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Zimmermann , Jack
Zinkov, Renata

Senior Li z Franke is searches through
her backpack for her book th at she left
at horne on her desk. Students often
misplaced or forgot th eir dail y assign- TEENS COPE
ments at home. photo by Kelli
McMahon
By Katie Swartz

As they year pro- as if unstitching my head from
gressed, students were forced the carpet wasn't enough, dis-
to deal with difficult and stress- covering I am actually up early,
ful situations. The fallout re- and it is a Saturday. Boy, I
sulted in students having a bad really hated that day," senior
day. Debra Mategrano said .
"When the alarm goes Students not having
off at six a.m . and I have to roll alarm issues to set them off to
over to hit the snooze bar a bad day, had people issues
causes me to have a bad day," to deal with. Not knowing the
junior Tom Mclaughlin said. people who got students up-
Others could make it set also occurred.
through waking up to an alarm, "What bothers me
although when it was reluctant most is rude people. They just
to go off, or cooperate, it cre- drive me crazy," sophomore
ated problems. Amy Scmidt said .
"When my alarm The worst time of the
doesn't go off, I have to hurry day was a continuous draw-
up in the morning, and I usually back in students' lives'.
tend to skip breakfast," senior "The morning is the
Kirk Havick said . worst time of the day. Not
Unusual circum- eating in eight hours makes
stances caused students grief my stomach angry. I hurry to
that resulted in disastrous out- fill my stomach up with
comes. Fruitloops," Mclaughlin said.
"I'd have to say, what Whether it was a cer-
triggers a bad day for me would tain time, or specific day, stu-
be waking up with my head dents often found ways to re-
sewn to the carpet, and realiz- lieve the disadvantages and
ing I am late for school. Th"An , stick it out.

Preparing for a research methods presen-
tation is junior Sara Turnquist. The length
of th e presentation was required to be 13-
15 minutes, and had to be interacti ve with
the class. photo by Kelli McMahon

sometimes procrastinated by
minut e materials before class. Bad Days
by Kelli McMahon