Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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Tests = Stress The demand for a certain commodity is 10 px= 10 -2 • 10 ' x+ 1810 x--6x , where x units are produced weekly and p dollars is the price of each unit; and x 100. The number of dollars in the average cost of producing each unit is given by Q(x)=5T)x- 24+11-10 x1. Find the number of units that should be produced each week and the price of each unit in order for the weekly profit to be maximized. Answer: Sir Francis Drake. No, wait that ' s from my history test. - confused senior Tests-ihe bane of every student. AU- nighters and migraine headaches are only two of the by-products of the intense studying that preceded final exams and unit tests alike. Scariest of all were the mega-tests that could make or break your grade in a course. Among the many anti-test students were Jerry Kurlak, who claimed, Tests are not a good way to show what one knows, and Chris Roberts said, Debates are a possible substitute. Erika Vorie added that teachers could make tests more bearable by making them multiple choice, while Eddie Yang said, We should only be tested on things that we will use later. Teachers with reputations as hard test- givers were Gaskins, Quirk, Houts, Dickey, Speidel and Butera. Also memorable were Hoover ' s pop quizzes, the A. P. Chemistry Exam, and Ms. Watts ' s biology tests. A Mast survey indicated that students studied more for science tests than those of other departments. With an average of 150 tests and quizzes a year, students should have easily surpassed the five hundred test mark by the time they graduate, adequate preparation for the hundreds of college exams that lie ahead. I. Junior Allan Chen keeps his 4-point plus by studying inicnsely before every test, lent has to pass the competency tests in order to graduate: students struggle with the math section, j. Aaron Hullingcr hits the button in Mr, Stevens ' Quizamatic game, designed to prepare students for up-coming le.sts. 1. Mr. Stevens is exuberant when class whiz Eugene Chen scores a point for the boys ' team. 5. In Auto Mechanics there is just one real test, cing able to fix your car, as Jeff Speigel finds out. - a„ cL ' -y -ddV;:;::,. ' '

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Leigh Baker Aline Bethke Barbara Burton .tuaents Learn Survival Skills Before teachers become teachers, they must all spend some time as student teachers, learning the basics of course instruction and how to handle students. Four of Dana Hills ' student teachers were Carole Ramsey, Sita Gorski, Judi Lahey, and Toby Earl. Ms. Ramsey, who has gotten a late start in her career, chose the field because I discovered that I enjoyed teenagers during the time that my four children were all teenagers. Ramsey studied at UCLA, UCI, and Western State in attaining her degree in English. Her most interesting moment as a student teacher was when I allowed the students in my Inter. Comp class to collaborate and write a story-with no restrictions. When asked why she chose teaching as a profession, Ms. Gorski replied, The money, definitely the money . . . Seriously- it ' s the only profession where you can try to make a difference and see the resuhs of your efforts. Of the experience she said, Some days are incredibly wonderful; others are not so hot. On the whole, there is nothing I ' d rather be doing than teaching. She previously taught at a Catholic girls ' school in Chicago. Like Gorski, Ms. Lahey decided to teach for the money, but also for the fame. It ' s been an experience! she says emphatically. I ' ll always remember cleaning up mercury spills, clearing CH gas from the lab, grading science papers, writing lesson plans, working in the science office, repeating answers 214 times, and getting writer ' s cramp from writing on the board! Mr. Earl enjoys most the personal feeling of satisfaction, lifestyle, and academic satisfaction of teaching. He added, I am fortunate to have outstanding Master Teachers like Ms. Bright, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Simmons. Young at heart, this student teacher ' s most interesting experience was simply being addressed as ' Mr. Earl. ' 1. Ms. Lahey prepares for the next day ' s Chemistry lab. 2. Master Teacher Jim Ferguson critiques the teaching techniques of Mr. Earl. }. Jason Turner. John Gladson and James Van Lier get help on their essays from Ms. Ramsey. 4. The paperwork is the only negative part of leaching for Ms. Gorski, who enjoys her biology class. 5. Ms. Malone ' s other talents (other than teaching) include bicycling from Seattle to Maine through the Canadian Rockies and around the Great Lakes.

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