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Seniors
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                                              "There  is  no  way  I  could  handle  it,  she's  (Jenny)  got  a  huge
                                             schedule ..
                                             Senior Heather Shimerdla


                                                                                                          Heather  Shimerdla:  "I  don't
                                                                                                          have any of the basic classes, like
                                                                                                          math  or  social  studies.  I  have
                                                                                                          foods,  photography,  car  care,
                                                                                                          study  hall,  gym,  basically  just
                                                                                                          the classes  I  need  to graduate."
                                                                                                          Jenny Dolphin:  "I have a lot of
                                                                                                          deadlines, but it's probably  the
                                                                                                          same as it will be next year.  I've
                                                                                                          heard  from  other  people  who
                                                                                                          have taken a schedule similar to
                                                                                                          mine, and they said that college
                                                                                                          was almost easier, so I think it's
                                                                                                          prepared me so I've kept that in
                                                                                                          mind  all  year."  Shimerdla:  "I
                                                                                                          have  not  had  any  homework."
                                                                                                          Dolphin:  "On an average night
                                                                                                          not  very  much,  but  it  seems  at
                                                                                                          the end of the quarter, all of my
                                                                                                          papers are due on the same day.
                                                                                                          That was a lot of stress.  Most of
                                                                                                          my homework has been reading
                                                                                                          and  writing  about  what  I've
                                                                                                          read." Shimerdla: "I got straight
                                                                                                          A's this year, and that looks pretty
                                                                                                          good, but when you look at my
                                                                                                          classes, it doesn't look like I had
                                                                                                          to  work  that  hard.  Other  than
                                                                                                          that it doesn't bother me at all."
                                                                                                          Dolphin: "I think of it as a chal­
                                                                                                          lenge.  Sometimes I wonder why
                                                                                                          I did it, but I look back and think
                                                                                                          it'll be okay."  Shimerdla:  "I'm
                                                                                                          worried that I'm not going to be
                                                                                                          used to the homework. This year
                                                                                                          I got out of doing any work but
                                                                                                          next year  I'm  going  to be piled
                                                                                                          with it."  Graduation  require­
                                                                                                          ments? Dolphin:  "I think I have
                                                                                                          at least 300 (credits). I don't think
                                                                                                          there  should  be  any  more  be­
                                                                                                          cause it gives you the freedom to
                                                                                                          take electives. I think that people
                                                                                                          should  take  more  than  200  but
                                                                                                          not  in  specific  areas.  I  special­
                                                                                                          ized in the basics."  Shimerdla:
                                                                                                          "My friends all said, it's our se­
                                                                                                          nior year, just sit back and relax."
                                                                                                          Dolphin:  "A  lot  of my  friends
                                                                                                          are in  one or two of my classes
                                                                                                          with me so they have some of the
                                                                                                          stress ...  Shimerdla:  "There is
                                                                                                          no  way  I  could  handle  it, she's
                                                                                                          (Jenny) got a huge schedule.  It's
                                                                                                          just  too  hard  for  me,  too  much
                                                                                                          work."
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