Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Teach Treaty For the most part, yearbooks are concerned with the problems of the student. However, teachers can have problems as well. How? The way that teachers are sometimes treated in American society can be a source of frustration for many educators. Mr. Edward Lundrigan expressed his feelings on the matter of a teacher’s image by commenting that ‘Teachers are not treated as professionals.” This year, teachers lived with a sense of job insecurity because contract negotiations have been difficult. But even though teachers have experienced this pressure, they have maintained a high level of instruction at Classical. Classical students should feel fortunate because they are being educated by a committed and well-trained faculty. One staff member, Mr. David Macomber, clarified his feelings about teaching by stating that ‘Teaching can be both rewarding and frustrating; usually it is a combination of both. The teacher is constantly confronted with the challenge to communicate his specialty on different levels to students of varying abilities. It is this challenge, with its rewards and frustrations, that the majority of people never experience in their routine jobs.” Teachers, along with the family, are paramount Mr. John Sweeney-Assist. Principal Mr. Neil Yesu-Assist. Principal 18 [el FACULTY providers of “coping knowledge.” In other words, they aid more than most other sources in the forming of attitudes and behaviors which will help students function properly in society. Yet, teachers are sometimes regarded almost as though they are not needed. Mr. Lundrigan explained this attitude by stating, “Teachers are at the bottom of the totem pole and do not get the full consideration they require, even though they are the personnel that do the most educating. Of all professional people, teachers existing on one salary live within the smallest financial framework possible and when they are denied the very essentials of life, they find their security shaken and their attitudes toward work seriously hampered. A job well done should be rewarded with assurance and whatever basic essentials are necessary to allow one’s work to continue.” Mr. O’Donnell gallantly donates blood.