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The moans, groans and com-
plaints of students were familar sounds
heard echoing in classrooms as teachers raB
assigned daily homework.
Sports, jobs and other activities ~lomcwoo·l, m-:>' have
filled many students' schedules, making it been a pain fa t· some
hard to always get homework done. s tude nts mo t·e tl1 a n
Junior K.C. Vaughn managed to od1 er·s. \Vo rl. sports a nd
work in homework any way that he could. oth e r· activities fill ed up
" I do my homework at work or in aft e r· school schedules ..
the car on the way to school," Vaughn finding tim e lo get
said. Other stu- llOillC W Q I-k d o ne \VdS d
dents found that cl,allenge I:Or· rna'7
time with friends stude nts.
provided time to do
school work. "I do
my homework at
my best friends
house," freshQ1an
Valerie McGill
said.
Sopho-
more Cara Pea-
cock also spent
time doing other
activities that com-
peted with her
---- -- homework time.
She found that get-

Freshman Emily Gartner studies in a ting homework
done right after
computer lab. Using the computer lab
to do school work was an option for school gave her
students throughout the day. photo by time to do other
Kelli McMahon things in the
evening.
"I have dance and piano, but I
can usually work homework in, " Peacock
said. Working on an
Students realized that some assignment during class
homework was important, math in par- time is junior Jennie
Gates. Teachers
ticular. Others said that not all classes ocassionall y gave
required a lot of homework. students time to do their
"Most of it is busy work," sopho- homework in class.
more David Person said. photo by Kelli McMahon
While the majority of students
thought that homework was a pain, some
students found a way to get around it. "I
don 't have any homework. I do it in all of
my classes," senior Jessica Stuart said .
Opinions of homework varied
from student to student, and most stu-
dents knew that high school and assign-
ments from teachers had to go hand in
hand.
By Sara Quinnette