Tennyson High School - Aegis Yearbook (Hayward, CA)

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8. Nlr. DiGeronimo gets engrossed in his classes' papers. 9. Tom Anderson, Robert Land, and Eddie Eger take time out from studies to smile for the camera. 10. lVlr. Valech recites from 'lValech's Famous Quotes. 11. Cathy Valenzuela smiles as she remembers another answer, 12. Scott Shepard turns to sneak a peek off a neighbor's test. 13, Patti Clark taking a break from her studies. rf ' 's ,I 12A teachers of English doing their work with less and less thoughts, both speaking and writing. imagination. Many students made decisions to be ineducable and once patterns of failure are established, it is very difficult If the teachers reach their goals, all graduating students will for the teacher to change them. be able to read, write, and speak Chairman of the English Department, iVlr. Barry Manning said, 'lThe real value of teaching English is to learn how to think in a logical order and to be able to express those I 1 English!25

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1, Charles Putkey f 2. Lee Epperson 3, Jean Heckendorf 4. Larry Epstein c , , if f 1 f 0.5, 2 - NW ,' ,V , 4 ff f f f ,mf y , X , f 1 5. Gerry Schipper f ft, f ff .Na ., 1 6. Barry Manning 7. Roddell Merrill f 1, Q 4 -HW-aff, l 4 74341. Q 'I S IT nobody usin' bad grammar around Tennyson no more . .. thirteen English teachers made sure of that! This year, English teachers went llback to basics, that is, teaching reading and writing. The School Board said that teachers were teaching so much drama, literature, creative writing, etc. that students' ability to spell and read had greatly decreased. llWe had to teach English in a practical way, yet make it interesting tool commented Nlr. Larry Epstein. He related his feelings to UTHE WASTELANDU, an article written by August Franza which said, llDay in and day out, I watch

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1,Ir1Set-PhySiCal Science teacher Bob Lawrence. Carefully combining a potent mixture, Mark Yin and Bobby Nakamoto prepare for a little excitement in physical science. 2. Inset-Chemistry teacher I-ljalmer Nesseth. Concentrating on the details ofthe lab, Rick Oase and Greg Lopez scribble down the results. 3, Inset-Biology teacher Richard Fife. Trying to solve her latest science equation Cassandra Troutman stares blankly up at the board. K . ' ..,-f--- N, I s-e- s i 'sf as-4' Tx 'wt , . 5 life-g, xt 1 N. - fi In lVIr. Nesseth's chemistry class he demonstrated lVlt. NUCLE R reactions, atomic numbers, chemical analysis, and smelly Tennyson, a volcano which erupted with many brilliant colorS halls were some ofthe compounds that took place in the showering from its spout. meme dasses' Students learned how to mix various chemicals together to In C 4 Students learned how to dissect frogs and create different formulas, but looked out for the earthworms. 'tWe also investigated how genetic traits are E P I Q transmitted from parents to offspring, said lVlr. Richard