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

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From writing short stories to reciting soliloquies, English classes provided varied activities. iEngli FInolly Published. Several of Roberro Young ' s Creotive Writing students were chosen to hove their work published in o notionol mogozine Lourie Tinker ond Cindy Forren ore looking over o letter informing them of their publication D. WiiilQms. Reeding It Ovei, During o grommor unit. Debbie Riley looks worksheet on prepositionol phroses English isn ' t my best subjea, but I om enjoying the doss, Riley sold M. Ehilund. Analysis. Researching A Sneer Named Desire by Tennessee lllioms, Ursula Wyss looks oi a book of Iritical essoys on her author, I ' ve ' lolned so mony things in my ex- leriences here, Wyss. o foreign ex- hange student from Switzerlond, sold, . Putz. Lending Some Advice. The hordest subject to reach is the criticol review because the concepts ore hord to understand, soid Suson Drury, Drury tries to explain some of those concepts to Keith Conrad while her doss does reseorch in the library, J. Pufz. than we bargained for 147 I M

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Students in mathematics had to make the grade to meet the strict requirements of college. Morh isn ' t just 1 + 1 = 2 anymore. Morh to most students means programs, computers, Roman numerals, investments, ond figures in spoce. Moth, whether it be Algebro, Geometry, Trigonometry and Elementory Analysis, Calculus, Computer Moth, or Consumer Economics, proved interesting to some students as well os teochers this time oround It ' s been challenging I like it ond wont to do it next year if they let me, Suson Heitshusen said about teoching Geometry two periods a day. Students took more math courses than the required two in preparation for college. Some universities such as UH, Texas AGM, and UT hove in- creased the number of math credits needed to enter their Go Home. Plonning o progrom wos one of the procedures tol en by students In computer moth doss Ttie motti deport- ment received new Apple II computers tor ttie dosses J. Putz. H 1 ' Think It Over. With finger poised over ttie colculQtor, Don Powderly works o plex moth problem Colculotors were essentiol items to trig students F. Teixeira. colleges A person may still enter college with fewer math credits, but a person with four yeors of morh is more opt to be picked over a student with two yeors. Consumer Economics class in- troduced to students how to in- vest in stocks and how to balance their budgets. Banking and consumer buying were tought to the classes, olsa In the other moth classes, such OS algebra. Geometry, and Trigonometry, students us- ed pencils along with com- passes, straight edges, tracing paper, graph paper, and a colculotor. Most students en- joyed the time spent in their moth classes. I liked it because it gave me a chance to do my homework, Aliclo Shapley said. BY MICHELLE RIDDELL Wotch the Screen. Toking notes ond completing worksheets oil involved the computer to colculote the onswers Dryon Wilkerson works on o hondout during computer moth doss J. Putz. . . than we bargained for 149 i i