Brown County High School - Shadows Yearbook (Nashville, IN)

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Since the early 1600's in Boston, education has been a major influence on our American society. People have been taught the correct way to speak, write and read, and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Our history, including great authors, leaders, and such, is also an important part of our education. On August 25, 1987, students returned to school to carry on this tradition, but in different ways. With the modernization of schools and the improvements in technology, school facilities are much better compared to one-room schoolhouses of the 1600's. Buildings are larger and better equipped, a greater variety of courses are offered, and basically the quality of education is better. Of course, more students attend school now, and it takes more money to run them and pay the teachers, but with advancements all over the world, all of this is necessary. Education now is much easier, but in a way much more complex. Back then people weren't mandated by state laws to attend school; it depended on the money situation at home. The first consideration was the need for earning money or helping on the farm. Schools then usually only went up to the sixth grade, and there weren't a certain number of days you had to attend. The length of the school day and year were determined by the growing season and the need for the students help at home. Now, schools go through the twelfth grade and one is supposed to attend 180 days per year. Also, to graduate, one has to attend seven semesters of high school. Even though we are no longer in the one-room schoolhouse and we aren't •-..••g McGuffy Readers, we still hold onto certain values, .ducation is important and will affect our futures as it did for our ancestors. Now though, without an education, there are few opportunities to earn a good living, live a comfortable life, enhance society, or to contribute to the well-being of others.

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COMTEIMTS English 18 Yearbook 20 Newspaper 21 Drama 22 Speech 23 Spanish 24 French 25 Math 26 Science 27 History 28 Business 30 Music 32 Industrial Art 36 Art 37 Building Trades 38 P.E. 39 Computers 40 Home Ec. 41 16 ACADEMICS DIVISION

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English: the language of the people of England and the United States and many areas now or formerly under British control. That is Webster's definition of the word English. It is not only the language we speak, but it is how we speak it and how we write it. Taking English classes is a very important and smart thing to do. When you go out into the world to find a job, you are going to need to know how to spell words correctly and to punctuate properly on your application. It's also important to be able to speak correctly while being interviewed. Even though we have heard this over and over, we still at one point or another say, Who needs to take English; what's the point?” Mr. Boebinger gave a good explanation of why we should take English, It's the only language most of us think with. We need to learn as much about it as possible. Mrs. Huffman commented, The purpose is so you can write and speak in an acceptable manner. Acceptable manner means to be able to write and speak at a national standard of acceptability. We need to work on that so it will be accepted everywhere, not just in Brown County. No technology is going to take the place of writing and speaking. Without the English language it would be very difficult to communicate, besides the fact that most people would have no need for telephones. So the next time you moan and groan about grammar or have any questions in your mind, remember, without English there would be no GOSSIP! ID English Mrs. Huffman, as all English teachers do, spends many hours grading papers in hopes that her students will benefit from the corrections. Sophomore Rachel Watters expresses her joy over working in groups as they interpret poetry.