Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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WHAT NEXT TEACH? After hours of book work and reading, stuv dents smiled on the less blah activities. Senv ior Mike Nino adjusts the bunsen burnerhs Hame in Chemistry I. In computer math, senior Jeff Nelson examines the print out of his program. Junior Tony Ragusa and others of Mrs. Rose Brooke's fourth period Spanish class enjoy a feast from Spain. ASK YOUR CONGRESSMAN For a questionlanswer video taping, Dr. Tommie Jones explains to senior Leslie Marv tin and other seniors about the procedure and purpose of the taping. The tape of Ms. Martha Cherico's government classts ques' tions, originally intended for TV, was sent to Congressman J.J. uJake Pickle for responses. Academics

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TUDIES 20 TESTS WM tar d5 tests go. I'd rather not take them. School'u ukt n'x the tests that bother me. . eiunmr JUIIC Uoodwm 24 HOMEWORK ul don't think teachers give mo much homework. But I think they don't realize some students work dunng the week and how hard It 15 some mghts m'complete ' long asstgnments, -yunmr Cram Engleman g6 CONFLICTS , . . IEE$3$$I$$SEV$S??????sgnwggsme Mr. Dodson cast the onevact play. Mrs. Atwood and Mr. tumor Rmh DOW Farmer assigned the term paper. Mrs. Ritts and Ms. Cherico 18 STUDYING assigned volunteer work. All in the name of education. As H. Ross Perot claimed unot enough educationh, we were hit in all subject areas and screamed too much? But nonetheless, classwork preceded homework. Home- work preceded studying and studying preceded tests. Then tests preceded report cards. Finally, report cards superseded life itself-unless the grades were what mommy and daddy expected. On a mce day after I've eaten lunch, It's easier to study outside where it's quiet, -;umor Wen Hu eww gz '41, ;W'W w An W I :7 V, ?hht . I hgxhy w' m m 5W ,, PM GOING TO FAIL! Itts the end of the first semester and every student crams whether they found room in the Commonhs Area, the cafeteria or the li- brary. Juniors April Newton, Mark Edwards and others discuss last minute preparations. I t w-W , 16 Divider

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BAommu. But nut yuxt .tm mop ning, The first murmnut .1 hright, cheerful awakening; that should have started an hour later. No more, the sleeprlns until ten a.m., the spontaneous afternoon dates to Barton Springs or the abillr ti; to work eight hours a day, Or at least not until next summer, because the obnoxious huzz 0f the nI do all the usual baCk'tO'SChOOl thingseshopping for clothes, buying new folders, deciding what to wear on the first day. .. . My favorite part of coming back to school is seeing teachers and friends I missed during the summer. The absolute worst is getting into the routine-no more sleeping ltil noon or summer afternoons. - Stephanie Kaplan, junior alarm clock signals the inevitable school has begun. It is a matter of ex citement for some, a matter ofmixed regrets for others, but school is in the air, and even the weather encourages late risers to hurry as the still, hot gusts of August air whisper around the walls of the once deserted school building. The paint on the bathroom doors is new and free of graffiti, seven new nIJABS are fun. I like them more than classwork, that's for sure. This was the experiment that de- termined what foil did when you put it in steric acid. It burns up, let me tell you. Mrs. Schumann makes it fun. -Lisa Kuhn, freshman 18 Academics DUCATION advisory schedules have been posted in strategic spots across the campus, and the bright, unmarrecl lines in the new parking lot still smell like fresh paint. Freshmen arrive first, saying good! bye to anxious mothers with impa' tience as they walk into a new atmosphere. Next are the sophomores, careless! ly displaying their knOthow and ob vious prestige in the high school world as they make their rounds for - the freshmen. Juniors filter in more slowly, gent- e ly reminding freshmen and sophomores that only upperclassmen lean on the railings in the Com- mons, and planning where to go out for lunch. Seniors casually appear at the last . moment, too used to first days of school to derive much thrill from them. But the rush of anticipating is shared by everyone, and there is a sense of dreams in the airedreams of success, of prestige, of new oppor- tunities. Ambitiously the first spotless covers are put on textbooks, new notebooks are organized, locker come binations are memorized. Schedules for underclassmen are standard: biology, English, algebra, geometry, world history. Older students boast more variation: V latin, economics, French, sociology, Shakespeare, computer science, trigonometry, physics. And then there are those ready to move on to higher and more challenging planes. College credit in high school? Just enroll in Advanced Placement American History, English, calculus, biology or, chemistry. There are no impending tests yet, i no threats of progress reports or pro, 1 bation in National Honor Society. The slate is clean, and the focus is ; on learning rather than scoring. Of course, as the year progresses and 3 routine sets in, it becomes harder to l remember what summer was like, and I the breezes of October also brought winds of controversy. iiChTACI-I AND I talked a lot about 3 upcoming golf tournaments during the fall season. The time we spend in class and not on the course is really important; Coach Paul Simon gives us lots of support. -Melissa Richard, senior