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I A Method To The Madness

Some students studied whenever they got th e chance. Not all no1se was necessanly d1stract111g Sen1or Kar
Fre9h an Valene Arms sneaks a qu1ck glance at her Black f111 ds 1t helpful to listen to some of her favon
boo in the ba throom before going to take a test 111 her m ~i c when study111g Intently (E Armbrust)
next class. (E Armbrust)

Homework Gets Done

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

-Lisa Shulman-
were too many distractions.·· At hom(
Arms studied in his room on his bed. "I al sc
e ercent of students wait until the took several breaks-it helped to refresl
o e a test to study. claimed science my mind. The only problem was that I'd te
i Johnston. as guilty faces nod- myself to go downstairs and watch the
ded in agreement. It was not uncommon to game for a few minutes. and I'd end u~
ull see a student bent over a notebook. hands watching the whole thing."
sc over ears. fingers in hair. ignoring everything Not everyone needed pea ce ful sur·
wi around him in a desperate effort to sink roundings to study. Senior Julia Rasokal
m· pages and pages of information into his tor- did her hDmework in front of the television
81 mented brain an hour before a test. Senior "I never had time to just sit and watch TV
ly Rob Millimet explained. "Limit on time was so I did it while I did my homework.·· Ras o·
an the main reason I put off studying until the kat said that for her. studying with a frienc
Wt last minute. Besides. for tests that required was a way of motivating herself to get her
gr· a lot of memorization and some basic com- studies done. "It was easier to stick with
mon sense. it was pointless to spend hours it because the other perso n needed tc
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of memorizing three days in advance because study." What happened when neither per-
br you'd probably forget it all by the time you son could remain motivated' "Then we
gr. took the test anyway ... Millimet said that went out for pizzal" To keep track of all
st< Sometimes a fellow student could explain things better when he did sit down to study. like for an AP of her ta sks. Rasokat sa id that sh e noted
than a teacher. Getting ass istance from Senior Mike Kil -
We lam is Seni or Leanne Souba. (E Armbrust) test. he did so in his room where it was quiet all important dates on a ca lendar. wrote
of and he cou ld concentrate. her daily assignments on a piece of paper.
wl Senior Randy Arms also said that he and made a list ea ch week of al l the things
ca needed peace and quiet to study. except she needed to do. ··I usually got everything
to when doing his drafting. and then he listened done on my list. I don't know how well I got
an to some tapes. " I couldn't study at sc hool it done. but I got it done." ~
m< because it was too uncomfortable. and there
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