Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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Does Nicolet allow you to be creative, to be an individual? Anyone can be creative in almost any sit- uation they're in. Nicolet provides enough good classes in all fields so that the ones you choose should be ones you're willing to dedicate your time and best efforts to. Yes, I can take photography, drama, psychology, art metal, all of my favorite hobbies and in school, it's fantastic, just great, I'm so lucky! It will allow you only if you resist 'assimilation'. I definitely feel that Nicolet, through misused evaluation, bureaucracy, overly emphasized departmentalization and occa- sional 'Big Brother is watching you' tactics is squeezing the creativity, or should I say, the urge to be creative out of its faculty. You can be an individual, but is seems that the administration would rather you didn'tQ There are limits within which one must work for the institution to be able to con- tinue to function.

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if Q, 'Q-' Sic 'Q sew M 4431 gg LIES.-5 K f 1 Nqqs What is the most important thing that you have learned at Nicolet? How to organize my thoughts into a meaningful idea, hence, improving communication of ideasf, The dehumanizaton of a computer-orientated system can have harmful effects on all involved. Most adults do not trust kids. Therefore, I have learned to be sneaky. The lesson: we need each other and have something to offer each other, no matter who or what we are. I learned to never categorize people into groups such as 'grea- sers, or 'hippies'. That there is no such thing as freedom without responsibility. To gyrate on the pinball machines. How to live by bells. I have learned that life is a rough place. You have to be one step ahead of the next guyf, The main thing you need is friends.

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XL. 'S ' ,--.L e if Do you think that social issues have a place at Nicolet? Yes, but social issues always seem to involve helping the inaccessible, never those that need help here in the school. No, school is a place to learn, and if you are not taking a class like Urban Studies or Government, where you can discuss it civilly, you should find another time for discussion. I don't believe in demonstrations, etc. :it school. Yes, I would eliminate the curriculum completely and use the school as it headquarters from which to send troops out to confiscate houses and turn them over to the ghetto community. Yes, How can you educate people effectively and ignore what's going on in the world today? It's today's world we live in M not yesterdays Beside outside programs and speakers, of which there have been very fcw. I feel that it is every teacher's responsibility to lind out how he can bring these issues into his classroom and then do it. Yes, but let the student learn the trade before working on the tricks ol the trade. Let's not lose sight of our basic objectives. Programs and meetings after school are the times to discuss social issues at Nicolet. If the student is really interested, he will surely take the time after school to talk about the issue. Social issues do have a place at Nicolet. for they involve every person in our school. In order to learn about our social problems, what people are doing about them and what we can do to help, there should be seminars or classes with qualified people to talk to interested students.