Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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J. -Q'.. -- v An essen+ial of a good Mme in shcdhanc 55 The correcr poslure as senrcr Lauri Warren shows. I 'Q Closely examining 'rhe keyboard To be sure ol where his fingers qo, iunior Greg Ruqel prepares lor a Timed wriling. Timed wrilings are lhe source ol concern for senior Neal Wilso' as he confernplales why he missed len words in lhe las? typ ing drill. As one of Wilsorli harder classes. Typing drd nz' lurn our lo be the easy claw he Though? if would be.

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WiTh The spring came The rains, and soon The winTer would bring The snow and The cold. For every season some Torce oT naTure came To make surviving a wonder in iTselT. YeT To The pioneer women, her housework was disTurbed by noThing buT The compleTion oT her Tasks. STudenTs in home economics classes were lnTenT on learning how To manage a home and Tamily which included conTemporary Topics like consumer educaTion, inTerior design, and iob hunTing as well as The TradiTional sewing and cooking uniTs. BoTh guys as well as girls Took parT in Home Economics l, realizing how inTormaTive iT would be. WiTh more women working ouTside The home, men are Taking more acTive roles in The home and in parenT decision making, home economics Teacher Jean SouTherla nd said. Junior Paul Pinell agreed. When I go oTT To college, I need To know how To cook. Along wiTh cooking many oT The boys made down vesTs Trom a kiT They ordered. The liTTle paTTer oT TooTsTeps was heard in The minds oT child developmenT sTudenTs as They prepared To learn abouT children and Taking Tull responsibiliTy oT Them. Home and Tamily living discussed popular Topics on sTudenTs' minds. We Talked abouT The basics, iunior Susan Donnelly said, like love, sex and marriage. They also debaTed subiecTs such as aborTion, single parenThood and mariiuana. You geT To know everyones views and To undersTand more abouT liTe aT home, said T-lieronymus. AnoTher Twelve week class is l-lomemaking l and II which consisTed oT sewing, cooking and selT improvemenT. Speakers Trom ProTesTanT, CaTholic, and Jewish TaiThs visiTed To discuss social issues and soluTions To Tamily conTlicTs. Consumer educaTion class insTrucTed iuniors and New Singer sewing machines make iT easier Tor junior PaTricia Fleming To pracTice sewing bound buTTonholes. A Tew con- veniences oT The machines are a Tree arm, builT in buTTonhole maker and decoraTive sTiTches To help modernize sewing in Home- making ll. seniors on how To prepare Themselyes Tor TuTure roles. IT TaughT Them To use money eTTicienTly and inTormed Them oT The governmenT proTecTion provided Tor The consumer. FuTure Homemakers oT America sTa rTed oTT The year wiTh a nacho parTy To greeT The new members and bring back The old. The lnTernaTional Dinner hosTed a speaker Trom The German consulaTe and various Toods were prepared by The Toreign language sTudenTs. Home Economics

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iilkillll SHPE UI IIIISTIIBSS WheTher preparing Tor The compeTiTive iob markeT, college, or personal use, The business deparTmenT oTTered skills wiThin The grasp oT The sTudenTs. l don'T wanT To be a secreTary, buT iT has TaughT me diTTerenT skills, like using a keyboard, ThaT l know I will use laTer, senior Chris Towne said. Among The varieTy oT classes TaughT, Typing was The mosT popular. The challenging parT oT Typing is Trying To improve my speed. By The end oT The school year we should be Typing 45 words per minuTe, sophomore Roger Rossi said. 0Ther courses such as business law, managemenT, and communicaTion gave sTudenTs a look aT whaT a managerial posiTion is like and TaughT consumer proTecTion. General business showed mosTly Treshmen and sophomores The basics oT banking, economics, insurance, balancing a checkbook. and various crediT Terms. Record keeping, bookkeeping, and accounTing TaughT sTudenTs how To professionally keep iournals, ledgers, and personal records oT checks and crediT as well as learning how To operaTe equipmenTsuch as dicTaTing machines and calculaTors. www X I ,.... N ?,.... if ,f . . 0 Qin.: An exercise used To improve shorThand speed is illusTraTed by senior Rebecca Chin. The words were Transcribed and Typed by The class aTTer being wriTTen on The board. WiTh his eyes, Tocused on The book, iunior Brad Gibson aTTempTs To improve his speed in The Typing l class, Business