Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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Mrs. Bettis (Page 156, Top Left) Mrs. Betty Bet- tis teaches tenth grade regular and advanced English. (Top Right) Great Expectations and Romeo and Juliet, along with traditional grammar skills are taught to ninth graders by Mrs. Jeanette Carnes. (Bottom Left) Mrs. Susan Caraway instructs ninth grade regular and advanced English and twelfth grade advanced place- ment English. (Bottom Middle) Students are instructed how to cook, sew, and do homemaking skills by Mrs. Carol Collins. (Bottom Right) Spanish I and II are taught to students by Mrs. Shirlee Bingham. 156 Mrs. Carnes (Page 157, Top Left) Mr. Ronald Cooper helps students who are pur- suing a career in carpentry. (Top Right) Twelfth grade English, World History and American History are taught to students by Mrs. Janna Copeland. (Middle Right) Mrs. Joy Deming bases her program around American literature and the in- famous term papers. (Bottom Right) Mrs. Martha Dunn has a superb reputation for her scientific skills. She teaches classes of Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Biology, and Biology to all grades of students. Mrs. Collins Mrs. Bingham

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The Library: More Than a Storeroom of Books Mrs. Jackson Here at Pinson we are very for- tunate to have a modern up-to-date library that contains the materials including books, encyclopedias, magazines, films, clippings, pamplets, newspapers, and records to help in furthering our education. Our library acts as a service center to assist students and teachers in a variety of ways. No longer is the library a place of ab- solute silence except for the turning of an occasional page. Today ' s library i s a place of research and solitude but is also a video center of growing magnitude. Staffed by two very competent professionals, Mrs. Gwen Edwards and Mrs. Mary Nell Jackson, the library thus has more than adequate What Makes a Good Teacher What makes a good teacher? There are many distinguishable characteristics that make a teacher good in the eyes of the students. Here at Pinson Valley, most all of the instructors have the qualifications necessary to accomplish a high stan- dard of education. For everyone who has ever suffered through school, a good teacher is one who is able to get the point across to the students without confusion. If there is a problem, however, the ideal teacher is always there, willing to help. Mrs. Abbott supervision. Long time veteran Gwen Edwards states that she has enjoyed watching the development of Pinson Valley ' s excellent library facilities. The library has developed from a small classroom with several hun- dred volumes to the now modern complex which houses around 8,000. Mrs. Edwards L 1 b r a r y In order for a student to accomplish the goals that have been set for him, he relies on the instructor for guidance, and our teachers are definitely people who can be depended upon. There is more to a good teacher than the ability to make the students learn. A good personality is also impor- tant so the pupils will feel comfortable. There is no reason why kids must dread going to class and a proper in- structor can eliminate this problem. The greatest compliment that could be paid to a teacher is, You not only made me learn, you made me want to learn. An occasional statement like this makes the teacher realize their job is worthwhile. (Top left and right) Mrs, Jackson, library aid and Mrs. Edwards, librarian, (Bottom left) Mrs, Ab- bott teacties special education. Mr Adams teacties social studies. (Bottom righit) Ms. Beasley teaches Business Education. Mr. Adams Ms. Beasley FACULTY 155

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Mr. Cooper Mrs. Copeland Homework: A Heartless, Unwelcome Enemy It ' s there, whether you want it or not, stalking its victims, attacking in- nocent people. Will it ever be stopped? Not likely! Homework . . . it ' s a vicious, heartless, unwelcome enemy of the human race. By invading the American home it has managed to expand the hard-earned time of the young. Just imagine arriving home after a long, hard day and hearing, Do your homework! Terrifying, isn ' t it? All night your parents say, Have you done your homework? and all night you reply, I ' ll do it later. It won ' t take long. Chances are, you arrive at school the next day and suddenly realize you didn ' t do it. You spend most of the time in other classes working on the assign- ment before it ' s due later that day. As a result you miss important facts in those classes, but it doesn ' t mat- ter, at least you got points for your homework. Teachers, believe it or not, don ' t really like giving homework many times because it is usually their responsibility to grade it. Like students, teachers have things they ' d rather do when they go home for the day than grade homework. About the only thing they get out of it is a Migrain (which a truckload of Anacin wouldn ' t cure) because the work is so garbled from being hur- riedly done in homeroom when it should have been done the night before. No doubt about it, homework is a double-edged sword for everyone in- volved. Though it ' s hard to learn anything without it, many people, students, and teachers alike, wish there was an alternative way. r Mrs. Dunn Mrs. Deming 157