Oak Grove High School - Hornet Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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In The Q.I:.l:.' . . Plans for the Future Although some students think that it is too soon to plan for the future, others are plan- ning ahead by taking business classes. A variety of classes prepare students for the busi- ness world. Business math teaches prac- tical applications for math. We really get away from just plain adding and subtracting and get into harder business related problems such as ra- tios and proportions, said Coach Treadway. Debits and credits may seem like a strange language, but they don't to the students tak- ing accounting. They learn how to organize and maintain financial records and can learn the basics necessary for a variety of occupations such as an office clerk, an account- ing clerk or a bookkeeper. Business English has re- turned after a five year ab- sence to add another dimen- sion to the business classes. Business letters, forms, and current trends in correspon- dence ready students for sec- retarial through management positions. Students keep up with the high tech World with business machines and computer clas- ses. Programming data entry, transcribing, typing, and cal- culating help students get hands-on training on the lat- est machines used in busi- ness. While some students look upon school as fun and games, the business students are us- ing their time to train them- selves to enter the business world and to plan for the fu- ture. roblems seem much easier when the teacher works them out! Coach Treaclway uses an overhead projec- tor to explain a problem to one of his business math classes. 'I 6 Closs . . . lnfOut

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ending a helping hand, Brian Ed- mondson and Doug Staneart build a science project which would auto- malically turn on a light. In the LAA-B New Experiences In Learning First, the chemicals were mixed together. Then there was an explosion. Finally, the glass melted. That was the end result of one lab that was per- formed in Mr. Woods' physics class. Labs offered new insights to students who took such clas- ses as biology, physiology, chemistry, or foreign lan- guages. In chemistry, labs were per- formed to help the students better understand how matter reacts with other matter. In my chemistry class, we do so many different labs and exper- iments. For example, one day we did a lab where we took a certain piece of paper and put a colored mark on it. We dipped it into a solution and when we took it out, the colors that were on it were the pri- mary colors that, when com- bined, made the original color that we put on paper. Say we put the color green on paper. When we took it out of the so- lution, the colors that were on it were yellow and blue, said Eric Booth. Labs in foreign language consisted mainly of cassette tapes that helped the students train their ears to distinguish certain sounds and syllables. When we first worked with the lab in French, I thought it was so hard because the speak- ers talked so fast, and it was hard to understand. After a while, though, I found that it was easier and I could under- stand a lot more than I could at first, said Ashleigh Zim- merebner. In all, labs basically had the same effects: students learned more about their subject and experienced new techniques in learning, too. In the Lob

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se of business machines must be per- fected in order to survive in a growing business world. Millicent Henderson practices keyboarding techniques for an adding machine in a business ma' chines class taught by Mrs. Goble. ,W ., ,wil 0 1 ' 1 fi. 3? ji K 'I gm R yping is a basic skill most often needed in a business career. Many students took one or two years of typing. Sara Brewczynski concentrates on a timed writing which is done to improve typ- ing speed. n many cases there is never enough time to finish homework. Often the five minutes between classes is just enough to finish up last minute assignments. Sarah Norton uses her time wisely by finishing her accounting homework be' fore class. oardwork can be embarrassing! Teach- ers often call on students to work prob- lems on the board for the whole class to see. Pam Hennessey overcomes her embarrassment to show her work for a problem in business math. In the Office l7