Seniors forced to face difficult challenge of advanced education

¥& Colleen Strassenburg Features Editor

Repetition, innocence, help, guidance. Gone. Gradually over the course of time, students are stripped of their security blankets, and find themselves struggling to grasp responsibility as the years slip by.

Seniors Jessica Garcia and Ashley Curtis have been learning to cope with advances in course material as their high school career comes to a close, essentially being thrown into a game with little or no padding.

“In my classes, I can’t just copy and memorize, they (the teachers) make you think bout what’s going on. It’s a higher level of learning,” Garcia said.

Curtis agrees, and adds a little more wistful thought to - the topic at hand.

“I wish they still spoon fed us,” Curtis said.

Others have the tendency to skate by their senior year, finding little difference in the level of difficulty in their classes.

“If anything, they've gotten easier. I'd never taken notes in any of my previous years anyway. Although, this year ’m actually doing my work now, and I’m probably more mature than I was my freshman year,” senior Tyler Huff said.

In fact, some, like senior Jack Archer, prefer the more intellectually inspiring courses.

“Yes, they've gotten harder. It’s not copying down notes;it’s more of a discussion. You have to know what to take down. Even though it requires more thought, I like it better now, because it’s helping me get ready for college,” Archer said.

The variety of opinions over the evolution of classes