Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Discussions were often a part of English II class as the class goes over their latest assignment with student teacher, Miss Cathy Warren. Stand p and be heard Alone, commun1cat1on can be an experzence Mother's apron strings seemed to suddenly vanish as students entered high school. Being on one's own some- times was a new experience for most, and some classes just . seemed to emphasize the arrival f of independence. Probably one of the more 7 difficult things a student did was to learn how to commu- rf nicate with others. Performing t a speech in front of others was . a hard thing to do the first time. Although I know it's good for . me, getting up in front of people can be pretty embarrassing sometimes, junior Julie Black said, especially if you start laughing and can't stop long enough to finish your speech. Writing essays, poems, and personal narratives were all a part of English class. Trans- lating thoughts and ideas into words and putting them down on paper were requirements in these classes but was not always the easiest thing to do. Thinking the thoughts was the easy partg writing them down so that they could be understood was a different story, sophomore Kevin Henderson said. Communicating with people in English was difficult enough without having to do so in a foreign language. French, German, Latin, and Spanish were the languages offered to students that gave them yet another chance to express themselves individually. The worst part of the entire year was having to sing my Oscar Mayer bologna commercial with my partner for the whole Spanish class--they had no idea what we were doing, senior Michelle Barnett said. Speech, English, and foreign language were all classes that involved expressing oneself and conveying thoughts and feelings to others around. I've learned through speech and debate that unless people understand what it is that I am trying to say, it does me no good to speak, senior Davey Cooper said. ENGLISHXLANGUAGESXSPEECH 8 7