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(Right) Dustin Garcia helps
Michelle Schlender with the fi-
nal stages of a Biotechnology
lab.
(Below) Mr. Manalastasdiffer-
(Below) Jason Apperson, dur-
entiates between the radius
ing his stay at the Los Angeles
and the ulna, as Daniel Wright
Public Library, reads one of
and Casey Benesch prepare for
his resources for his term
their lab practical.
paper.

Did we have any homework last night is the question that many students ask

when they first walk in each of their classes. Although this question may make

students appear nonchalant in regard to

school, their reasons for asking are legit.
In Academic Decath-
Some are faced with an overload of re-
lon, William Shipley
sponsibilities that puts academics at the
sorts out the papers
bottom of the list. This overload, how-
on his desk in an at-
ever, is not the result of compelling teach- tempt to organize the

ers; but instead, a choice that is influenced facts in his mind.

by peers and ultimately made by each

student. This choice of going above and beyond standard expectations repre-

sents what academics at Saugus is all about. While the challenge that academics

poses may allow you to forget what your motivation was for working so hard in

the first place, it is important to retreat from the arduous battle every so often and

focus on your goals-your incentive to strive in the academic realm.
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