Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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28 The real business world is a serious place and SC. students take their work seriously, too. TOP: Senior, Patty Broady, concentrates on a test in her shorthand class. ABOVE: All of the members of the bookkeeping class are busy at work trying to complete a practice set. ' .' Liz;-?

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2mm- 942M RIGHT: Mr. Tom Pagan, Metrics Institute Director, dis- cussed the move to the metric system with Mr. Shawls math students. GENERAL MATH Mr. Shaweis General Math Classes learned many things this year including how to do income taxes. They also learned how to han- dlc money, probability, fractions and deci- mals, and how to compute interest on loans. Speaking of the class Mr. Shawe stated, There was a Wide range of ability in the stu- dents. Next year we hope to make the course more individualized.,, BUSINESS MATH Special Buying Problems, Transportation, Taxes, Small Businesses, Metric and United States measurements . These are just a few of the many varied topics the business math class learned about. They also studied Personal Money Records, Buying Problems, Wages, Commis- sion, Borrowing Money, Saving and Invest- ing, and more. As you can see this is a class you can put to use. Mrs. Mosely, instructor, thinks so too, uI really liked teaching the class. The students really worked hardl think that what they learned would apply to everyday life no matter What field they go into. I tried to emphasize business from the business-marfs point of view and from the consumers point of view? Senior Sally Kuhlenschmidt uses her calculator in Senior Math Class. Senior Mark Belles thinks hard as he works on his Senior Math problems.

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Business: Elecfives help studenfs prepare for compe'ri'rion S.C. business courses attempted to prepare students for the business world in every possi- ble aspect. There were courses in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, general math, eco- nomics, and business math. All these elective courses were training for college business courses or almost any job. Although over one half of the students that .Were enrolled in these courses were not interested in getting an office job, some of the students already had part-time work in which they used this type TOP LEFT: Typing for girls used to be the common thing, but today boys are often seen pecking away at the typewriter. TOP RIGHT: Students were given a chance in advanced typing to use electric typewriters in order to give them experience for a business career. LEFT: Short- hand always required a lot of work doing chapter exer- cises and preparing for quizzes. BOTTOM: Mrs. Sue Mosley took her General Business Classes to the R.E.M..C. facilities to give her students a first hand knowledge of how a well-organized business is operated. of knowledge. Every job these days requires a little ziknow-howii of the management of a post. To have unlimited bzgkground experience in these areas may supply a higher pOsition in a particular chosen field. A person can apply this useful knowledge to whatever field he has chosen. The business world of today is very compe- titive and whatever experience a person can get, it is going to help him in the long run. 29