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It was midnight and the paper that was assigned at
Senior Ellen Dixon takes a breather fro m
her homework. On top of after school
activities, athletes had to balance physical
and mental strength. PHOio "' JOSH c"'"
the beginning of the week was due the next day. The
classic symptoms of fatigue started to set in.
This was a familiar scene to many students while
trying to keep grades up. With college applications to fill
out, some opted to take advanced placement courses.
"AP chemistry is my most stressful class . I decided to
take this class because it would look good on my college
transcripts. I don't think stress is so much of a bad thing
because it helps you out in the long run," senior Matt
McVey said.
While homework and simply understanding all the
material covered was hard enough in itself, testing proved to
add to the chaos in students' lives .
"My classes are stressf ul because all of the tests seem
to fall on the same day. There's never any time to study,"
junior Kristy Wilke said .
As much as school stress was considered to be a bad
part of everyone's life, good points could be found among
the bad.
'The stress makes me work harder to achieve a better
grade, " McVey said.
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Workt1g on a page for the
Hoofbeat are seniors Stephanie
Penner and Tara Dinslage. The
page took nearly a week to
complete before it was sent in to
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