Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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sso ‘Given this community ... | surely don’t see as much individualism as | would’ve expected.’ think high school should Wé be ап opportunity to taste from a cafeteria of many things,” said Richard White. “Тһе people who are eating all salads, or all desserts are missing exposure to a number of things. Whatever a high school education should be, it has caused controversy between advocates of the traditional education and career or work programs. Several teachers expressed their concerns about where emphasis on education should be placed. “It seems to me there are some people who believe that the experiences a student has outside the classroom are very important to a student's all-around education. It happens that I think a student's first obligation is to expose himself or herself to as many possible areas of learning as he can during the time he 15 in high school, because you have that time only once in your Dick Byers whole life. [ guess I am accused of being too strong on academics, but it reflects my background, commented Robin Murray. I think we do an excellent job of college preparation, and an adequate job on the vocational level. I sometimes question what we are doing for kids who are out of here and walking on to a job, said Jerry Dunn. “I think there is a real fine balance here as far as math, science, social sciences and language arts. I like the way the curriculm is set up. I feel it'S geared towards those who are academically talented and going to go on to some higher form of education. I don't think Гуе known very many kids, including myself, who knew what they were really going to do when they get out of school. It “I sometimes question what we are doing for kids who are walking out of here and walking onto a job. Jerry Dunn. always seemed to me that the broader your education, the better chances you have. Case in point ... myself. My high school was a very broad type of high school. I have done probably 10 to 15 different kinds of jobs before I finally became a teacher, Dunn added. “І had no idea what I was going to do and I think that the background I got in high school has helped me to ре versatile. 5ally Mason thinks that how well an Ames High School education prepares a student for his later life depends on how well the student is motivated, either by his own drives, or by the teachers he or she has. The education is here if the student wants it. “I think the compelling thing is Richard White that we help each student become himself, and maximize his individual opportunities and not worry so much about judging the whole group, added White. [ think there is sort of a problem at Ames High School in that we give students the feeling, living in this community, hey!, you are expected to go to college if you are at least average. Iowa State University, being located in Ames, has influence over students, and over teachers' ideas of what their students are apt to be like. “Given this community, and the kind of people who are here, I surely don’t see as much individualism as I would have

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A said Murray. wn in the individual but | think more we capable of absorbing and becoming involved іп more ‘| think more students аге capable of absorbing and becoming involved in more 1 : x areas than they are, Robin Murrav. 4 bL І . A areas inan iney аге. White noted a different attidude in the AHS student, that he found “refreshing. Student are willing to let their hair down and try something new. I find them Jerry Dunn ready to try new things and new approaches. Even though career and vocational training programs are offered, some teachers found | their students' jobs a hinderance to their classroom performance. “Гуе had quite a number of students who've said they didn't t their homework done because Robin Murray they had to work. I think students' working has had a tremendous effect on what students are willing to do in terms of preparation, Murray commented. “Many students рау a penalty for the economic advantage of a job, agreed White. Dick Byers didn't think of jobs as а deterrent. “I haven't found kA give students the feeling, living in this community, hey!, you are expected to go to college if you are at least average, Richard White. jobs a conflict with my students’ output. Even though they aren’t always available after school to make up tests, etc. we always get things worked out. Ames High is a super place to go to school, Mason exclaimed. “The kids (and I'm not cutting down kids or anything ... you can't blame them) really don't know how good they have it. The “The education is here if the student wants it, Sally Mason. problems that many other school systems have, we don't have here. Sally Mason Education 15