J J Pearce High School - Mustang Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Understanding the world UF TODAY Made history again! 1984 was a big year. The Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles. A woman for the first time won the nomination for the vice presidency. Also, President Ronald Reagan was the first president re- elected for a second term since Eisenhower. All of these events affected history, and history classes were needed to understand why these events occurred and their significance. Students had a choice of taking either world geography or world history. Students in history classes learned about people and their nationalities. World geography students learned about the earth's lands, their locations, their products, and their climates. 218 X Academics-History Some people wondered why they needed history. As Mrs. Doris Smith, a teacher of world history for 10 years, said, If you understand what people have done in the past, it will give you a better understanding of your own world. Students had a hard choice between history and geography. Some students wanted to take history rather than geography: however, sophomore Larissa Larwill said, I'm glad I took world history. But after I got my tests back, I wished I had taken geography. lMedlockJ During the Republican Convention in Dallas, President Ronald Reagan gives a speech to a supportive au- dience. lPellerinl Coach Bruce Miller's history class is a bunch of laughs. During the review game before a test, junior Chris Powers smirks at the question directed to him. fBryanj fs. XX X 1' X K ' 'gg 15.5-ff,lIg a ix s :S sgtf:L?QQ:3g'1':-+08 B 2 E f s P .V z 'O , L IGYQQ, jr it--ll ,fsxv l'..1Q2!x. ,Qllll!t'X , 'u'Mt, gieiaifis ltl?1Si!!2:,k 1,Asu,u.ssn qnismmgz :,,li-,wg-.aazxtx 1f:xfma:.:gnW 1,'L':u:5:1:118 lrszzraucsgyx s,4'.',g::1HE 1MU2'YW.iQffi .'.'-.awggr 2 A qu .1 1gf:riQ:,,, .mmvvgi w,,lvi,,,,,,,g,. zsmfgga 411,42 wxnzsu :::..:,pfn K , S79 N ,gg 'flifi 35. fi- , ' 'ea V 35? .- 'Sf .Z'f x 'l 9 - 5' W, Mm A -ei

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zwmsg 9 i NSN ? . . -an-nr ..- 'M' '51 L Q- While the rest of his world geography class is taking notes on Australia, Coach Gordon Porter ad- vises sophomore Amy Onofrio not to eat in his class.lBryan1 Trying to get extra help in history, junior Iorge Ordieres finds a quiet place to study, fPellerinl llistory-Academics X 219