Bozeman High School - Aerie Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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W NHP5 DO FKQOUT SO'Kf3X3 giifilg axon vi TEAC R, l 1 I , a f fl! . .their maturity and the seriousness in which they approach the subject. Mr. Richard Orr I just like teaching high school age students. They're old enough to carry on an intelligent conversation. They are also conscientiously creative. Mrs. Nancy Nordtvedt

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I feel it has a lot of merit. It might help us resolve the bus problem and meet state accreditation. It also resolves most study hall problems. - Mrs. Barbara Sorenson lt's fine - it's worked out real fine. - Mrs. Virginia Guthrie -Q.-nk jg . 3 I I I ww! I'm in favor of it in high school. Kids are in school too long. There is no reason for kids to go to school seven hours a day. Mr. Neil Hering The new system has worked out fine. I think they should get the people out of the school or keep them by the gym. I haven't heard any complaints from the business people downtown. - Mrs. Peggy Ross T k Youll Pi k When confronted with an option like leaving school almost an hour early, how many people are going to stick around and take an extra class? Maybe sophomores who have nothing better to dog juniors planning on early graduation, or seniors needing another credit to graduate or maybe the student whose parents feel that an extra hour of school is more important than dragging main or rushing right home to feed their faces. Maybe that extra class is worth the time, but when students insist on feeding their minds with such garbage as Basket Weaving I or Napkin Folding I and II, why waste time at school? When the option of the six-period day was thrown at some of our faculty, most responded with positive answers. Some added that no core subjects, like history, government and English II, should be taught during the last period of the day. Others felt giving a wide range of options to the majority of people helped keep flexibility in the school. Although most teachers were happy about this type of six-period day, one teacher felt the option given to the students was an uneducational one - in that the student can choose to leave school. Despite that fact, the new six- or -seven period experiment has received higher reviews than ever expected. . .maybe we should keep it. I Faculty!151

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l would have to say the students themselves. They keep you young and on your toes. Miss Bonnie Thoms Their advanced physical abilities and their physical education. I enjoy all age groups, but I like the awareness and maturity of high school kids. Miss Cynthia Bohlman I guess I like curiosity - their eagerness to learn. Mr. Lew Beddow each? Why Me! Why would anyone like to teach school, especially high school? The students are old enough to make their own decisions but not quite old enough to know what to do with those decisions. They still do stuff like spitting in radiators and littering the halls, yet they take on the responsib- ility of term papers and projects. The enthusiasm, maturity and the students themselves, topped the list of answers when a select group of our faculty was asked this question. Have you ever really thought that teachers might enjoy teaching you simply because they think you're mature and enthusiastic? Believe it or not, one teacher even went as far as to say that high school students are fun to teach because they are old enough to carry on intelligent conversations. They can nteract on an adult level Miss Shelly Umphrey Facu ltyf 153