Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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Howevee. me 'n-xmc: TO Remmaek is TART HT Pi Pep Raw, I5:qu Age. HLLONED T0 geLL. '3 School was a place of timeclocks and rules, of teachers more concerned with attendance reports than with students, and students praying for the day of graduation when their reprieve from the stale grip of public education would be granted, I tried to make my classes a stimulating experience for my students. . . life experiences, creative experiences. I tried to get them to drop prejudices and conditioned responses from their thinking. In essence, I tried to teach them to embrace life openly, to reflect upon its mysteries, rejoice in its surprises, and to reject its cruelties. Like other teachers, I failed. Teaching is a record of failures. But the glory of teaching is in the attempt. I dislike poor teachers. They are criminals to me. I've seen so much cruelty toward children. I've seen so many children not given the opportunity to live up to their potential as human beings. Pat Conroy THE WATER IS WIDE

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Big aud bad enough? Are you gonna let 'em shoot you down? Are you man enough, When the going's rough? Is it in your heart to care?