Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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Intently inspecting his personalis decorated locker, Ed Dailes debates what books he needs to take home for tomorrow's assignments. One place to do homework in school is the librars where Rita Merkles either plans ahead by studsing for tomorrow’s test or—like mans—grabs a few seconds for last-minute cramming. II

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Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Homework Can Be Hazardous To Your Health There's something about teachers and homework that fits together beautifully; why, it’s like flies to flypaper! Why does it always seem like Mr. Bullington or Mrs. Jackson finds homework assignments for you to do the one night that you wanted to go to the resene game? Or why is it that the homework that is assigned often seems to be from a totally different world from what was discussed in class? Of course, there are people who never do their homework, but even those people give in and start doing their assignments about the time that smoke-ups come out. Have you ever noticed the different ways that people go about doing their homework? Some go off to the quiet asylum of their bedrooms, while others prefer mixing home- work with TV, and stereo, and lots of food. Actuali), homework isn't that bad. After all, homework is what school is about. Be- sides, most of us usually find the time be- tween assignments to do the things that we want to do. Probably the most typical studs pose is David Dawn's: surrounded by food, drinks. TV, and stereo noise, David is hardl) interrupted b hating to do homework. students can't use Mrs. f arrigan's hangout, they go to the Plainfield Public Library to wile away the even- ing hours. Susan Peters and David Ruark work on AP reports. 10

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CLASS32 . . we’re working A teaching technique used by Frau Reck is the classtime use of games and skits, ranging from Mo- nopoly to original skits; Dick Newport and Tracy Jones use I no cards in this German game. “Is that for us?! students ask delightedly when they see a VTR machine roll into the classroom, Many teachers use cassettes to supplement te ing and break routines. 8 to 3:30 On a day to day basis classroom time takes up most of a school day. Depending on the individual teacher's preference, students are offered a variety of ways in which the material may be covered and tested. Time- consuming worksheets, questions, video tapes, lectures, and reading are a few meth- ods teachers use to encourage the student to actually learn the material. Quizzes and tests ranging from multiple guess to the dreaded essay are given to see how much of the material the student actually knows. Many teachers offer students class time to do their homework. A variety of other things are done in this much anticipated time. Many popular activities include sleep- ing, talking, throwing paper airplanes, or hugging a classmate. If you enter a class- room while a teacher is lecturing, you are most likely to find at least one head on a desk. Not to say that lectures are boring, just that many students have a very different idea of what's interesting. Occasionally, you'll hear a snore erupt from some inept student who hasn't quite latched on to the fine art of snoozing with his eyes open. If you look hard enough, you might even find one person taking notes. Another all-time favorite that you will almost always hear in a classroom is talking. Oh, the juicy gossip that goes on during class; it's wonderful! For some odd reason you never hear anyone talking about verbs or Congress or the excit- ing art of using the Trig tables. Conversa- tions about who’s going with whom always seem to top the list. As you can see. this opportunity to do homework is well spent . ... but most stu- dents seem to end up with homework any- way. Why?