George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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712.G67 A primary goal of education is to prepare one to live as well as he can — to deal with life in a way that is meaningful and bene- ficial both for the individual and for those a- round him. A personal evaluation of education ' s goals therefore necessarily involves one ' s personal view of what composes a meaningful life. A meaningful life is based on knowledge of self, knowledge of and ability to deal with reality, and relationships with other peo- ple that involve a sharing of self. The primary concern of education, then should be relationships, the relationship of the student to himself, to others and to reality. To establish a relationship with reality requires some knowledge of the world as it is and the ability to determine objective truth (in so far as truth may be determined). The skill of critical thinking is a necessity in accomplishing this, in dealing with one ' s world rather than simply being a victim of it. The educational process should give a student the tools he needs to determine reality and to deal with it. To establish a relationship with another person requires a sharing of one ' s self and an understanding of the other person. This in turn re- quires a faith that one has something to offer and that other people do. Somehow, the educational process should give that faith. Knowledge of self comes, I think, from a combination of the two above relationships — through thinking and the ability to deal with the reality that in this case, is one ' s self and through inter- change with other people that forces one to define one ' s self in order to share it. — Kit Ober Does 4

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Some students are already speculating that the school year ' 70- ' 71 will be known as The Year of the Senior Class That Wasn ' t. A decrease of interest in the traditional school activities, in- cluding the S.C.A., its projects, and athletics, has caused a great deal of concern among many people. This phenomenon, however, does not represent The Demoralization of George Mason, but is in reality the first step in The Greening of George Mason. As described by Charles Reich in The Green- ing of America, many GM students are under- going a change of consciousness. They are be- coming more aware of themselves and more honest about their ambitions. Unfortunately in a public school many students have ambitions which are not academic and they, therefore, of- ten reject school activities. George Mason is probably one of the green- est schools in Northern Virginia. It should recognize this as an asset and strive to make education meet every individual ' s ambitions and needs. — Jeff Strait JVW out of ( J15 A 5 ?ajs€ of eivcqfitfA 6 still A kca arj f or $ Jr f c { but Iiv£ r e«c( of coitfroli; fhe 6A Wr A WA t ; wt joiaj have fo deal with ovr ouja Will am traud