Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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Students reveal free time activities
By Lewiwa I*.
There has been a lot of talk fotaf
oa lately loom the on.' schedule
planned for the (all and Ihi possible
effects *jf MKh • change, io Vu
l-owrtt look a pctl of inidcna from
registries picked at random b crier
to find out what students do during
ibdr free mod*.
Tea tetutnes inchidiag at least two
from aU four grade level* were poll*
cd. The poll! asked the students whtt
they do during their f.cc time r.
school. Including lunch modi.
•mdent bedy e=-j gigantic kuUim
so out tory can get as much work
done during the day as pouible or
elfhl potent of Lo»c!l students eat
only during class time.
M% study fa, the IBmry
21% study In • routine rraler.
41* dud; la ib* balls.
TlrfMgh these numbers do ovrrlsp
(Bedews sfdy in the library and In
Ite hills), hi. interesting to aotclhit
almost half of the snrtcou polled
Itcefttdthsibry study in Ihe library
"... with a student body of 2,800,
are there 700 Walkman's somewhere
in the school?"
Here tut the luuttr:
92% of theitadrnti staled that
they ste dnrtr^ woe of tbdr Are
moth.
The Accuracy of thi> uuitUc is
questionable, cotnvlcring thrt scbocl
can be su boun loot sod n>wt people
dt> need food during that uuouet
of time. Two conclusion* can be
drawn from tblk information,
however. Either eight pcrcea of the
Editorial
and half study is the halls. The qvestion
that these facts bring to mind i>
chts: since me library and the resource
ccmcTi seem to t; crowed *: mot* all
the time, ud much of the day the
halti seem filled with students, would
• larger percectage of Uudents spend
Ume studying at school if mere
library space, more lesourcc centers.
or ntore hallways were *ldcd to the
building?
74% of students rrport spending
time talking with otacr students.
The social life at Lowell does leem
to be alive and well. Or ire these
students just talking about school
we ' ** And wba* atewt the «her onefoL>..
^ the school... do they nut
uU>.. atiyone during their free modi?
19% play ortts, backgmnuooa,
or ctber ftrocs.
23% play batkrtball, bacVey
sack, or other spoils.
26£ Ustcn to walkman type
devfees.
Again taking overlapping into ac*
count, tt seems v>at • good o—nber
of Lowell students like to spend time
at some diversion frum school woefc.
Does this mai that with a uufcnt
body of 2.800. there tre 700
walkmats somewhere in the school?
39% report doing homework In
the library-
24% rrport doing homework tt? a
rtsoora crntcr.
44% report doing Itotxcworii in the
(nils.
Even taking m erlaps into account
lifter ali i! you had homework to do.
would you do tome of it in the
library, move to a mource center to
do more, and (with tne Lut bit iu the
halU? The only reason for moving
around would seem to be in order to
avoid icting the Usenet assigned you
Oic homework.), it icons safe to
an3metiutover«Q% of Ihe student
body iJnj iome lutwuV « school.
So what lucpened oo die .1-Tran hst
nlihf?
31% IA die ittnJents