I get yelled at a lot for talk¬ ing, Sue Egan, a junior, said. Tricia does her socializing at the refreshment stand, at a Saturday afternoon football game, with a friend, a coke and a smile. Sam, Simone and Liz express their enthusiasim, while getting togeth¬ er with friends in the fire light of the bon fire Friday. 16