Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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I A if ,.,L I' W -ax , V 1 , if V f 25' , i t ' E 1 , .' 'xi ag, S 4 ESQ :wig STUDENTS WAIT FOR THE FILIVI TO ROLE In thelr parked mars. Nine hours of drnvmg slmulatmn rs requtred to receuvc za Incense. Photo by Kathy Epps GLANCING AT HIS PAPERS Mr. McCoy prepares for has drtvezrs, educatlon class. Bumper suckers and stgns posted IU the stmulu tor remind drlvers to take care. Photo by Kathy Epps. Driver's Ed ' 185

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STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING, in drivers edu- cation. A student puts the final touch on the hub cap after changing the tire while his class watches. Photo by Kathy Epps. WITH HUB CAP AND LUG WRENCH IN HAND, Coach Nic Nichols teaches his class how to change tires. Nichols tauijht World History, Drivers Ed., as well as coaching football. Photo by Kathy Epps. ' 184 Special Report, Driver's Ed Ar'ccl0rr1l1'ng V Byfynfloa C2Hey 1 'T' Q 'ands clamped tightly around the steering, wheel of the driver's education car the student concentrated'intently' on tlte road altead of hint. . . ' . The vDriver's Ed. teacher broke into a cold sweat as he warned tlte student of' tlte car in front of him. Slow down. you are about to hit tllat car. watch out! As the words of, his teacher slowly sink,in. tlte student slatnmed on his brakes sending his teacher andhis classmates flyingl I A ' , , - Driver's Education taugltt students how' to drive'a car and taught the' instructors to control tlteir nerves. Near accidents were a conunon occurrence. We were driving in the car arotmd Addicks. lturned around to talk to my teacher who w'as'resting her head on the windsheild. When I. turned back around I saw this lmge dip in tlte road. I slannned on my brakes and we skidded into' tlte dip and hit tlte front of the car. My teacher's head slannned into the windshield. When'I started the car again the back ofthe car scraped tlte street. Sophomore Stephanie Gross stated.-1 ' ' ' Most students looked upon.Driver's Educa- tion as something to be endured in order' to receive their license. I liked Driver's Ed. because I had to take it to get my license. said Sophomore Tommy Hornsby. Soine students really enjoy Driver's Education because of a love for driving. Sophomore Boozie Cathell stated. Driver's Ed. was a lot of fun. I got a kick out of driving but the sinmlators were a pain. Driver's Education was also looked upon as just another class like English. It was jttst anotlter class you had to take and you had to be thereon time. said Sophomore Jill Harris. to the DPS rivers Ed The Behind tlte Wheel phase of Driver's Education was divided illto two separate segments. Simulation and Driving. ln sinmlation film strips were Sll0VI'll'I'0Cl'C3IIIIg actual driving situations. ln simulators they took poiltts on the tilnes you react right to certain situations and ottce I didn't get any points at all 'cause I was speeding and running stop signs and stuff like that. recalled Boozie. U A new SXSIIEIII for teaching Driver's Education was enacted so thatvit was taught straight througlt dtlring regttlar scltool ltours. Driver's Ed. was set up tllis year so tllat you went to your Counselor's office and sclledttle it like ally other class. Driver's Education was now a quarter long class including both tlte Classroom phase attd tlte behind the wlleel phase. explained IVIr. John McCoy. The new system for teaching Driver's Education has been criticized by stu- dents because of tlte amount of time it requires to complete the course. Twelve weeks was jttst too long. it was jttst a big waste of time. Ilalf tlte first six weeks you jttst sit there and talk. Freshman Melissa Lange stated. The switch over front tlte old method of Driver's Ed. was handled to the new nletllod delayed lnany stttdellts froln completing the course. I didn't like Driver's Ed because it took so long. I started Driver's Ed last year and could 'not take behind tlte wlteel until they set up special classes for people like me who finished tlte first half of fit. said Sophomore Rob Cagle. ', Having tauglu Driver's Education for several years. McCoy is known by almost all students. If a student has not had McCoy. the odds are that an older brother or sister or a friend had. Mr. fVIcCoy was pretty funny. You should .seeythe way he acted when you made a mistake. said Cagal. Some students took pride in Itow lnuch trouble they caused McCoy. We had Nl-r. McCoy for bellind tlte wheel. Ile was very' proud of Itow he had never hated a student. My class holds the honor of conting the closest to having FVIcC'oy hate ns. We never had a norlnal day ill that class. Once this guy screwed up tlte filln machine tlte day' after it was returned froln the shop where it had resided for two weeks. We allnost always screwed something np. stated llornsby. In classroom phase of Driver's Education students were instructed on tlte traffic signs and laws of Texas so tltey would be able to pass tlte written driv- ing exanl. I-'ilm strips showing tlte consequences of had driving were viewed in Ilope of avoiding accidents. We watched some really gross movies. all tltey sllowed were people gettillg into wrecks. We also watched some really queer ones witll Goofy and otlter Walt Disney animals in theln telliltg us Itow to drive. 'I'hey were really funny. .lill llarris said. - 30 -

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THE TOP BRASS pause for a minute during a meeting in Building Principal Wayne Schaper's office. Standing around his desk are Grade Level Principals Bill More- land, Olan Halbert, Margaret Luther, James Carthel, and Administrative Principal Gerald Clanton. Photo by Bill Montgomery. 1 ' WITHWA' SHIRT WHICH READS, Memorial Teachers Have Class, Mrs. Dee Furley gets into the spirit forthe second annual victory parade. Photo by Scott Waugh- tal, . . , ,,, . ' EdeIewe'ssA lf' ' W 3 , ' , Audrey Arhundrggri fam i ,Q 1 ' A it W 'I ,rzg , K. -f, ink-T r A l1 , ,1 i'i5-A, ,l I 1 X f' rf -,ri V , , I ,mr L, Q n vm: 'W.- - ,ft W 511. W.,.,, ' rgfkgpgg 1-Q-3:5 Z. rinse X JeanBoIes r A V I, N 1:31 . Judy Anderton' .1 ,. s,QaQ5'. x f f 2 ' ' if X i fn-:reap-f iii l - i f. . . Linda Andrews A V Norma Babcock ,. -r M ,,.. .ig ' ' W ff if A X . f 2 Z-532' ,I Q 4 was 1 f ig: Sue Baker ' Guy Barre K M f - . 'Q X . QF V 'si J . Q' , kkkk ' --c, y JanisBates Mildred Bauries ' .eiiffb r ' 4 12, A A .... ,. I f ,SSM . l,-'ry 2 l so Betty Eayley I W A Joan Belle ' , it rp , f 4,7 NA X, vi xx. f ' ' M-s M . fl PM J af? rv K 1 Joann Benedict 'X Marilyn Benoit la P tif' A Q 'A 4 .lr as lr' i . i Joyce Bieles , Jane Black . K 235-5.1 af t -, , V -wif, t ' f. iii' ' 1 I ' v ,I i 1 , , ...... gill: t 9 x . i r AnneBogan l , .1 K K Mary Bond i ' 'li -2- 5' i ..:'. - 5 'wa ' E is 1 3. Ea Faculty lames-bondl I ,, L ag., Pi... ri v- 45 ' v. ',-eg, L A2957 .,f't'i,iv is ' -viii' rn 1 ,, . . Depth design by Kerry Thornhill and Kelbi Gillun