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

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Deadlines determine SWE TING N Q H As the I flashed by and QOYOQ deadlines drew near, dock 52 watchers found creative ways to Whcrs Done get around the 'E' ls Done time burden of large as- ' ' ' signments. Instead of actually reading the book, popular ways of avoiding real work included running to the video store and checking out the movie. A lot of movies are different from the books and usually teachers watch the movies so that their ques- tions will not be based on the movie, freshman Rachel Davis said. I learned this the hard way. Other ways to get around doing real work on book reports ranged from choosing books read before to merely skimming a new book and reading only the first and last chapters. I get a book that I like and I don't read it. I look in the back at the summary and copy it down for my book report, freshman Nathan Allen said. I haven't been caught yet, and I've been doing it for years. Deadlines, the cause of frustration and panic, haunted procrastinators who waited until the last minute to begin their dreaded assignment. l hold off a project until the night before and it usually takes me the whole night to finish it, senior Caret Kipe said. I go through the entire next school day with my head on my desk. As the quantity of deadlines increased, the quality and time spent on assignments decreased. Seniors, once freshmen, reflected upon their futile efforts to create the perfect English paper with disdain. I spent a lot more time on my English papers as a freshman because there weren't so many. Now l have many more papers to write, so I don't spend as much time on them, senior Heidi I-leilman said. They're not as important to me now. Large assignments, the bane of students who would rather go out with friends than work on a pre- calculus paper, were frequently put off and eventually slapped together in a night of concentrated activity as deadlines approached and students began to realize the consequences of not turning in a major assignment. is V - REPOSE AND REPRIEVE At the end of a tunnel, senior Anthony Truchard escapes from the endless rigor of honors courses to indulge in a more pleasurable pastime, reading. iPhoto by Charlotte Renwickl l 311 KNOW WHA rs WHAT OH ROMEO, ROMEO With mouth open, freshman Ria Atkeison lies on the seats in the Commons, totally engrossed in Romeo and Juliet for her English class. iPhoto by Staffl

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A gmc, . ART ANYONE? Trying to take as few classes as possible during their senior year, seniors Eric Woomer and Jason Nolte discuss sched- ules with counselor Shirley Faske during drops and adds. iPhoto by Trace Werneri E D T A P E Registration, notebooks Walking ,iii IZ: Z. :,: through the 's2s:3525s53552?i5?i:f3' ' I'Eiiiiiiiigiziziaifig commons' doors some sept. 1, fauc- tant students were again blitzed with one wharsihe I Hewfunwel- Difference? C0medP01iCY change after fQfj'jfjfj'jfjljIj 'jfjI'1jfjI' lj fjfjf jfjfjfj Ijij If Ijf :lj Ijf jf jf' fjfj11fjf'igfj3jfjTjI- policies caused more hassles than solutions for students and teachers. Computer registration gave me all the classes I wanted but not in the order or with the teachers that I would have liked, senior Courtney Smith said. Seventy-two percent of students polled showed displeasure with the administration, thinking of the change as a punishment or as one more lost privilege. Along with the change in registration, another new policy af- create hassled havoc was the study habits calendar, which tied into their six weeks average, could either make or break borderline averages. l don't completely agree with study habits, but it has helped to keep me organized with my classes and studies, junior Shay Purcell said. To open-minded students, study habits didn't present a problem, yet others found the notebook a little too reminiscent of their middle school years. I feel as though I'm in the third grade-the teachers are treating us like babies. We are in high school and are old enough to keep up with our own assignments, junior Mike Casey said. Like those before it, this school year proved to be no exception to the rule of inherently negative changes initiated by the administration that caused dissent among the students and faculty who had to endure them. RED TAPE Edited By: Ashley Cotten

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611 A6 . 4 . :.- 1, 11' 'Z' ff, l l l i i twateaw V V 941' cn Richard Rehen Art 2, junior Varsity Tennis. A . 7 ' ., 3 Elliot Richmond: Physical Science, Physics, Astronom- V - 3, , A 2- f . i' 1 'H johnny Ringo: Sports Boys-9, Varsity Football, U.S. ,5 v 'ff 4 ' J , Yi' '. if 1 ' -V j. H Vt V .av , if - History. 4, f V' .-i f - V V ' Vi, 'V ' Mary Ann Rivera: Algebra 2, Consumer Economics. 5 X ' 9 1 if V VV Io Ann Rogers: Geometry, H, Algebra 2. .- r, -V, ,. ' Cindy Russell: Hyline 1, 4, Dance 1. Ron Schroeder: Sports Boys-9, Varsity Football, Health Education. Eri ., we , , ,- 1. J, as-'F ' -679' 2 1 , t 1 ,J C N t lm. ,,. .. 1 V V ,it ref' 1 , .,, Schultz: World History, Industrial Cooperative Training 1, Work. Barbara Schumann: Chemistry 1. -X. Cathy Self: Sports Girls-9, Varsity, Health Education, V Physical Education 2, Team Sports. Cindy Russel's most embarrass- ing moment as a teacher occurred when she took her team to the state drill team competition. When seven months pregnant, she walked across the gym floor and fell flat on her face. Eric Schultz's former occupation as a diesel mechanic in the National Guard involved going out after disabled tanks and repairing them well enough to bring them back to the base. Johnny Ringo was the football star of his high school, voted most popular and most likely to succeed and was a National Merit Scholar. He now spends his free time playing golf instead of football. Barbara Schumann, the editor of her high school yearbook, graduated Sth out of a class of 650 students. 'I was not very interesting in high school. Iwas a greaser! That is not as interesting as you would think' -Elllot Richmond ,r' 1 2 FIX THAT FLAT! In thelr technlcal theatre class, senlor Klm Hamilton and sophomore Michelle Dear staple together a flat for use by drama. lPhoto by Steven Declerckl As senior Jase Auby puts the academic section of the yearbook on the Macintosh computer, junior Kristine Frenk makes sure its correct. iPhoto by Brian Pedderi DEADLINES Edited By: Erin Croig