Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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WORTH THE TIME? Did you finish your English report last night? No. did you? No. I hate required classes, what do we need them for? This is only one of many negative re- sponses to required classes. Some students did not see the need for the required class, one of these classes being U S. History. Tracy Helsing . senior, said. I didn't learn anything and I'm not going to use it in my future ca- reer. But other students felt that re- quired classes were not such a hassle and may be were well worth the time, such as Anne Potter .senior. You should take some required classes such as Ci- vics because you should know how our government works. ; and Jon Hoe- flicker. senior. Some required classes will help you in college Required classes were designed to help the student receive a more well rounded education. said Rick Hen- wood . math teacher Even though some students didn't feel that some of the required classes were going to help them in their future, a ma- jority of students did see that they were somewhat helpful. y 12 ABOVE: Trying not to laugh, senior Barbara Borm pays no attention to a Free Enterprise lecture

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STUDENTS LEARN THE BASICS: READING, WRITING, 8c MATH JUST THE BASICS CC AM VTe wouldn't learn any- thing if we didn't have classes that are required, explained Amy Greseth, junior. Truthfully, if you didn't have such classes as English, history and math, what classes would you have picked to replace these? The easiest elective classes you could think of, right? Quite a few re- quired classes were needed to graduate from high school. Eng- lish seems to be one of the most important courses. After all, most everyone has been speaking the language since the first time you watched Sesame Street. The English classes that must be taken every year throughout high school were not easy as the one word commands easi- ly learned as a child. Every graduating student at PHS needed to have success- fully completed two math- ematics classes. Everyone has heard how the equations and theorems you learned in class will help you in every day life You never know, you might find yourself in the position in which you need to prove theo- rem 6.5 to be true, or have the incredible urge to find the solu- tion set of the intersection of two lines. When I moved here, I had already taken Texas history and the counselor said I had to take ari- zona history also. I thought that was unfair, explained Lisa Poindexter, junior. You see, every student is required to take this class. U.S. History covered a wide variety of significant events, from America's discoverers to Watergate. Special events made this more interesting, such as 20's Day etc. In the future you'll realize the importance of the required classes at PHS. In many ways they decided your future. Without successfully complet- ing them, you couldn't gra- duate. If you didn't graduate there is a good chance that you wouldn't get the job you wanted. “We wouldn't learn anything if we didn't have classes that are required. -Amy Greseth 11

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kotos by Km nonwood LEFT: Dave Van Mantgem, opho- more, gazes off into the distance, thinking of more exciting things to do ABOVE: David SuMins . senior, thinks about the weekend during a class lecture LEFT: Exhausted with Free Enterprise. Tammy Thibodeau . senior, catches a few z's. 13