Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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5-X 5' ' ij Xe' till 5 if if If one of the important functions of a high school is to prepare students for a career, few departments can better justify their existence than the business depart- ment. Survival in the world outside of the school cloister will be much easier for many students because of the business courses they have taken. Some of these Sfll- dents will go on to work in the business world immediately after high schoolg oth- ers will arrive in this world after majoring in business in collegeg and because of the new distributive education program, several Homestead students are gaining practical business experience as they also attend high school. But even the student who would never dream of a mercantile career can also bene- fit from a business courseg he will be more than happy he knows how to type when those 30-page research papers come due in college. Thats aa horse of as different color

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rf' 1. There's probably no subject in high school that one uses more often than Eng- lish. Whether you're writing a letter or making a speech, correct use of language can frequently mean the difference between success and failure. Many classes are offered at Homestead to help students learn basic English skills, and then to apply them in everyday situa- tions. Such courses as World Literature and Novels, as well as English Lit., teach one the methods of evaluating the writing of others-while also showing, in some cases, how to better understand a group of peo- ple, Composition is an important subject to college-bound juniors and seniors, or to anyone who is interested in improving his writing ability. Two classes which differ from many others are Comunications and Ideas in the Arts, in that they allow the student to teach himself somewhat by experimenting with various kinds of expression. In this way, one can learn firsthand about things that he might not ordinarily think of trying. Although English may not be the easiest area of study at HHS, it can be one of the most regarding, and, a person never stops needing what he learns there.