Radford High School - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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to doubt the probability of equals two” to solving problems. Senior math is not merely an advanced arithmetic as one can see from the complexity of the figure drawn by Alan Vaughn. Pam Cook finds that using the overhead projector is a very good aid in explaining problems to her first-year algebra class. This is one of the newer ma- chines used by the school in an effort to keep up with ever-expanding teaching aids. College algebra and trigonometry are taught in semesters and complete a year’s study. Bill Semones works on sine, cosine, and tangent of an angle of depression. Gary Goodwin reads a verbal problem to his class- mates in his second-year algebra class. The subject matter in this one science field varies in activities and degrees of com- plication. By the time one is graduated from Radford, he has learned many of the basic ideas which formulate the complex processes of our society today. — 27 —

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Math students are taught “one plus one Math is a subject known to all Radford High students from the time they enter as an eighth grader until the time that they are graduated. Advanced arithmetic is the curriculum for math 8 and senior math com- pletes a student’s more difficult studies. Two credits are required in mathematics to be graduated, and a student may elect to take math 9, business math, algebra I or II, geometry, trigonometry, and college algebra. Raymond Singleton tries to learn math 8 from a classmate as he and Terry Cash work at the board on distance problems. Having a handy classmate helps when you are teaching the class as Patty Turner has found out. Community property is the best answer to hard problems in business math, or is it? John Whitehead and Sue Shiflett find that drawing figures in geometry helps in seeing the relation of sides to angles and i i — 26 —

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The Language Department offers Latin, French, and Spanish to the students of Radford High School. A three-year course is offered in both French and Spanish ; a two-year course is offered in Latin. Records, tape recorders, and a language lab offer varied ap- proaches to the study of a foreign language. These are used by all the classes and aid the student in under- standing more thoroughly his particular language. Con- versations composed by the students are quite common in all the classes and at times are very amusing. Plays are acted out with emphasis on diction and compre- hension. Grammar is also included in homework, tests, and classroom questions and answers. French students use the language lab in an effort to improve their pronunciation and accent. At times, students write the sentences heard over the earphones. Working at the board is one of the activities of the Latin class. This may be used for checking homework or to test a student’s fluency with the language. Linda Warren prepares to start a tape of a short story in Spanish which her class has just read into the micro- phone. In this process, students are able to hear their own mistakes and through constructive criticism be able to correct them. Basic language fundamentals are supplemented by the study of foreign cultures I I — 28 —