Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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in 57 ri fx ' Mark Fairchild, Gary Matocha, and Bili Glenn act out a scene from Macbeth for a Humanities class. t Skits were tun for performers and audiences, it you want expert information, get an expert. Ms. Lehmann brought Spread Ligarge, an FBI agent, to her Current Events class. pa.. , I . L M E 5 g i 12 quarter system zum

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1 I T Why do I have to take . biology if I'rn going to L be a housewife? I don't plan on dissecting frogs in my kitchen. Pat Bryant, Cindy Pakrousky, Michelle Burger portray a culture within a society during Biblical times in Humani- ties. ,, 'xg ' jj v, he real world and Lanier. The two very closely, or miles apart. We had choices at required courses, and To receive take certain planned to enter graduation, structured with meet requirements. The attitude toward courses was usually: Why do I have to take biology if l'm going to be a housewife? l'll never use it - I don't plan on dissecting frogs in my kitchen. Teachers were constantly badgered with questions and protest from students who were because they Not all and required attitude, graduates im correctly majority of the reports and homework They actually read the and could answer every teachers threw at them. To improve student attitudes, the quarter system supposedly offered a greater variety of more interesting courses to choose from. Although some of these courses came under required learning titles, most were electives and vocational courses. Individuals could sign up for classes that were both fun and offered a change from the basics. quarter system 1 1

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ome departments, like science, really suffered with the onset of a new system. Science teachers, having to teach completely new study plans, found no time tor the extra fun projects they had undertaken before. The English department had more narrow and concentrated quarter courses which could help or hinder an individual student. The student could learn more about a given subject, but he could miss it completely if he already had enough credits. tor particular was now and Decision or Urban Politics. English Mythology, Poetry, Advanced , Drama, English Literature, l and ll. could sound dull or exciting, but the teacher could make it or break it. Sure, some taught just to get that paycheck, but the majority talked to you after class, cared about your interests out ot class, and were willing to make certain sacrifices tor their students. These teachers could even make required courses fun to go to and vanquish ail thoughts of skipping from our minds. Mr. Ftisher brought social structures alive to his American Political Behavior by dividing the classes into and lower classes. advanced or regressed went well - until the was told they could make lower two classes. We certain tinge of either when he announced that aspect of the game.