Lubbock Cooper High School - Pirate Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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. . .Teachers 24 Hours a Day! Gardening, cooking, children and hunting — sound like books in the recreation section in the library? Wrong. After school dis- misses at 3:45 teachers change into “human beings.” After eight hours of career life, they undergo metamorphosis and change into people with interests and hobbies. Family life ranks high among the priorities in a teacher’s life. Stories about their children sprinkled the conversation in the lounge and the classroom. Teachers’ children enjoyed stu- dents’ attention at school func- tions. The single teachers enjoy out- door activities and extra jobs. Ron Hogue and Patti Payton spend time together outdoors gardening, bicycling and water- skiing. Donna Todd and Linda Brown held extra jobs in addition to interests in cooking, geology, and plants. Cooper teachers bring to their students wide spectrum of inter- ests and experiences. James Dramis keeps in shape by jog- ging and lifting weights. Dee Elrod water skis and repairs automobiles. Reading is the way Kay Graves “keeps her mind alert and it also keeps her aware of current developments in her field. Contrary to popular beliefs teachers don't spend all their time grading papers and making out tests. They do sleep, go to the show, and buy groceries. Teachers aren’t teachers 24 hours a day. . . (a) Coach Bobby Brown announces the winner of the boys track award at the ath- letic banquet, (b) Drama director Pam Brown follows the script as one act play cast rehearses, (c) Paulette Brownfield threatens the photographer with her broom while she does yardwork. (d) Tabulating results at the girls district track meet is Coach Darrell Hunt, (e) Oli- ver Thompson and his wife Linda enjoy a relaxing evening at the Junior Senior banquet. Academics • 11

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Teachers Aren't. . . (a) Band director Dee Elrod relaxes out- side his motel room in Ft. Worth, (b) Amy Shoults helps her dad. Coach Jackie Shoults, poison weeds in their front yard, (c) Homemaking teacher Vicki Skipworth enjoys entertaining. She and annual staff member Brenda Stone eat a colorful breakfast. 10 • Academics

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Wish for 'Fiche Comes True ReadirT and Writin’ ” was a thing of the past for English classes, while novels, audiovisu- als and contracts became the new outlook. Vet there always seemed to be a grindstone” attitude when studying the tradi- tional grammar. English II and III classes were especially famil- iar with these skills because they were involved in several compos- ition contracts. Students experi- enced much of the same litera- ture activities such as reading plays, vocabulary work, and designing posters. Senior Eng- lish students employed basic skills in creating their own Can- terbury Tales. They discovered different aspects and viewpoints on death while reading On Death and Dying.” A fish without water is like a library without microfiche. Microfiche is the complete issue of a magazine on a 5 x 7 nega- tive which is inserted into a reader and enlarges a page on a screen. The microfiche material has greatly increased the research sources for students. Films and slide projectors, screens and tape recorders were constantly on the move as teach- ers supplemented plans with films, slides and cassettes. (a) Looking up information for English class are Billy Jones and Gail Platt, (b) Tonya Scott searches for magazines to aid Bobby Davis on his junior theme, (c) Transporting library equipment was one of the responsibilities of librarians Rod- ney Warlick and Jesse Estrada, (d) Dee Dee Hawkins and Gloria Galicia work together on an English project. 12 • Academic: