John C Calhoun High School - Talon Yearbook (Walterboro, SC)

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Mrs. Brightwell, librarian, practices a tried and true method of education, reading to young people. Methods of education experience the influence of trends much the way styles do. Recently one of the most important trends to affect high schools was the realization that stu- dents do not know factual information about the history of our country. Our country had been going through a period when educators stressed the importance of concepts and relationships. A result is a generation of students who do not know factual information. Educators now feel the previous trend was an error: facts should be taught while rends In Education instilling concepts and relationships. Edu- cators are also now emphasizing the im- portance of geography. Many current seniors in the country could not even identify the states, Mrs. Smoak, high school history teach- er, tries to vary her discussions with top- ics relevant to current issues. This serves to make her classes more exciting, and thus increases the interest in history for her students. I think they need to have a desire to learn, whether out of textbooks, newspapers, or whatever, just to learn ft They need to have a desire to learn Academics Editor Wendy Litchfield Academics Division V 9

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ov©§ [F(§i(gyDfy The youthful attitude of the faculty here at John C. has really helped the students through the past year. They have literally taught everything there is to teach. And they have taught it well! The faculty and administration have spent a great deal of time preparing the students for graduation and having to go out into the world to college and jobs. The teachers had to make up tests, grade them, and give many notes and review on the test material They had just as much homework as the students? sometimes they had a lot more homework, EXAMS! Everyone hated them, but the teachers feel exams are necessary when facing college and the ex- cuses given there is well as how much the students had learned and retained throughout the semester. There was a lot of pressure on the teachers but they always helped the students to become better people. office. Faculty