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Sophomores

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                                             " .  .  .  I  don't  think  I  like  school  too  much  more  than  the  average
                                             student.  I do enjoy learning, but I'm not sure I enjoy school."

                                             -Sophomore Carisa Leise


                                                                                                                         What  is  your
                                                                                                                         GPA? "It's around
                                                                                                                         4.35  .  .  .They  (the
                                                                                                                         teachers) treat me
                                                                                                                         the same as every­
                                                                                                                         body  else.  I  get
                                                                                                           asked  for help sometimes from
                                                                                                           other students.  I have to study a
                                                                                                           lot. I guess my academic life isn't
                                                                                                           the only thing I look for.  I work
                                                                                                           hard at it, but I find other ways to
                                                                                                           have  fun  like  in  music.  It  all
                                                                                                           balances  out.  I  don't  have  to
                                                                                                           work atrociously hard."
                                                                                                           Hardest  class?  Honors  2  En­
                                                                                                           glish, definitely.  He assigns an
                                                                                                           atrocious amount.  It's just really
                                                                                                           difficult  reading;  you  have  to
                                                                                                           interpret  it  and  things.  It's
                                                                                                           (school) okay.  It's neat to keep
                                                                                                           learning  things  and  it's  neat  to
                                                                                                           find out new things and explore
                                                                                                           the  world.  I  don't  think  I  like
                                                                                                           school too much more than the
                                                                                                           average student. I do enjoy learn­
                                                                                                           ing,  but  I'm  not  sure  I  enjoy
                                                                                 ractice makes perfect!
                                                                             P Senior Jennifer             school.  My mom was valedicto­
                                                                             Bamsey and Junior Angela      rian  of her class  and  my sister,
                                                                             Jenson practice their pom     and my dad has a doctorate de­
                                                                             team routine in the cafete­   gree.  I  have  a  lot  of  pressure.
                                                                             ria.                          Not necessarily that she tries to
                                                                                                           cause it, but I do have pressure to
                                                                                  inety-minute class
                                                                              N periods are scheduled      do the best that I possibly can. It
                                                                             at the end of each semester   is pressure to  keep  getting  A's.
                                                                             for final exams.  Senior      My sister got A's so it's a  lot of
                                                                             Chad Warriner takes one       pressure.  If I don't do real well
                                                                             of his six semester exams.    on a test, I get really mad at my­
                                                                                                           self.  I think I put more pressure
                                                                                                           on myself than any one person
                                                                                                           does  . . .   I  don't  think  GPA  is
                                                                                                           everything.  Some  people  are
                                                                                                           afraid  of  entering  the  honors
                                                                                                           classes because they're afraid of
                                                                                                           failing, but you've already failed
                                                                                                           if you're not trying to do some­
                                                                                                           thing hard.  That shouldn't scare
                                                                                                           a person."
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