Bradley Central High School - Ocoeean Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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Obtaining some extra information, Mrs. Kelly's fourth-period history class watches an interesting movie on the Civil War. Checking for framing, Del Holley gets experience operating a video camera by taping another student in Junior AP English. Ix oking completely amazed, Tami Shell prepares the copying machine that saves her from writer's cramp. Tami is making copies of a Spanish worksheet. Machines — Academics 27

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Instruments for academic assistance lx oking through a microscope, Robin Powell observes protozoa and amoeba in biology. The ability to solve a problem or get a job done was an admirable trait to have; but sometimes, even with all the talent one had, it wasn’t enough to accomplish the task. We lived in the age of technology, surrounded by machines that could make our jobs a lot easier, and perhaps even do them for us. Bradley High School was a part of this growing technological age and provided us with the tools necessary to learn how we could fit into this advanced society. The small, compact, but wondrously resourceful calculator is heavily relied on by Cheryl Miney, Jeff Ware, and Paul James as they work equations in chemistry. Preparing for an experiment, a cautious student keeps a safe distance away while he lights his Bunsen burner. Many precautions must be taken while work- ing in the laboratory. One is to never leave the gas on, unattended. When we learned the fundamentals of math, we struggled with multiplication tables and fractions. Now we were adept at the use of calculators that gave us a digital display as well as a printed readout of the answer. If we wondered how we did on the presentation of an oral report, all we had to do was rewind the video recorder and there we were. These modern devices proved useful to many areas of classroom instruc- tion and almost replaced the seemingly outdated, but yet useful, film projector. Computers were programmed in ways never thought possible. The purchase of five computers added interest to this area of business curriculum. Students were able to see how complicated yet simple these in- struments were. Michael Gentry said, “Computers are great tools and extensions of the human mind.” His thoughts were echoed by John Garr who said, “They are the tools of the future.” 26 Academics — Machines

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After washing Paula Suits’ hair. Darla Ledford uses the blow dryer. She will also need hot rollers and a curling iron. All of these modern conveniences arc used in cosmetology. Learning how to prepare a new dish, Laura Morrow uses the stove in the home economics department to make a creamy white sauce. The sewing machine, a master of many designs, is be- ing skillfully used by Janice Hickman during a home economics class. 28 Academics — Machines