Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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I knew it was going to be tough, but I'm amazed at just how tough it really is.', Betty Sue Wachholz Work, ork, work The Realit of Student Teaching A slight groan is heard above the constant rustle of papers. A deep yawn takes over, the body shifts for the eighteenth time to yet another uncomfortable position, and the clock strikes softly as areminder that the hours are ticking away. It's 11:34 p.m. with only ten more tests to grade, two more lessons to plan, and don't forget the field trip this week. Have all the permission slips been retumed? Is the lesson plan ready for the substitute? Are the arrangements made for those who are ineligible to go? Do I have anything clean to wear to school tomorrow? These are just a few of the questions that cross the mind of student teachers as they bum the midnight oil, gearing up for each day. Everybody looks forward to the weekend or a day off, said Cliff Crick in response to how hard the preparation is. It's better now, Amy Evans said at the end of six weeks as a student teacher. I was reab scared at first, but after the first couple of days things started to fall into place. It is quite a shock at first and no matter how many times you are told what to expect, it is still going to shock you, said Betty Sue Wacholz,',Once you get the routine down then it's just a matter of organization and hard work to keep up? All three are Wesleyan students who are experiencing the reality of teaching in the Salina school system. Crick is at Salina Central and is teaching juniors and seniors in College Prep and regular English. Evans is also at Salina Central with 9th thru l2th graders in vocal music and will finish up at Coronado and Lowell Elementary Schools to gain extra certification, so she can also teach kindergarten through sixth grade. Betty Sue Wachholz is teaching second grade at Meadowlark Elementary to fulfill her student teaching requirements, and to be certified.. Wesleyan does a good job preparing student teachers before hand, said Crick, but there are just some things you have to get out there and do before you leam how to handle them. It's hard to know how to discipline, said Wacholz. You just have to do the best you can and hope it's right. I'm amazed though that we have so Warming up before class, music major Amy Evans directs the choir students at Salina Central High School. -Photo by Cindy Wunder 10 g much control. I'd have to say the hardest thing was learning the names of the students, said Evans, The easiest thing is leaving at'3:3O p.m. Crick claims that getting along with the students was by far the easiest part of student teaching while Wacholz said that nothing had been particularly easy. Although all three would agree it is a lot of hard work, it is very much worth the effort. Crick summed it up best with his advice to the future student teachers at Wesleyan. Be willing to spend a lot of time doing it, devoting the whole eight weeks to your students. And go out in the woods and holler a lot to build up your voice so you can talk for five hours. 2' Bonnie Painter

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homecoming proceeded to pop every ballon leaving the floor covered with colorful pieces of rubber. The balloon drop was exciting since everybody got crazy and stomped on all the balloons . . . Homecoming was also special for me because it was my girlfriends birthday and celebrating her birthday during Homecoming was great! said Simon Emidy. Sunday morning the Philharmonic Choir provided the music and President Stanton the message for Wesleyan Sunday at University United Methodist Church. The service officially brought the 1987 Homecoming festivities to an end by celebrating the Methodism that founded Kansas Wesleyan 101 years earlier. Q' Kirsten Stanton and Teri Calcote mm - x wg an s,w,mm.1 we -sen as any ss Q g-:fm , es. ,fr - -L. We had 60 minutes to play and have a lifetime to remember it Nathan Stanton Delight and embarrass- ment overcome Carrie Diehl as she laughs at the Coyote, and Travis Witrnan and Paul Green dance in the background as the Wesleyan Chip- pendales. -Photo by Kirsten Stanton

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x Q a- K Z- nys 5' ski T' Reading 'l'h:1nksgiving poems to her class after lunch, Betty Sue Wzichholz gives her second grade class at Mcdowlark Elementary school a chance to settle down. -Photo by Cindy Wunder X VH .kg Q. E t rf : X The daily routine of rctuming homework opens English class at Salina Central High School for student teacher Clifford Crick. -Photo by Cindy Wunder muenueacmrig 11