John Marshall Fundamental School - Patriots Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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Can I Have The Keys ? P P IVir. J. Furrey Future drivers watch films and summarize the California Driver's Handbook to learn the rules of the road. A Health student is used to demonstrate the major arteries. Pv ,Z MWVMV4- 72

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Driver's Education works to ensure safe, qualified drivers for the future. The teachers try to develop good defensive drivers, who realize their full necessary commitment in learning to drive. Health Education, included in the one semester course, imparts a general knowledge about good health with emphasis on drug abuse, hrst aid, and parts of the anatomy. Driver's Training, tentatively offered for second semester, gave students actual behind-the-wheel experience. The twelve hour instruction is a requirement for obtaining a driver's license before the age of eighteen. XXX V V ....f i Q. 73

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Mrs. E. Martin Making typewriter keys click and pencils scratch dictation is only one small part of the Business Department. Consumer Education students discuss prospects of future careers. Business courses in school do not seem important until you are faced with your hrst job interview. Then, the courses of Accounting, Typing, Shorthand, and OH:-ICE Experience take on new meaning. For those skills may be the ticket to new openings in the job market. On the other,hand, Consumer Education makes students more conscious of their rights and responsibilities as buyers and consumers. Special projects, such as researching major purchases and learning how to prepare income tax forms, provided practical and benehcial experience. This year, because of the mounting cost of living, much stress was placed on this subject area. Growth in class size and courses offered proved the students' awareness ofthe increasing dificulties in getting into a career.