Trenton High School - Tigers Paw Yearbook (Trenton, TX)

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Not Just Reddin' Writin' 8c 'Rithmetic ACK TO THE BASICS 10 PRINT How are you? 20 INPUT 30 IF C$ = Well THEN GOTO 40 “What sort of code is this? , someone might ask if they had seen the above written down somewhere. If they had asked, then they obviously hadn't ever taken a computer course or they would have known the BASIC lan- guage of a computer. BASIC is usually the first thing you learn in a computer class. Computer classes have been required to pass the eighth grade for the past four years, so the Seniors were the last of the bunch who didn't have to take the class, “Back then I thought I was really getting out easy, but now I know that it's going to be hard in Sixth grader Glen Prater makes the chalk dust fly as he finishes up what he is writing on the board. Anyone would hurry after being on their knees as long as Glen has. 8 ACADEMICS life without a computer class, said Senior Lynne Graves. Computer classes are a lot of hard work. When Junior Kirk Smith was asked what he thought about his computer class he re- plied, A piece of advice to any- one who plans on taking a com- puter course from a TI-IN net- work- DON'T DO IT! My grades can prove it! Most everyone in the Computer Science class agreed that if you signed up for a computer TI-IN class, you were getting yourself into trouble. Even if it is a lot of trouble, ev- eryone, sooner or later, has to submerge into “the computer age and take computers as one of the basics of schoolwork.

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c After Giving Us The Runaround, We Decided To ATCH THE SPIRIT When having a Spirit Week be- fore Homecoming was an- nounced, who would have thought that it would be a total success?? Day 1 • 50’s Day Monday brought the tardy bell at 8:00 A.M., classroom lectures and throwbacks from the 50's. People ranging from teenybop- pers to Lenny and Squiggy roamed the halls. The guys were seen in the greasy hair, rolled up sleeves, penny loafer attire, while the girls came dressed with pony- tails, poodle skirts and bobby socks. Day 2 • Inside Out Day As far as the 8:00 A M. bell was concerned, Tuesday was just an- other day. But the tardy bell brought all of the students' wear- ing their clothes inside out and backwards. People wore their pants, shirts, socks, and shoes in- side out and or backwards. Some people went as far as turn- ing earrings around, or turning the shoelaces in a shoe. Day 3 • Celebrity Day Not only did Wednesday bring celebrities to school, it also brought many people who didn't care whether or not it altered their normal appearance. Celeb- rities such as Michael J. Fox, Buffy and Hildegard, Betty Boop. Al- falfa, and Cousin It showed up to see what school life was all about. Day 4 ■ Punk Day Thursday really started Wednesday night when students began to look for the clothes. makeup and hairstyles to make them fit in for Punk Day. The halls between classes looked like the New York Subway or L A's famed nightclubs. The rule seemed to be - the more weird the better! Day 5 • Tiger Day Friday brought 3 things to school, the beginning of the weekend, the end of Spirit Week, and Tiger Day. Roaming the halls were the Tiger fans, ready to cheer the teams on to victory. That is really what Spirit Week was all about. Loyalty and pride filled every area of the school building - which indicated that we did catch the spirit. What planet did he come from? won- ders the other students in the hall as Junior Brent Dancer proudly displays his punk hairdo to onlookers. This attire won Brent the Best Costume for Punk Day. Junior Kirk Smith takes Spirit Week literally by taking Tiger Day by the tail. Kirk re- ceived the award for Best Costume on

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Sophomores Mary Stufflebeme and Mar- ian Bodden get to work studying on their test for the next period Everyone usually waits until lunch to cram in last’s night's assignment Seventh grader Jason Pierce struggles to keep alert in his class as he works on his assignment. Having the tendency to want to sleep is something everyone has faced during the long hours of school Junior JiN Holmes and Sophomores Bran- don Burns and Jonathon Brummett get back to the basics of studying their lines in The Best Christmas Pageant ever”. Seventh graders Jennifer Pounce and Carol Kuykendall perform the one thing everyone in school has to do sooner or later - dissect a frog in one of your science classes BACK TO THE BASICS 9