Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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Do you think that what you learn at Nicolet is relevant to your life and future? It is relevant and does prepare you to think and to accept dif- ferent situations. Yes, you get as much out as you put into it. Many people knock the school, but if one makes an attempt, this school has some value. An example is Project Involvement. In some cases it is relevant - primarily when relationships are an issue. Requirements of three years academics is not rel- evant. Grade point is not relevant, yet it is the foundation of all evalutions. We excuse ourselves by saying that it is required for college - humbugf' Mostly Nicolet is not relevant to my life. I suppose it pre- pares the average unaware person for a world full of spiders like we've got. I think it's doing a great job of preparing kids for the future. Because of the size, you have a chance of meeting so many dif- ferent kinds of people. In a teacher's opinion, relevance is an ambiguous word. I don't believe that students as yet know what will be relevant for them in later years. I don't believe we should teach for immediate usage. 4

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What do you think is the purpose of a high school? Do you think that Nicolet achieves this purpose? To prepare students for their life ahead, be it college or a job. I think Nicolet fulfills this: it provides the best educational back- ground of many schools in the state. To educate the student academically and socially. Nicolet definite- ly educates its student academically but fails, more or less socially. To aid the student in developing skills that will enable him to effec- tively reason outside the sterile school environment. Nicolet, in part, fails due to excessive busy-work and failing to allow students person- al responsibilitiesf' To prepare a person for college. It achieves this purpose since much of the same nothingness is taught at both places. To promote individualism by exposing the student to ideas. As far as high schools go, Nicolet does a relatively good job. But I question whether any high school, as set up now, can give a student the free- dom to be himself that I'm looking for. , - . . ' wggsma-5 ,--is 5 My 3

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L l - ' I , p p 1? .,,.: 'X 'ilk' .1 I N - I . I i!J'!I',' What do you like about Nicolet? Has a good beat, easy to listen to. Give it about a 73. Its facilities, both academically, such as language labs, resource centers, the multi-media room, and recreationally, such as the Knightskellerf' The freedom to pick most of your classes and the chance to work independently if you want to further investigate an area of study. About all I like is going into the art room and creating. This is the only place where individualism is rewarded. I like being able to skip out and not get caught. M17 XJ X 'fi 'r lf .WP 5 M' ,.,, f-,M ,- I Q-fj,zf...,I, I like the people at Nicolet, the students. School is about the only place where I am able to see my friends because I work on the weekends. People, people, people. From all different back- grounds and all the opposite sexes. The vitality, the friendliness, the desire for prog- ress on the part of the students and the potential for all of these on the part of the total staff. I like everything except for the rules and regual- tions. It ends on June 4th. 5