Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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What do you dislike about Nicolet? What would you to to im- prove it? Much of our learning is based on hearing and reading rather than personal discovery. It would be so much easier, so much more comfortable, if we didn't have to be accountable for students from the time they come to Nicolet in the morning until they leave at 3: IO. The only complaint is the fact that there's no open lunch or open study halls. I think that the faculty and administration are too permissive! l don't like to see the kids smoking every day during the lunch peri- ods in full view in front of the school. The set periods of the day. Nicolet should definitely go on mod- ular scheduling. Nicolet is really behind other schools in this par- ticular area of school life. I think that tracking systems should be abolished so that the students can benefit from knowing other types ofstudentsf' Grades should be abolished or at least put on a pass-fail basis for the incentive to work should be the learning itself. The worst thing about Nicolet is semester exams. They show nothing except who crams better. Students should be allowed a vote on the school board. It's insincere about helping a student who really needs it. i..-X yah 9 I X - 7

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Nicolet is probably the best school in the state because of a wide range of course offerings and facilities. Unlike many high schools, Nicolet sems to be oriented towards offering not only those courses to make you think but also those which may be use- ful later on in life or those which acquaint the student with the world of today. Teachers have in the past and I hope in the future considered it an honor to be hired by Nicolet. I'like to be a part of this kind of high school com- munity. I attended a Milwaukee public high school before I came here. In com- parison, there is much more freedom hereg most kids don't realize this. There are some teachers here who relate to you on a human being to human being basis. If you meet one like that, this cold school can really brighten up. .ir 5 v . . f ii . was l P , fa is gay Spa, We M-A X at gg., O 1 af ,

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I used to live in a small town. Coming here was a drastic change. Everyone had nice clothes, cars, etc., and many never had to work for anthing they ever wanted. They were spoiled and acted it - now lim among them. I've changed for theworse. I'm like every- one else in some way or other. Isn't it sad? Students have lost their ability to have fun and enjoy school ac- tivitiesf' The students are culturally disadvantaged and pseudo-sophisti- cated. They think that are the only ones who have ever had con- cerns for others. What they need is to really know what life is like. They don't. They love the sound of their own voices, but few will do much that is concrete. Four years of straight work and rushed summers - I'll proba- bly never be able to have fun again. I think many of the students are hypocrites or just plain lazy. They are willing to find Nicolet's faults, but when students are needed for change, five or six out of 2200 show up. Nicolet has got to be one of the unfriendliest, cliquiest, preju- diced and anti-everything school in the state. The competition for grades is unbeliveable - so is athletic competition. The unin- volved kids are probably having a better time doing what they want to - until the school steps in to try and dictate their activi- ties.