Brookfield Central High School - Legend Yearbook (Brookfield, WI)

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Mc., i if-.3 fl' ...Q From Abacus . . . to Algebra Ml Mrs. Dolores Schwinn - Elementary Algebra ll: Geometryg Assistant Legend Advisor. C5l Mr. Ted Pechacek - Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometryg Statis- tics Gil Mr. Jack Eleyet - The Calculusg Algebra llg Geometry. Ui Mrs. Kathleen Jones - Geometryg Algebra ll. Q11 Eraser in hand, Doug Wagner prepares to put a problem on the board. 121 Taking a glance at the camera, Lisa Glenn tries to decipher a mathematics test. Alter an absence on the day a test was originally administered, many students must make it up out in the hall, where absolute concentration is much harder to maintain. 13, Laura Albert concentrates on punch- ing values into her calculator. Should calculator use be allowed at the high school level? Gi Jenny Schauer gets some special attention and help from Mrs. Krogmann during an especially difficult unit. Math X 125

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Tell Me Why Should Students Use Calculators? a F or many years, the only method of computation available to mathematicians and students was spen- cil :land paper. lt couid take hours of xaeonous, calculations to sotvea prob- iern, and the slightest error anywhere in the process couid make aii the work nothing more than wasted time. V But then, through major scientific advances, the basic calculator was first invented and then later became availa- ble to consumers. These crude devices were also very expensive, so they remained more of a curiosity than any- thing eise. ' y As calculator technolo im roved , ., QV P and the price of calculators came within theirange i of the average person, 'it seemed that everyone was buying acai- culator, including students. This caicu- lator' expiosion altowedstudents to do 'math' land. science lg hvomeworkg much qiuiskefi' 309: ,FUOIB ..a9GU'?HiBly, but lit ,raisedzthe qunesfioiy'ns-itirignfiol ie: me calculator do the thinking for the stu- dent? The feeling among many teachers at BCHS is that the use of calculators is fine, but only after the student has teamed the theory behind why a certain function works. Says Mr. Miller, I believe the calculator is only as good as the person operating it. Mr. Hilmer continues, l encourage their use at the more advanced revels, because they tree the student from tedi- ous calculations, and allow him to con- centrate on logic. The feeling among students seems to be that they should be used as an aid whenever possible. Comments Fran Ruzicka-Q 1 feel that not using calcula- tors is astep backwards. -The use of caiculators is undoubtedly convenient, but it is important not to lose the basic skills of mathematics to 'the electronic age. I ' 1 -l 124 f Math

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II he Literature courses offered at Central are so diverse that anyone ll ne of the reasons I took advanced comp. was to improve my writing skills, but l soon found out that there is more to the course than that. The discus- sions, the research, and even the typing will help me throughout my collegiate and business career. - Paige Augustine can be satisfied. I took American Lit. because I have always been fond of national writers. The course is presented in such a way that you do not study any one type of writing, you get a broad view of the American writing aesthetic. - Lori Lewis I I s X From Antigone and Appositives . . . i1iMrs.Jerilyn Kien - Advanced Composition, American Literature 1, 2. i2i Miss Deanna Uradnicek - Compositiong Advanced Compositiong American Lit- erature 1, 25 Insights in American Literature. 131 Mr. Jerry Meythaier - Advanced Compositiong American Literature. 14, Mrs. Diane Doerfler - Advanced Compositiong Creative Writing, World Lit- eratureg Albatross Advisory Legend Advisorg English Department Head. Q51 Miss Kay Knudsen - British Literature: Communicationsg Composition, Drama Club Advisor. Q61 During World Literature, Carol Dannenbrink, Chris Geilfuss, and Susan Worst enjoy a class discus- sion. Uj Junior Bob Lee works on an assigned com- position. t8i Reading a passage from the play Mar- riage Proposal by Anton Chekhov, Jenny Gawelski and Doug Floerden perform forthe class. Students in literature courses act out plays as a means of making the classes more interesting to the individual, 126 X English