Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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R P.,-... 'Q , -- . . SENIOR s s f V5 O . TARA if or V5 . ?UIGLEY'S l,. esire to A voice her 'WZ opinion may - be one of the V -.Ba , f...,,..,l.., . J , ' .i WOODSHOP Look like we made it Cra fry sfudenfs prefer liberry fo build imaginative creafions reasons that she loved Psycholog . I just love to discuss. said Tara. and in Psychology. we dis- cussed a lot of different things. I liked class discussion because it also helped you to get to know the people in your class. Tara said that Psychology was a good course because it touched on all the different areas of Psy- chology. We talked about a lot of areas. but just a little bit on each: that way we were able to cover everythin said Tara. Besides Psycfiolo y. Tara had many other outsige interests. After school. she worked at Spring Branch Driving School and she filled in the little time left with ballet and swimming. I plan on goin on to graduate school. Tara saici I'd love to be a lawyer, but it's going to be a lot of work. -30- - PGIIIIV Slerling WORKING ON HIS SMOOTH MOVES, Todd Bun- ing sands his wood projects. Woodshop I stu- dents learned the basics of small carpentry required skills, Photo by Scott Waughtal. WOODSHOP he art of building. and using fine woods. was taught through the course of Wood Shop. Wood Shop offered many advantages. to a student. said Senior Todd Jensen. If one followed the course of Wood Shop I to Wood Shop Il. he would become very suc- cessful in handy work. Many students learned to file. sand. burn and shave wood in the proper way. If you don't put the wood together properly or mend it in the correct way. it becomes use- less. said Jensen. When you ruin the wood you are working with. well naturally it cannot withstand what you are planning for it. I am really glad I took Wood Shop. said Jensen. because I am making some speakers for my stereo. And in this class you can make what you want. and not what the teacher wants. if you know what I mean. Wood Shop was a course for students who liked to notice progress. This class also gave a student the feeling of success. I think everyone should try Wood Shop. even girls. said Jensen. You will really get into what you are making. METAL SHOP Individual projects. where the students drafted their own plans and detailed dimen- sions. became a challenge for metal shop students. It was really neat how we just followed our own lans. and made our pro- ject. We got gradied on how well we fol- lowed our plans. said Sophomore Dwain Bankston. The projects included everything from model cannons to go-cart frames to ash tray stands. Senior Keith Fite said that metal shop also came in handy when you need to buy a present for someone in lyour family. al ou have to do is just ma e something in liere. I'm making a nameplate for my mom! Sophomore Jerry Foyt said it was a good place to work. It's real relaxed here. and you can make what you want. -30 - - Melanie Price Wood Shop vs. Metal Shop ' ISI

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MI D SCIENCES Look like we made it Sfuolenfs examine behaviorf experimenf with own reacffons PSYCHOLOGY rouched beneath a table with foot extended. a student sits anxiously awaiting his test of conditional response. The light flickers on. the foot remains extended. failing to react in time. and the prick of a pin is felt penetrating into the stu- dent's heel. YEOWll he yells. This is by no means a form of torture: rather merely one of many experiments per- formed in psychology. The experiment showed that when the light came on. the foot was supposed to be jerked away or a pin would be pricked into the foot. said Psychology teacher Mrs. Mary Caudle. lt was an example of conditional response. a learning process that once the light comes on. an instant reaction is needed or pain will occur. she said. Junior Ashley Laney said. We do a lot of experiments in Psychology. but I liked this one. When the light came on. the girls tended to just sit there and withhold the pain. while the guys would jerk their foot away. The guys were the ones to scream when they got poked. WORKING ON A CLASS ASSIGNMENT, Sociol- ogy students Kerry Thornhill and Ted Rogers share their sources. According to Kerry, the class studied human behaviors in the different classes of society. Photo by Kathy Epps. AFTER STUDYING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS of the aged, Junior Katey Lyndsy and Sociology teacher Pattu Stone explained the floor plan of a model nursing home. Units of study included death, environment, and poverty. Photo by Kathy Epps. Sociology Conditional response. along with trans- actional analysis. was part of Psychology that Miss Caudle taught. I wanted them tthe studentsl to learn the different branches of psychology and what psychol- ogy is really likef' She said. We did a lot of really good experiments. said Miss Caudle. The one the kids seemed to like best is the trust walk. where one per- son leads another blindfolded friend through the halls. It was really a lot of fun. she said. The people in the halls could never figure out what was going on. Senior Mark Wood said that Psychology made him more aware of the surroundings and feelings of man. A prime example. Mark said. was a question on a sample l.Q. test. lt showed a series of pictures of a bur- glar brcaking into a house. A white child put the series together showing the cop catching the burglar. but a black child arranged the pictures with the cop acting as an accomplice. he said. Miss Caudle said that the black kid could be put in a slow school for the way he put it together. Mark said. but it wouldn't be the kid's l.Q..just the area where he lived that made him put the series together that way. SOCIOLOGY Sociology is the scientific analysis of a social institution asa functioning whole. as it relates to the rest of society. To Senior Robert Lee it was. The scien- tific study of human behavior in groups, This was my first year here and I loved it. I got along great with the students: they were really intelligent. said Sociology teacher Miss Stone. People often mistake psychiatry for sociology: actually they are totally differ- ent. Psychiatry deals with a person's mental or emotional behavior. while sociology deals with human behavior in groups. said Miss Stone. We had lots of speakers who talked on abortion. old age pensions. etc. said Senior Sheryl Shellene. -30 - - C'uIhvri'm' Bemian and Penlit' Sterling AS THE CLASS'S NAME IMPLIES, Sociology stu- dents Ted Rogers and Leslie McKay socialize. Students learned the validity of studying people in groups, not just as individuals. Photo by Kathy Epps.

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DEEP IN THOUGHT, Miky Kim and Brian Cun- ningham work through their day's assignment. Accounting classes began the year by learning to read simple financial statements and prog- ressed until they were working with five journals and three ledgers for a single proprietorship. Photo by Scott Waughtal. FIGURING IN HIS HEAD instead of on his add- ing machine, Mark Christiansen ponders the wonders of accounting. Mastering the machine was only one of the many facets of the course. Photo by Scott Waughtal. BOTTOM: WHILE FLIPPING THROUGH HIS DRAFTING BOOK, Todd Sawtelle finds an inter- esting desig1n. Students are taught to draw through mat ematics. Photo by Scott Waughtal. I 82 Business Education L ,gigs 'ft 5- MW 'u: mmf W--1 'cz - XX Q I MH