John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Not Through With School Yet? Many students may have wondered what strange force compelled teachers to return to the place that, as students, they had strived for seventeen or more years to break free of: School. Could the reason have been because they loved to see the smiling faces and bubbling per- sonalities every morning first period? Or maybe they just liked to spend their precious weekends correcting papers instead of going out. These reasons would surely have scared the best of people off; yet these dedicated ones continued teaching, unphased. Mr. Canales originally taught classes in theater becuase he felt that the classes would give him a chance to get involved in the acting, directing, and producing of his first love, theater, all at the same time. It was taking up too much of my time, though, so I switched over to teaching English, remarked Mr. Canales. He also com- mented that he liked teaching I ' ve always loved school. I used to play school all the time when I was little. — Mrs. Varsik because, I look forward to reading the essays in the hope that I will find originality and creativity. Mrs. Varsik said that she had always loved school. She took Latin in high school and Spanish in college, and Spanish finally prevailed in her choice of classes to teach. Some teachers got started a little dif- ferently, though. Mr. Sarina confid- ed, I always wanted to be a coach. I got into teaching by accident. He went into teaching Driver Ed. because he felt that it was the best subject with the most control over the students. Although their reasons for teaching may have been varied, all of these dedicated people shared basically the same ideas and values that go along with the teaching profession: the desire to work with people, and the wish to help others learn. Mr. Reinhold Fine Arts Mr. Ross Mrs. Sandoval English Mr. Sarina Driver Training Mr. Saucedo Physical Education Mr. Schanz Physical Education Mrs. Seevers S|ic. ml Education Mr. Shaw linjiMnnl hdut h! Mr. Stalder Business Education Mrs. Stockton Math Mrs. Story Physical Education Mr. Thrasher Math Mrs. Varsik Foreign Language Mr. White Fine Arts Mr. Wilson Industrial Educati Mrs. Wong Special Education Mr. Walker Substitute Mr. Young mm- 156 faculty

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Even after an exhausting day with his typing classes, Mr. Stalder ' s work is not yet done. Phone calls are just a part of his joh as haseball coach. Between teaching history and two PE classes, Mr. Ross has little spare time. Here he demonstrates to his PE class the proper handling of the ball. Comparing the differences between directing the BSR and the Pep Squad, Mr. Locke and Mrs. Flowers chat while Mrs. Anderson looks on. teaching approaches 155 II

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