Bishop Gallagher High School - Mitre Yearbook (Harper Woods, MI)

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Gallagher s amateur linguists hard at work Sister Claudette Ms. Joann Puzzuoli ▲ 1l . : l Ms. Irma Torres Sister Catherine Imagine me! Learning to converse in another language. I know I won ' t be able to do it. This is really hard. I mean I hardly can speak the English language right. Silent vowels and weird sounds. Ac- cents in strange places and letter combinations that make me sound like a dog. Adjectives (whatever they are) go after the word instead of before it. Good grief. Why can ' t this be as simple as me learning English. Ah ! ! ! filmstrip time. Look at those silly kids on the screen. Why do they have to talk so fast. NO! Don ' t look at me. Please don ' t call on me to translate. You think I know this stuff. Why do you think I ' m taking the course! Verbs and conjugations. Now there ' s some- thing with a lot of action. The only trouble is every time someone else does something, you ' ve got to change the ending. It ' s so absurd. But ya know what. We went to Montreal and the peo ple actually spoke French up there. And I felt so dumb. I mean I sorta knew what they were saying but I couldn ' t say what I wanted to say. I even met this chick there, but she spoke French o y. Man was it a rotten world that day. ABOVE: Nancy Chadzynski learns the best way to remem- ber a verb conjugalion: repetion! LEFT: The Language lab is one of the most helpful instruments used in the teaming of foreign languages. 20

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Ms. Reed Mr. Lutostanski Ms. Neal Sr. Mary Ann Mr. Biotti Ms. Ferrin Mr. Blundo ABOVE LEFT: Gemma Zitzmann dem- onstrates principles of Nixonian-pub- lic-speaking in government class. LEFT: Mike Sorbo explains his anti- pollution vehicle to his Environmental class. 19

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Musical endeavors as demonstrated by the Spanish I class are only one aspect of Spanish today and Spanish culture. These students are learning the use of Spanish instruments as they learn Christmas songs. LEFT: Mary Kaye Ambro y and Cheryl Calcagno sing an old Spanish Folk song. ABOVE: Marilyn Navarro persues Italian tracelguides in the hope of widening her language and horizons.