As the school year winds down, students seem to spend more time out of school than in the classroom. The many out of school activities seem to take center stage. Track participants will miss as least part of six days of classes and golfers have a similar schedule. Scholastic contests result in three days away from school for the contestants. Other worthwhile activities such as speech and leadership conferences cause several more absences. All these activities leave some students with as few as eleven days of school in the month of May. Students must try to fit all the activities into their over filled schedules. Teachers scramble to collect absent slips. It seems that these activities are the only way students who are anticipating the relaxing summer months can make it through the monotonous classes of April and May.