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Research papers took
Sweaty palms, racing
yet to come: the
hearts, and butterflies in up time and also placed presentation to the class.
their stomachs were just a high amounts of stress "I don 't like public
few of the symptoms some on some students. speaking at all. Talking to
students got when they "To me, research papers a group of people about
had to present in front of a are really stressful because information makes me
class. Not only were the they are such large really nervous because I'm
physical side affects bad assignments and such large afraid I'll say something
enough, but there was also parts of my grade, and I wrong, and everyone will
the work involved in know they have to be laugh at Senior Alex Rak,in rc-
having a quality really good," sophomore me," 'earch~' for his AP
Chemi,tr) bb. ··we had
presentation. Alyssa Morris_ said. Morris to create a lab to S) nthc-
"It depends on the type Students frequently used said. siLc chemicals. It took me
of presentation I'm doing the library and the Internet No about four hours, but it
helped to work in clas,."
to determine how long it to find the information matter 'aid Raksin. plwto hy Sa -
takes to prepare," senior they needed for a thorough how ruh Gaughan
Brent Klingemann said. paper. Popular sites used nervous a student may
"For a PowerPoint, it takes were Google, Yahoo, have gotten, the
a week, but it takes me a Galenet, SIRS, and Ask presentation had to be
month to write a 8-12 page Jeeves. given eventually. Once that
research paper because the Once the research was was done, students could
information has to be so completed and the paper wipe the sweat off their
much more detailed and was written, some students brows and enjoy the
thorough." felt the scariest part was feeling of completion.

team equipment on senior Zeb Adams.
Adams volunteered for the demonstrati on
of th e riot shi eld in hi s law studies class.
photo by Sarah Gaughan
Writing her music research paper is senior
Kelli Balm. " I have fourth hour off, so
every day I come to the library to research
and fini sh my homework ," Balm said.
photo by Sarah Giwghan

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