Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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fl .ff , ,gps 1 Tim Davis Chrls Davlson Anne Day Randy Decker Donnie Dee Mary DelsTer David Devolder Karla Devolder Jeana DlMarTlno Renee Dlrks JusTln Doak Shari Dorman Tracy Douglas Michael Doyle Angle Duncan Thompson-an By Cafhy Grawe X X enjoy puTTing on my own show, said Mr. Leonard Thomp- son. And puTTing on a show is one of The ways Mr. Thompson TaughT psychology. BuT wiTh The end of The '82-'83 school year, Mr. Thompson refired from Teaching psychology, one of The few classes ThaT is seniors only. Mr. Thompson began his inTeresT in psychology when he was in high school. There was a magazine called 'Your Psychology' said Mr. Thompson. 'll jusT loved iT. His sTarT in Teaching began aT a miliTary academy in Tennessee. Mr. Thompson laTer Took a lob in a counTy school in Memphis, Tennessee, working wiTh reTarded children. One Thing I did was Teach one reTarded boy his birfhday. We worked on ThaT The whole year. Then Mr. Thompson sTarTed Teaching in The Norfh Kansas CiTy School disTricT. He firsT began Teaching QT Norih Kansas CiTy High School. He TGUQTWT aT NorThTown for seven years enieriainer wiTh class David BaTchelor Vlckle Cochran and Mr. Leonard Thompson enjoy free-day. unTil Oak Park was builT. l'They shipped almosT half The Teachers To Oak Park, said Mr. Thompson. l didn'T like The idea because The school bus used To pick me up and Take me To school, buT when I sTarTed Teaching aT Oak Park, l had To buy a second car. Bui Mr. Thompson soon goT used To Teaching aT Oak Park. One of his mosT memorable experiences Teach- ing aT Oak Park was ln 4975. The class of '75 TaughT me ThaT iT was O.K. To love sTudenTs. They TaughT me ThaT iT was O.K. To show iT. They responded really posiTively. One of The reasons Mr. Thompson has had posiTive responses wiTh his sTudenTs is because posiTive sTroking exercises are one of his favoriTe Things To Teach. PosiTive sTroking involves saying and doing Things for anoTher person ThaT will help ThaT person feel good abouT himself. I like To do anyThing ThaT has To do wiTh posiTive sTrokes, said Mr. Thompson. I also like siTTing in circles and sharing views wiThouT argumenT. AfTer reTlring, Mr. Thompson plans To scrounge and search for collecT- able comics, magazines and collecT- able paper-back books. Even Though Mr. Thompson is looking forward To reTlring, There are sTill some aspecTs of. Oak Park he will miss. l'll miss The young people l work wiTh, he said. l'll miss being The cenTer of aTTenTion. SENIORS 45 , Y,