Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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No more Math! shrieks a student after a gruel- ing trigonometric tribulation Kristen Andresen gives her (almost) undivided attention to the board 100 Academics

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Dr Des an. Physics Ph D , possesses great volumes of knowledge The dapper Mr Dmsmore Academics 99

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The Wrath of Math Whether we're counting change at McDonald's, or es- timating our paycheck for the week, math figures prominetly in our lives. As a subject, however, we tend to think very little of math. “It's hard, con- fusing. remarked one student. An- other described it as “challenging, even rewarding . Of course Math is Puzzles-knowing how to fit all the pieces together makes all the difference in the world. In the words of Mr. Grossman. Math De- partment Chairman. “Math is the study of patterns . The patterns, of course, become more complex as the years go on . .. Some embrace this challenge-hence the Blue Waves Mathletes. There in fact are no “leaders of this group, all contribute what they can. Since Math frequently becomes diffi- cult, the department staff consists of dedicated teachers to help us out in hard times. Of course, there are a wide variety of classes to be taken, of vary- ing difficulty and curriculum. Just as computers have become more perva- sive in our society at large, they have made an ever-increasing impact on the department. In reaction to this, a new requirement now exists for gradu- ation — one credit of computer in- struction. This effects students gradu- ating in 1989. so all you seniors out there get away lucky! This poses no problem to Mr. Moritz and Mrs. Wor- thing. who have organized a new for- mat for this class. So even if one maintains that pie are round and NOT square, it must be ad- mitted that math is a necessary . . evil? The current theory among R.H.S students is that Although Math has given us elaborate machnes algebra s a punishment by some irate god to work with, most of It is st the job of a 2 pencil