Manual Dominguez High School - El Espejo Yearbook (Compton, CA)

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The Feelings of A Young Mind Happiness is having nothing to do Martin Brown C.S.U.S.D,-BA Gloria Jones Lane C -AB 21

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Helping To Express Is she aciually teaching a high school dass Fred Parry CSU LB BA Kathleen L uke CSU. LB. BA f i M ■ iL J m I3 j mJl Lee Gnffin CSU LB MA Ann Thomas FiskU BA Jean Haack Minn S BS CSU L B MA Carl Cameron CSU LB BA MA An tmporlant aspect of our lives is the knowledge of English You cannot graduate without taking some English and you cannot communicate effectively without it In the students ' mind English courses is rarely as fun They are most often seen as nothing but a dreary deluge of memorizing rules, to follow in using correct English With this factor in mind the English department, for the second year in a row. has offered English courses other than the regular ones to supplement your graduation requirements Among the courses offered is the Creative Writing class, where students have produced a literary magazine containing the better literary word of Oominguez Courut also offered included Pre- College Liberal Arts, offermg the student a chance to study the various civilizations and their cultures. Fiction Seminar, giving students the opportunity to keep up with the constantly growing field of literary works by offering them class time to reed arnJ discuss thom. and Myths and Legends, a class concerned with exploring the mysterious stories that have encountered man since his beginning These courses are only a few offered Several spocial qualities and patience is needed to be a teacher Combining these faclort ate the First Ooparlmont toachert Providing students with communicable skills is one of their goals Phyllis Schmidt N YU BS. CSULB MS

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Do Yourself A Favor, Educate Your Mind Jon Penn Ceniral Mich U BS Robert Goodall Nonheastern C BA Gregory Rosenthal CSU L A BA8c MA Jackie Goldberg To effectively function in today ' s world, a student has to know facts about It Here at Dominguez, students are made aware of their world by taking social science courses Sophomores begin by studying various other cultures of other countries They are made aware of the many differences separating them from other people around the world The history of the United States IS studied m the junior year, and seniors study all aspects of our national government Several other courses are also offered to students on an elective basis They included Black History, where black students may learn about their culture. Chicano History, teaching Chicano students aspects about their history, and IWo dern History, a demanding course where students learn about the world around them