Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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« - SECTTLD THE SYSTEM OF LEARNING IN SCHOOLS BE CHANGED ? Thl3 I know can bea rath- er contr-oversisl tonic, but I feel them is but one answer t o this q j?£ 11 or, Yf s, There must be outer ways of learning important facts besides read- ing a boring book. Many of the better students can do this sure, but not very many of the below-average students can. Must they be verbally dragged to keep up with the others? It isn't fair either to them or their classmates. I prooose a new system be devised. Under this plan stu- dents would be divided ingroups and progress at their own rate. Little or no homework would be given, so pupils wouldn'tspend long hours at riicbt, oouring over school books, his would also b9nfit teachers; they could spend less time correct- ins? papers and mem time ore- paring their plans,and besides everyone should have some time to do the thinrs they enjoy doing. I think tests should be given twice a year, at the be- ginning to see how much one has forgotten and at the end to see how much he has learned. This would determine which group the oupi Is would be pLacod in. Report cards would not be traded on tests but on daily marks and class oarticipation, There are still a ’ew bugs in my imaginary plan, such as the specialization of courses, but possibly someday I can do somethin» to improve upon our some what obsolete methods of today. Stephanie Forty '71 SCHOOL SPIRIT There's a good tooic - School Soirit , Well fellow classmates and students, cell me what has happened? 7bere did it ?o? I don't know if you have noticed it but someth1 n ? has gor.e wr-cng somewhere. I wish I could put.ny fin- ger on it.I can't seem to find vrhat it is thats lacking. It seems to me anyway that I don't care about anything. If its done, its done even if its not. Well! Its' not the best aMtude to have, and I wish, or should say hcDe, something, or some- one can «et the old school try back on it3 feet. Maybe its because theoei3 not much goine oti anyor: ?. Less dances, and e cry- thin z, but who's fault is that about the dances'11 Hava ”ou tried to have them and make them pay off — without horsinr around and mak- ing the dances closed doer . Think about iti Lets cet croin and show everyone we are the lively ones at F.H.S. Jeanne Couture '69 A XXXXXXXXXX V '- ? V-1 v'O O V - ‘ xxxxxxxxxx