Gloucester High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Gloucester, VA)

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Analysis was the name of a new course taught by Mr. Spano. Although it sounds like a fancy term for a chemistry course, it is actually only a fancy term for Senior Math. Consisting of a mixture of Albegra, Trig., and miscellaneous advanced math, this basis for the course was greatly expanded to include an in-depth study of the pun-making ability, based on first-hand class¬ room experience. This class was unique here at GHS in that it had almost none of the problems that plague other classes. It was not crowded, having under fifteen people. The students were not coerced into learning; a spirit of increased freedom was felt by all the class. Which is not to say that nobody taught and nobody learned, for quite the opposite was true. But there was more responsibility on the student to learn, no rigorous assignments were given. Homework problems were not collected, if you didn ' t do them you flunked the tests. The fact that the room temperature was above 80°, often drove the class outside. All in all, the students managed to learn some math and survive the year without developing and intense dislike of the course. What ' s the hold up? 7

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Advanced Biology The school year now past saw just under twenty-five people take a course offered for the first time here at GHS. That course was advanced Biology. At the beginning of the year, the students were advised not to purchase the approved book for the course, but to purchase the a supplementary text which was more complete and less expensive. So most students followed this advice. Then the course got under way and most students realized that the class was pure comparative anatomy and memorization of names and muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves and miscellaneous organs. Dissection was often fun, but tests meant memorizing names like buccal cavity, choroid plexers, ventral bar of branchial basket, myocomma, cephalic circle, atvioventricular opening, and many of the hundreds of others. Then somebody in a high place said that we had to buy a textbook or we would not receive credit for the course. Most of them yielded, but a few people suggested a protest in a club meeting. Although the idea was turned down by the club, an unfaithful sponsor was responsible for ordering Mr. Brown to use the book, which was useless to the course. So we studied the difference between static and dynamic science. Meanwhile, people wondered why they had taken the course. Knowledge gained was forgotton rapidly, and most people, having had this experience with Biology, would probably not be overly anxious to take it in college. So is it worth all this to have another credit on your rec¬ ord? Too many students automatically take the next hard course in line, whether or not they really want to. So the class went through frogs, lamprey, eels, rabbits and pro¬ gressed to human anatomy. Some of the class may not have great respect for his teaching methods, but he excells ac the fine art of giving extremely hard tests, which is exactly what he did with human anatomy. The textbook was never used again, and apparently the threat was forgotton for those few rebels who never bought a book. 6 Science Club

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