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

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uBIG BUCKS. I usually work the driveithrough at Westlake National Bank. As well as counting and verify- ing the cash that comes in, I handle customer deposit and withdrawal transao tions. Communicatr ing with customers is always interestingh so is handling all that moneylhAlex Harkins, senior KlIlN PRINT. Mi Typing 11 class often had timed writings where we timed our speed. lthink the decision for taking this class was a good one; it will show up later when l applv for ajob or have to type term papers. -Danny Bolger, freshman llPIFfTHROWING climaxed the final scene in our German 11 skit second period. Ihit Brian Standley only after he got me first. Actresses Donese Schlessinger and Angela Stout managed to dodge the pie. -Eric Rabv banian, senior lAT HALLOWEEN, Mrs. Joann Glan: lEngliah Ieacherl brought treatx fur the l i i i claSsi The trick was that I had to xmrk on a biographical sketnh ul Ernest Hcminmmx 'i which I will compile into d majm report u cond semestcr. -R.W. Simpmn, iuninr 21 A + EDUCATION

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Hl think itls silly to cut relaxation time dur' ing the school day. Despite the fact that eler tives and extracurricular stuff is more often than not strenuous, 1 consider it a break from the routine academics. I don't think Perotls ideas will workIL-David Wlebber, sophomore EDUCATION A Dallas HllllliVHJlIC ntmiutl llcrut published i1stithmutulltlesmlpli titletl uFlnt which demanded reform Hi ulmdtmn, and the media, the puhht and education lmi'u'thmnx'l forces responded. lt would not tittcct Us wt; there were still basketball PrtlLllkLCS to at tend, tlrama lines to rehearse and homework assignments to umiplete. But it was In the hack of our minds. festering. and we were aware of it when soccer cancelled on a weekend or Madrigal Christmas concerts were confined to lunchtime and after school. As UlL. required partimpants in extm'curricular activities to pass four Classes Instead of three and some talked of requiringy a minimum lC' practice was average, most students did not come in conflict with the new rules, but many felt the pressure in the air as they read in the newspapers about nine hour school days and limited numbers of activities. Still, school life conv tinued much as it had begun, and much as it had been the year before and the year before that. Nothing really Changed much, even the fashions made comebacks after awhile, and students still crammed for tests, still copied off each others assignments, still studied in the sun outside the cafeteria Senior students in government class talked about their required com; munity service hours and their Class rank while freshmen bemoanecl the difficulties of algebra, and students in German looked forward to 20 WurstlEst, a day of cultural exchange that took its form in eating. Those students willing,y to toil it out in Advanced Placement Biology got an extra bonus: a trip to Port Amn' sass But soon it would be too cold tor Port Aransas, and as winter ape proached and short sleeves were replaced with sweaters, the Christmas rush also began. Trigonometry and calculus students had research papers on their minds, if not on paper. For ambitious mathematicians, a careful paper could result in a bid for a state award in contests. But for the average student. pro, crastination and last'minute typing was more the norm, and the usual horror stories about staying up all night to write a 27vpage paper, ac, companied by appropriately bleary eyes and rumpled clothes, hit the halls about 8:37 the next morning. As the weather got colder, so did the classrooms. Or at least some of themt Layers were peeled off at random as classes alternated from being not much better than outside to a good substitute for the Bahamas. llNO SQUEALS were heard except from the weak-stomached. . .Kevin Williams, senior, trightl and I sat next to each other in Ms. Reese's biology class. Dissecting was gross, but having someone to share it with really helpedeBrett Goodwin, senior Academics

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HEXPERIKIIZNTN make scunie appeal' ing to me To Jihrmiiu IVUllIng points of different xuhstimi t s, m nurkeJ first u ith the xoluhllm of Mlll l'hxsntnl sticnw Lihx were fun and rm imam. pan of tlasx.';Brett Richardmn, freshman The inconsistency in temperature, however, did not prevent most teachers from remembering that the end of the fall semester was upon all. Amid wailing students, they assigned their last term papers, planned tests and frantically tried to cover the material they had to get through before January. Christmas vacation neared, and the yearly controversy over finals before or after Christmas raged on, but to no avail; finals would be after Christmaxi And no. the teacher didn't care if TKVVE'RE TALKING big business. I max looking at the gigantic printer at the Austin Americaantatesman neii'spaper. It mus a block long and put out 70,000 papers '4 minute. That trip vi ith my English Commw nicdtion Skills class xxas a blast.'L0'es Lacey, junior When finals come around each and every semester, I find myself in the same set of cira cumstances. For the entire week before tests, the only things I do include studying, eating and sleeping. And sometimes, I even do math in my sleep! ,7 Sonia Van Tongerloo, sophomore UCATION you had three concerts to sing at, a paper to write and four tests to study for, there would still be a quiz over the last fifteen Chapters the next day. Christmas. Always a relief from the rushed, whirling world of books, papers and deadlines. This particular year was too cold to allow much celebrating, but nevertheless, the usual hoardes of students went up to Colorado or New Mexico for ski trips, and many bundled up to see the Zilker Christmas tree or go caroling. Always over everyoneis head, however, was the threat of ap- proaching finals, and piles of books 27 lay forlorn and untouched in bedroom corners or car floors. When school resumed, the halls were strangely subdued for two weeks. The ones who normally initiated a party stayed for readinT, writinY, and yrithmetic Iwith a little Latin and chemistry thrown inf Except for, of course, basketball games; trivial worries like finals coulddt stop basketball players. But for the rest of us, life became a mamv thon of studying as we tried to remem- bet a semesters work or, worse yet, tried to learn it for the first time. The two weeks dragged on endless, 1y, and by the time they were over no one really cared anymore. Finals were over; a new semester had begun. A new semester meant many things to Westlake students; it meant blank gradebooks and four more tardies before punishment. It meant new people in Classes and perhaps a new routine to fall into, and it meant, best of all, the com, ing of spring. Academics