Rochester High School - Falcon Yearbook (Rochester, MI)

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Fmgs and Misspellings Mnketb English Tough ABOVE: Please, Mr. Lawson, I don'L want lo fail. BELOW.' Hey look, Kevin Srnitlfs learning how to read! f 1 t Pa Mr. Miller asks, Did you really expect a 'C'? The main objective of the English Department, as outlined by Mr. Lawson, is the development of communication skills with an aim toward critical thinkingf, For three years, students at Rochester lligh are introduced to ideas and devices which enable them to acquire some of these skills. Under- classmen study literature, poetry, and practice expository writing. By the end of a Rochester student,s junior year, he has come a long way and he is fairly secure in his ability to succeed in an English class. Then comes the awful shock. The introduction to Senior English is really not as hair-raising as many people think. If you can numb yourself to seeing your mistakes projected on a screen lfor the entire world to seel, or to seeing your comfortable misconceptions shattered lin front of your eyesl, or if you can be impervious to receiv- ing an Pi on a composition because the last sen- tence was a fragment, you might not have any worries about Senior English. 25

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Mrs. Rule points out the mustaches on Peter, Paul, and Mary. In their home away from English teachers, sitting: and Mr. Shacleck, standing: Mrs. Hill, Mr. Lawson, Mrs. 24 home, the library, are the Mrs. Rule, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Whitaker, Cousins, and Mr. Miller. www Ggmxe wa.c.xwe5 Sue Madden's favorite book hot off the press. Mr. Lawson projects a prime piece of evidence onto the screen

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Math Has Its Problems What do you say when your parrot has flown the coop? - polygon! If you were unable to answer this ques- tion, take a visit to your local Math Department. There one can find beach balls used by project math students learning about longitudes and latitudes. The general math students conjure up answers to their magic squares and area problems. ln geometry, the students discover that theorems are easier to write than prove. Formulas are the basis of algebra, and trigonometry students have all the joys of sines and cosines with soh-cah-toa. fstandingj Mr. McKenney, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Tennor, fseatedj Mr. Minke, Mr. Konzal, and Mrs. Reeves listen as Mr. Harrigan gives a math lecture. 26 Betsy Richter sets up bowling pins in Mr. Kerr's class