Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

Page 245 text:

I me. Getting dressed is a tedious job, because I usually fall asleep slipping my socks on. After getting dressed, I walk into the dining room to eat a nutritious meal of cold cereal. At 7:45 a.m. I pro- ceed to the car so my chauffeur, mother, can drive me to school. I proceed to my locker, and attempt to open it at least three times until I am successful. Then to my first period class. And so the routine continues until l 1:30 a.m. The bell rings and l go to lunch and endure the school food. At 3:35, every- one is finally out of school for the day. My chauffeur is in the parking lot wait- ing to pick me up. The transport home is a sight for sore eyes. Soon after I arrive 'jfs home I do the homework of the day and swim in my backyard pool. After the refreshing dip, I eat dinner, watch TV, and finally retreat to my bed. I lie in A-tw bed, refIecting on the day's accomplish- ments, thus, putting me to sleep. -Chip Warburton Freshman 4 fv fwyzf' xk I g .111 as 3. nt -w +345 H fry. Monday, everybody's favorite day. alarm. I get up out of my bed very For me, it starts out with a disturbing Slowly and grab any clothes in front of 4 -1-f is-if . 3,5.i.,. ,K g We deserve a break today! -Shawn Wilson and Sue De Nisio I like after school practice better than before school because we seemed to be more awake. I also feel we get more in and learned more than in the morning. So it's okay, but of course practice is never fun. -Michelle Long 336 Magazine 241

Page 244 text:

After final bell We all participated At3:36I... forget all about school and think about the rest of the day... Chris Newcomb practice for dance team. Joyce Henry go home and play frisbee. Dane Popowich am trying to make it home on a tank full of gas fumes. Nora Williams lock the door. Mr. John Luther run to my friend's car and we 'take the long way home'. Robin Visnyai wake up after an hour of sociology. Liz Trevino am counting the minutes down until 5 o'clock when l get off work, and thinking about the people who are getting out of school. Shelly Stewart do homework and munch out. Paige Coln go to my locker then 600 to the parking lot to get home. Judy Salinas go home and wait for Prince Charming. Lisa Brown go home and do homework right when 1 get there so I can do whatever later. Sheryl Boring Would you like to improve your looks by 25 percent also? .lust contact Davier Inc., David Lewis and Javier Trevino, two of the Gnest makeup artists in the Held. Free estimations. David Lewis 3: 36 was our time. The 3:35 bell was like a Coast soap commercialg we opened our tired eyes, stumbled out of our desks, ran to our cars, and didn't look back. We were on our way, whether we chose to spend our spare time with extra- curricular activities or our own activities , 3:36 Friday to 8:40 Monday was our op- portunity to do whatever we wanted. Although not all the hours after 3:36 were fun. Homework sometimes dominated our time during week nights but as we ap- proached May we would find ourselves studying just enough to get by. Some of us spent our time at the school with practices, 240 3:36 Magazine rehearsals, or meetings. Many of us were employed, but at least we could say we were making money. Our weekends were . . because the weather's so nice and everyone can go down to the coast. 1 1 much different. Weekends were entertain- ment. We spent much of our time at movies, parties, and concerts. By 5 o'clock Friday, I'm ready to go out with my 'Senior Buds' and do some heavy duty partying!!',, said senior Connie Wood- worth. Since the first day of school we had' the dates of Christmas, spring break, Easter, and Fiesta vacation memorized. Senior Lorin Zucker, states, My favorite 'time off' from school is probably spring break because the weather's so nice and everyone can go down to the coast. Even though we all did not do the same things everyone still had 3:36 in common because all of us participated. Teresa Griffin I spend much of my spare time rehearsing for di ferent musical events. Merilee Goodwi

Page 246 text:

We had ays of beating the system We knew all the ropes We all did it. We all looked for short cuts during the course of the day. We talk- ed our way out of homework assignments, extended exam dates, and stretched our tardy limit way out of limitation. If we were given an inch, we took a mile. This was our way of beating the system. As the year went on we found it rougher and more impossible to do the tasks we did with vitality at the beginning of the school year. Getting out of bed in the morning, knowing where we were headed, was the biggest task we would have to accomplish all day. But this wasn't the extent of it. We still had to figure out a way to get our assignments done, manage our way through many exams, and also avoid get- ting sent down stairsn. Well first off, I won't forge blue slips, cause last year my girlfriend forged one for me and Mrs. Sloan caught me and I got three days OCS. Now this year, I got smarter. I just got unexcused absences Qblueslipsj from Mrs. Acheves or tell them I need to sign out and I'm 18 years old so I legally can, said senior Steve Ramsey. V Our excuses for tardies. absentees, and . . ,Iwon'tforge blue slips. . . this year I got smarter. . . late assignments were numerous and original. With as much thought that went into the excuses, we figured no one could turn them downg yet more often than not, we figured wrong. Junior Pete Flores ran into his class five minutes late, The reason I was late, Mrs. Weston, was because I was at the trainer. I had to talk to him about icing my arm. Likely excuse! Senior lunch was a big break. We had an hour off campus to do what we wanted. Although officially for seniors only, senior lunch did not discourage underclassmen to participate also. Lunch somewhere other than the cafeteria tempted all classes. By our fourth year, most of us had already had a taste of senior lunch. For some of us, this was not enough. We chose to go to school half a day and be on the work program. This situation at first, seemed to be the answer: a less amount of homework, exams, and racking our brains trying to think of new excuses. Senior Tom 242 3:36 Magazine ri.. - I beat the system by making friends with the admin- istrators. Mike, Ray, and Ken are good friends of mine. You would be surprised what an administrator would do for a 6-pack of Lone Star and new batteries for his walkie-talkief' -JeffNordsiek Being a three-year graduate has given me the oppor- tunity to get on with things that I wanted to do. -Andrea Kohn Burch said his way of beating their system is to write your own notes and blue slips. But as May 28 fMay 21 for seniorsj neared it did not seem to be as satisfying. So we had to resort to the 'ole' excuse routine of beating the system. Teresa Griffin F