Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Students Need Number Skills Math Classes Help M ath meant money; students heard this over and over. New and stricter requirements forced stu¬ dents to take two years of math, as opposed to the former one credit. These classes ranged from freshmen math, a course designed for those in need of a refresher or more basic course, to calculus, designed for the more adventurous mathmatically inclined students. Math teachers stressed the importance of math, not only with the usual importance concerning building a house or laying carpet, but with new conceivable prob¬ lems this generation would probably have to face. Outer space technology, computer science, advances in medi¬ cine and other fields also suggested that math was be¬ coming a more necessary skill. In many math classes, students participated in class by working out problems at the board. Doing problems at the board forced students to do homework the night be¬ fore so he wouldn’t look stupid in front of the class. Teachers taught the lesson, and there were examples in the book, but it was the students responsibility to learn and practice. Most math teachers agreed that they did not like their students using a calculator, but there was no way to check whether one was used while doing home¬ work. All students agreed math was one class they didn’t want to get behind in. by Bob Bonner Working problems on the board in Miss Stemp’s class, ju¬ niors John Teibel and Audrey George hope they are correct. Carmen Bakrr Typing plays an important role to an office secretary. Diane Lehndorf practices typing to obtain a career in business Office Career Skills Gained in Lab S enior girls interested in an office career can take secreterial lab. The lab is two hours of training. The first two to three weeks are taken up reviewing typing, working the machines and duplicating. The rest of the year, students work on sam¬ ple work projects for various companies in the area. They also practice job interviews with business people, take field trips, and have guest speakers talk to the class. The requirements for the class are Typing 1 and 2, and office machines. Other classes that were helpful to take were shorthand, intro to business, Accounting 1 and 2, and Typ¬ ing 3 and 4. All members in the lab be¬ long to the Office Education Association. OEA is for stu¬ dents interested in learning more about office work. by Judy Joyce Pay Attention! 13

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Study Hall Rewarding to Some Students, Others Grin and Bear It S tudy hall was not only synonomous with bor¬ ing, sleep time, paper wad fights, and note pass¬ ing—but also studying, doing homework, or reading. Many students took a study hall be¬ cause they did not want an¬ other class or they did not have a high enough grade point average to be allowed to take a class. Many freshmen took a study hall. Other students thought that they should take a class to obtain credit in¬ stead of non-credit study hall. According to Tony Kelly, sophomore, “I think you should get at least one credit for taking a study hall.” A few lucky students were allowed to be teacher’s aides or received library passes from a sympathizing teacher, but a majority of the students were stuck in study hall. Sometimes when a student was late, caught passing a note, sleeping, or talking, he was requested to stand against the wall in a corner for the rest of the hour. If this problem persisted he was sent to his appropriate principal. Nevertheless, study hall could be beneficial to those who took it to study. But for the others, they just had to grin and bear it. by Carolyn Werler Trying to stay awake during study hall, Tracy Bryant has difficulty suppressing a yawn. S Hewlett Robert Engerski, print shop instructor, helps Robert Noe prepare to show his parents around. Muscles! F or the second year, weightlifting was of¬ fered to students in ad¬ dition to the one year re¬ quired P.E. class. Students took this class to tone up their muscles, keep in shape, and improve their confidence. Senior Phil Mitchell said, “The class was great for a per¬ son who wanted to get in shape and improve his body.” Students were graded on their progress and perfor¬ mance. Dips, rows, and leg curls were some things taken into consideration for grad¬ ing. Phil also said that grades were based on a scale made up by the instructor, who went by the weight of each person. He didn’t expect anyone to do more than he could and did not pressure anyone to lift more than he could. by Maria Georgiefski Working out with weights in advanced P.E ., Fred Biancardi works to help his grade 12 Pay Attention!

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A 180 Minute Headache SAT Blues T aking the SAT was funny if you thought about it. Paying money to take a test on a Saturday to take it. It was crazy. When going to take the test, everyone looked nervous and did things subconciously, like the guy in front of you who shook his leg up and down. A sexy girl sitting next to you was constantly stretching, yawning, and checking her nails. The guy behind you was tapping his pencil as if he was trying out for Van Halen. Your only bad habit was looking at the clock more often than at the test. The worst part was the supervisor was peering over your shoulder every time you looked up, and he was laughing. Taking the SAT was not the best way to have a good time. There were six sections which took 30 minutes each. The test consisted of two verbal sections, two math sec¬ tions, and the test of standard written English. The ex¬ perimental section could either be verbal or mathemat¬ ical, or on standard written English. It will probably be the section that you do the best on; unfortunately, it didn’t count toward your score. The hardest part of taking the SAT was trying to main¬ tain concentration. When you get to sections five and six, you were so bored with the test that you were beginning to spell words with your dots. The verbal section has a few articles to read with four or five questions to answer after each. Topics of the articles are so boring that you can’t remember what they were after you get done with the test. They include history, science, and sports. I pick sports for $100. Oh, wrong game. The secret to the article questions is to read the questions first and then skim the paragraphs for the answers, because if you read the para¬ graphs first, you will forget what was in it anyway. The verbal section also contains some words that an English teacher may not have heard of, and it expects you to know their definitions. The words in this section are useless. If you used them in conversation, nobody would know what you were talking about. Verbal was amusing because if you looked around the room during this section, it was easy to tell who else was doing it by the puzzled looks on their faces. The math section of the test should have been easy for anyone who got to geometry 7 and had some semblance of intelligence. With questions like x + 10 10, what does x equal? a. 110, b. 1000, c. 10, d. 0. Of course, you know the answer; or do you? by Robert Bonner Producing his I.D M Ralph Korthauer signs in for the SAT. All college bound students took the dreaded test.