Mercer County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Harrodsburg, KY)

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in the last’s? Mrs. Fegenbush: I feel that there will be a big push for making sure that each student is required to master the basic subjects completely before he is allowed to move on and that requirements of promotion and graduation will be more rigid. Miss Sale: I expect high school gradua- tion '‘examinations” before certificates are awarded . fewer students going to col- lege . . . and teachers' pay ris- ing. Mr. Kays: Teachers . . . will be even bet- ter prepared than in the seven- ties . . . due to the continuing surplus of qualifying teachers. Mr. Phelps: I expect a push toward a national curriculum . . . many teachers to leave education because of low pay . . . and Back-to-Basics to become a much larger issue. Miss Downey: As our society changes, so must education. In the years since I graduated from high school, education has changed. But the basic needs, feelings, and emotions of teen- agers remain the same. The 80's will probably bring new ways of trying to meet these challenges. Mrs. Phelps: Unless we begin to expect more of students each year, instead of letting them do less and less, our objectives are going to become very elemen- tary. 27

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EDUCATION: What do ycu exuect Mrs. Ward: sees a trend back to the basics of education — the 3 R's — in a more direct fashion than cur- rently exists. Recession will force further cutbacks in school budgets, eliminating full scale sports and fine arts. Mrs. Young: In the 1980’s education will continue to try to educate the masses. The emphasis will revert to providing more of a liberal arts education. Mrs. Flores: would like to believe that some old foundation principles would be restored and that the quality of education would improve. I’m a firm believer in progressive change, but I’m afraid our philosophy of each doing his own thing” has sent us off in a hundred directions. Mr. Brooks: I expect a shift to more basics in school and a return to better control of students. Mrs. Slone: I think education will become more free, not confined so strictly to the classroom. As far as vocational schools are con- cerned, I think there will be more students entering them. Mr. Lister: I believe school systems will begin to redirect their efforts back to emphasizing the bas- ics. All students must learn to read and use math before they can be expected to learn other subject matter.

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“T© Ce Or Net T© Ce” Top Left: With the help of Mr. Armstrong, Darrell Claunch works on a car engine Top right: Gary Arnold contributes his electrical knowledge toward the building of this house Above: Norma White learns the secretarial skills necessary to qualify her for a good job Right: Randy Grider learns how to wire a house Bottom middle: Each welding student protects himself with a special suit and mask. Far right: Mr. Wilcher gives carpentry instructions to Billy Yeager, Bobby Carter, and Leo Kelly. Bottom right: Health careers student Debbie Shuman cares for a patient in a nursing home 28