San Marcos High School - Crown and Sceptre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Students On Their Own The independent study program, initiated by Director of Activities Judy Anderson in 1977, was continued this year by Cliff Purcell when he assumed the job amid confusion in midSeptember. The program, which is designed to give students the freedom to plan their own curriculum, centers around areas in which there is no regular instruction. lt also enables in- depth and individual learning experiences. Most of the students involved in the program find it a valuable one. The opportunities it offered led me to a much greater learning experience, because I had one other student learning in an accelerated manner with me, and the teacher, Mr. Macintosh, offered us great intellectual stimulation and knowledge of Greek and Roman society, history, and literature, said Dan Potter, a student in the program. Aside from the advantage of learning on a one-to-one basis, there are other advantages such as the freedom to choose the books from which you will be studying, instead of relying on a class set which the school has purchased. l'We bought books on the I i Guy Rigg Mike Riley Bill Risser Adam Roach Bill Roberts Debbie Rochelle Deana Rogers Laura Romeo Jim Rose Julie Rose Shawn Rosenheim Yassi Roshdieh Jolene Roske . Christi Ross Arthur Russ Lester Ryan I5-4 SENIORS

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doing, too. As for balancing school and play? and Do they enjoy the game of the stereotype or myth built up around athletics, Tim commented, I learned football, or do they join merely for the those who are football quarterbacks. So that the only way I could handle it was social benefits? Tim replied, I think maybe by digging deeper, it is possible by taking pretty easy classes in the fall about eighty percent ofthe guys join to find out that some myths are only and really hitting the books in the because they like football. The other untrue assumptions. Just as Tim spring. Regarding his future, he twenty percent because they like to say Talkington the person must be explained, There will never be a year that they are 'on the team'. distinguished from Tim Talkington the as great as this one, and continuing to quarterback, so this type of myth must play would just be a step down. In Tim comes off as an individual with be set apart from the other, more response to the questions Why do they valuable thoughts and feelings despite meaningful ones. I' Marie Prevedello Gary Priester Debbie Probert Craig Pruitt Carol Rajala Nancy Rajala ' Francisco Ramirez Gilbert Ramirez I l Paul Rapp I Lee Raskin Jeff Ratter Amy Redding I June Redding Jeff Reese Lauri Rehwoldt Diane Richardson SENIORS IS3

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recommendation of the teacher and read at an unreal pace out of Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Lucretius, Cesar, Sophocles, Euripedes, Cicero, etc., commented the same student. Periodically, theme papers are turned in by the student, focusing on a particular area of study. Most students also feel that it is essential to find a compatible, intelligent, and motivated teacher. 'gYou can go far beyond normal classes, but I don't say this without a warning: if you do not work out deadlines and study procedures, or meet with your teacher regularly, the credit you get will not be earned, and the goal ofthe program, mainly to inspire greater learning and comprehension of a unique subject, will have most probably and unfortunately failed. 1. Dan Potter reads a mild version of Calullus' poetry, for later comparison with Carl Cesarls more risque translation. l I I - Steve Ryan David Sadecki Tara Salmu J im Salzer Tony Saueedo Mark Sauter Ken Scalapino Mike Schock Gaby Schulz Yvonne Schwab Margaret Schwantes' Mike Schwartz i SENIORS I55