Allen Park High School - Imprint Yearbook (Allen Park, MI)

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The desire to communicate was the basic reason for the formation of a spoken and written language. To communicate is to be alive in relation to other people. It is not confined to man, animals rely on a built-in communication system. But only man has developed that highly organized means of communication called language, and his ability to use the spoken word to further his own purpose has been an important factor in taking his dominant position on the globe. English is made compulsory at Allen Park High School for an obvious reason: Successful communication in one’s native language is a basic need. Divided into tracts according to the level of the student’s ability, the English classes try to develop communication past the brute instincts into the realm of ideas and organized thought. Literature and Languages: 18

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EMICS EduSHBps m personal venture—on the part of the itudent and on the part of the eduoeto No’maBer how large the student fcfcxly or halw small (lie faculty, the ratio is always 1:1 if there isr an interested teacher and jan interested student; It is at this point of interest that the education has begun. The iclassroom is usually the local point of this beginning. Here the student faces a direct exchange of ideas with his teacher, meets new challenges, and allows the seedsjof doubt to take root anti emerge as new discoveries inaworld in which he is just airakeningj It is the role of the’ feacher to encourage, unscramble, and guide the thoughts of student; this is the first imprint, the most nfclelible and the most Important one—the imprint of ideas that is ntude oh his mind.

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Language and society have grown old together, as the one grew more complex, so did the other. They are different aspects of the same thing. Language, as a form of social behavior, expresses and gives shape to the beliefs and attitudes of people in groups—whether they be families, tribes, or nations. Thus, the foreign language student learns not only the words of a different country, but gains important insight into the development of society as well. Four years of Spanish, French, and Latin are offered at Allen Park High to enable the student to delve further into the customs of the country or the history of an ancient day. It is a study of the mechanics of communicating, but it is also the study of the result of successful communications. Communication in the Arts 19