Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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Aclassi Ape case ■«8B I resent being called an ape! Kelly Goodwin gaped as she peered at the heading on her first AP English assign- ment sheet. Now, a year later, Mrs. Cooper ' s classes are used to being referred to as A.P.E.s, standing for advanced place- ment English. Occasionally her third period class had been known to behave like apes, in between classic novels and relative clauses, of course. Showing a streak of originality and perhaps a hint of boredom, third period took to drawing on the transparencies Mrs. Cooper was so fond of. It wasn ' t hard to recognize an A. P. English student. They were the ones with bright yellow Punctuation Pockets clutched in their hands, mumbling about why Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights hates dogs. Mrs. Cooper, wondering how sup- posedly intellectual students could be so rowdy, quoted Leon Bloy, a French novelist When you ask Cod to send you trials, you may be sure your prayers will be granted. by Betty Taylor Michelle Struthers discusses the meaning of an essay with Julie Rooker and Peter Fischer during thria period A. P. English. lason King intently reads The Heart o( Darkness , a required book ior all A. P. English classes. Third Period

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9:40 For whom ■The bell tolls Drill, drill, drill! Grammar, writing skills and punctuation have been drilled into every stu- dent ' s head since they could remember. All English classes worked on the basics while ex- tending students ' skills in all areas. Rhetoric was one class that drilled and prepared students for college: learning how to write in a specific structure form, writing and speaking in a persuasive way, and becoming a master at writing essays. The complete opposite of Rhetoric, creative writing, was another favorite class taken by students. This class concen- trated on the creative aspect of writing. The class wrote children ' s stories, answered let- ters to Santa Claus at Christmas, and worked on the Verbatim. Bible, speed reading, multi media, and English III were some other English classes students could choose from. Even though four years of English were required for up- coming graduating classes, the only class that had to be taken by all sophomores was English II. This class consisted of learn- ing how to write research papers correctly, studying Shakespeare and other classic writers, and having nine weeks of concentrated grammar. There was also an English II honors class. Sophomore Katie MacKenzie said, The best thing about honors English is the variety of things we get to do. by Kim Smith Jack Johnson works intently on a writing assignment during third period English III with Mr, Henry. During third period Communications Skills class Akemi Kawai reads a novel to improve her reading comprehension skills. Mrs. Goade tries hard to explain to Con- an Matheson the Great Gatsby, a book that t ' ourth period and other Rhetoric classes studied in detail. In third period Honors English II, Amanda Campbell and April Huntzinger struggle io write an essay on the book A Portrait of lennie . 174

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SPEECH AND DEBATE: Front Row: Kendra Walsun, Katie Arevalo, An- drea LaNave, Robin Arevalo. Back Row: Dee Elliott, Quintin Rowley, Sean Roach, josef Merrill, Karen Collins. Getting the Point speech and debate team consisted of thirteen students. They met on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school from 2:30 to 3:30 and on Saturdays prior to a tournament from 8 to noon. At every tournament there were usually ten to twenty other schools competing. During the year, the Speech and Debate team hosted a fund raiser tournament. The theme was the drug problem . It gave many students a chance to have a say in the controversial matter. Many parents and teachers don ' t listen to our students. This debate gave them a chance to voice their thoughts about drugs while authori- ty figures listened, said Mr. McGranaghan. The judges for the tournament consisted of policemen, detectives and other law enforcers. 176