Pembroke High School - Corsair Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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In geometry class, Mrs. Cora Waller uses a ruler to explain a problem. Expl aining a difficult calculus problem is part of Mrs. Constance Basnett ' s job. I hate it! I ' m quitting! I give up! That man is cracked! Such comments can be heard coming from outside many of the math rooms at Pembroke. There are many types of math courses to be taken; everything from general math for everyday use, to the more advanced courses like calculus or even computer math. Al- most anything anyone could possibly want in a math course can be found at Pembroke. The head of the math department , Col. Wyley Baxter, not only makes students want to learn more about math but also stays after school to make sure they understand it. Because of after school help sessions, one might hear students jubilantly cry- ing, Pi square! That ' s it! I got it! Boy was I dumb! learned It is very important to pay close { : ; if | r attention in Math class as Marianne Quarstein and Becky Huffman have 23

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STUDENTS REGISTER VIA ARENA fter running the fifty yard dash down :he hall, fighting over your place in line, ind having your feet stepped on serveral :imes, you finally make it. Then you ' ealize that you have forgotten your slip )f paper that tells you what English class ou wanted to take and certifies your jligibilty to take that class. After this Jiscouraging discovery, your long fight jack upstairs begins. The nine weeks English system to many tudents is a disappointment in many ways . The teachers try to make the class- es interesting but with only nine short weeks find it hard to cover the subjects well enough to satisfy the students. The nine weeks classes does give the students some freedom. They get to choose from courses like You Talk Funny , Canterbury Tales , Act- ing , and even courses like Super- natural . They also provide fora change of scenery as one student put it. Something new in Humanities class, Yoga, is demostrated by Barbara Rose and Robert Harl«