Glass High School - Crest Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Oh, no! — only one place left in Mr. Miller’s first period physics! What? — Miss Waller’s political science class is closed! Watch out, Miss Mclvor here comes the stampeding students! No, the computer is not broken, its just the process of arena scheduling. New to many students and teachers, the arena has both good and bad points. Freedom to arrange classes and choose teachers really appeals to many students, but often a schedule can go one way, presenting a few problems as the classes begin to fill up. Never fear though because Dr. Kowalski always manages to think of a solution! Teachers have to spend the day sitting at their designated position, but few seem terribly bored. While students aren't busy signing up for their classes, many of the faculty could be seen reading, working on needle point, or even watching a portable TV. NHS members h elped out many a frustrated and confused student, while also providing nourishment for the faculty. There are several opinions about arena scheduling, but no one can Say that they were messed up this time by a computer! Learning quickly, senior Kathy Bowman anxiously awaits to exchange her student card with a teacher. 12 ARENA SCHEDULING Self Service atl ae Master Computer, Dr. Kowalski works out a conflict for senior Jack Mayo. Sometimes a schedule has to have last minute changes made before being able to successfully complete the arena process, as Jack finds out. New to both faculty and students, senior, Tony Chambers patiently waits for Mr. Davis to correctly complete the process of card exchange.

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Retiring at mid-year Mr. Blout enjoys the faculty tea given in his honor. Pin in mouth Laura Thaxton helps Suzanne Newman attach her white collar to her gown before commencement exercises. Out of classroom talent is displayed by Mrs. Dancing their last prom to the sounds of | Worsham, Ms. Graham. Ms. Coleman, and Mrs. Slapwater Dr. and Mrs. Kowalski enjoy the night. : Campbell as they participate in the : Dr. K. will be leaving the Hilltoppers this summer student-faculty basketball game. The students to enter the insurance field. won by four points. PREPARATIONS 11

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Exam is a word that is not widely spoken among the student body, because to most students examinations mean failure. Although exams come only once at the end of each semester, they take their toll, and with them students have to pay. Exams are virtually impossible to study for, because the student must study a whole eighteen weeks of work, for a two hour long test, counting one-fourth of the semester grade. Students have been commenting and complaining about the exams. Student Lee Jones, replied to questions on exams by saying, ‘‘Exams are a pain and you can blow a whole eighteen weeks grade in one day. | feel the percentage of the exam part of our grade is too high.”’ Many students feel the same way, and another aspect students don’t like is that some are standardized. Standardized tests, most of the time have things which the students have never seen before. Exams do seem to count much on one’s grade. A student could be a straight honor roll student, and when exams come around, they can get a low grade which could knock them off the honor roll. It has always been said “You either know the material or you don’t.” It’s not so much that the material is not known; it’s just that to be able to study and be able to comprehend what you are studying is in two different perspectives. This is probably the reason for exam failures. Another student, Jim Ellett said, ‘‘l don’t favor exams because | don’t intend to retain some of the knowledge learned in the previous eighteen weeks, and | find it impossible to study my notes.’’ This statement is true in many cases, because a lot of students who have studied tremendously end up forgetting most of what they studied before the exam, and eventually forget everything after the test. Many students try to forget exams after they have been taken, but not for long as the grade will soon appear on report cards. Some exam grades when put on the report card, can be very embarrassing, as a poor grade would stick out like a sore thumb. To see a whole eighteen weeks of hard work destroyed by The Big one grade seems to be a crime, but exams no matter how hard, are important because they prepare students for college examinations. As a matter of fact some college exams count even more than one-fourth of the semester grade. During the exams the students are like fish because they fall for it, hook, line, and sinker, AND learn from mistakes! Concentrating Hard, Travis Mangum ponders carefully over the question before answering it. Exams are extremely important, counting one-fourth of the semester grade. Pencil ready, Sara Goldenberg thoughtfully chooses the best answer. Afterwards Sara explains, ‘Exams try to cover too much material Drained from Head to Toe, after taking a tough exam, Laura H ughes and Teresa Magri find an unusual method for resting the brain. and there is a chance the student may get a lower grade because they may freeze up.” EXAMS 13