Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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A Pain In The Brain Have you ever heard of contracting for grades? If you were an Oneonta junior who had Mr. Kilgore, you would be familiar with this practice. It involves signing a piece of paper saying you will make 85-100, 70-85, or 70-65. The students who contracted for 85- 100 found themselves answering a sin- gle discussion question with three pages. The other students had jt a little easier answering standardized multiple choice questions. Although many students com- plained about the contracts, they dis- covered what a nice thing contracts were when Mr. Kilgore decided to dis- solve them the second semester. This action resulted in lower grades for sev- eral students. While juniors were mourning over the loss of their contracts, senior govern- ment students found themselves wor- rying about graduating. Due to Mr. Kil- gore ' s advanced method of lecturing and famous discussion tests, students found it challenging to make a passing grade. Mr. Kilgore ' s class is not all hard work. He often catches the interest of students with amusing jokes. Students also get first-hand learning experience by doing history projects and attend- ing town meetings. MR. KILGORE BREAKS the cadence of his lectures with one of his jokes. PAYING ATTENTION IN class is a must for Connie Blanton. Ben Bottcher and Mark Sims if they plan to do well on their discussion test. GOOFING OFF BEFORE CLASS, Valerie Allcorn gives her imitation of Mr Kilgore. Social Studies 59

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AFTER AN EXHAUSTING class ot taking notes. Monroe Self breathes a sigh of relief. 1 ' ■ iL ♦ 4 -

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Students get a jump on the coming revolution with their Plug In Pal If many of us blanch and shy away from anything so formidable as an electronic brain, the math seminar class is moving quickly to claim the computer as their own. The students get to sample the la- test in modern technology in their own computer center. Here they have a chance to work with an ' apple ' micro- computer. One of the goals in math seminar has been to learn about the effect computers have on daily life. They have also used the computer to solve math and business problems. At the end of the course, many stu- dents will have learned new skills which they may use in their first job or when buying their own computer. Although most of the time spent in math seminar is used for learning infor- mation that will be helpful in working with more advanced computers, the students occasionally enjoy playing some of their favorite video games such as ' Little Brick-out ' and ' Space Invaders. ' CAREFULLY WATCHING FOR MISTAKES, Nita Griffin and Cynthia Hartley enter a program into the computer keyboard. MATH SEMINAR HAS helped Patricia Graves become familiar with the computer 60 Academics