Ness City High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ness City, KS)

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 My main purpose for teaching in Ness City schools is to give each student a basis in an so that he will have something from which to build a future occupation or a prime leisure time activity.” JACK SIMPSON. An. One of the lessons I have learned from students is that a positive attitude is one of the most valuable assets that a stu- dent or anyone can own.” ROBERT VAVRICKA. Indus- trial Arts. The ideal student has an inquisitive mind with the nec- essary self-direction to use it. The teacher's role is to supply the questions and guide the stu- dent toward the answers.” BOB MASTERS. Social Sci- ence. Education can only be what you as a student want to make of it. Experience and knowl- edge are the two most impor- tant tools in education today.” JIM FRANK. Music. My challenge as a business educator is to teach more, to teach it better, and to instill in students the willingness to tackle a new job with confi- dence. initiative, and know- how.” JUANITA PARKER. Business. The opportunity to prepare young people for life is a very interesting challenge.” LOIS McLEISH, Home Eco- nomics. We are bom with the necessi- ties; an education will provide the luxuries. ” JAN GANTZ, English. To see the faculty struggle to say just the right thing in these statements is encouraging. To me, that shows we care for the students. ” TIM GERKEN, Counselor. When we take the easy route, we cheat ourselves of the pride of achievement.” JERRY MARSHALL. Science.

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When asked about the kids they teach, and the way they feel about education this is what the faculty had to say FACULTY

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 When a former student achieves in life, a teacher can smile within, knowing that he had a hand, no matter how slight, in molding a successful person. Education is a life-time pur- suit, and the means by which one may change the quality of his life. HELEN FLOYD. Librarian. Teaching in the Home Eco- nomics field gives me the rewarding experience of getting to know the students as they work with one another partici- pating in the many different activities of general family living.” KAY HORCHEM, Home Eco- nomics. The joy of education: The light of understanding in the students' eyes. RAY BALLARD. Science. An education involving math- ematics helps one to appreciate and understand our 'Golden Age'. MELFORD DeWALD, Mathe- matics. Wherever there is youth, there is hope. DON INBODY. Music. DAVEOBERLEY. English. Happiness is having a part in forming a boy with no confi- dence into a self-assured com- petent leader. ED BRENNER. Vocational Agriculture. Even Mark Twain recom- mended a touch of good gram- mar now and then, just for the novelty of the thing.” CAROL SPADY, English. Teaching has been quite an experience. In just two years, I have experienced a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction: learned so much about human nature: and confronted innu- merable pitfalls in our educa- tion system. CELIA SCOTT. Business. I went to college for four years trying to learn a skill that can't be taught at a college. The true educators in the teaching profession are the stu- dents themselves. PATSY HOAGLAND, Mathe- matics.