Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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to body language to sounds of silence active crossovers from one side of the stage to the other. During the parade of diplomas on graduation night, the seniors knew that their silence was vibrating, shouting their joy to everyone present for this occasion. At football games they knew, without any preparation other than that given at pep rallies, when and how to yell and rumble the stands of Cleveland Field. In drama classes and competition, they learned to appreciate the importance of body movements, from the simplest facial expressions to the most OPPOSITE PAGE. FAR LEFT: Cheri Greene and Audrey Ludlow scream for a Wildcat scoring play during the Cats first match with the Lowndes Vikings. OPPOSITE PAGE. RIGHT. TOP: Vice-Principal William Aldrich practices the rhetoric of silence. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM: Graduates fit the elements of silence and mo- tion to the occasion. TOP. LEFT: Keith Mitchell (34) is mobbed by teammates after scoring on an 87-yard pass-run in the game against Lowndes — the first one ABOVE: Lynne Pulliam, in a dress rehearsal picture, shows how motions can carry a message to interpret her role in The Doctor in Spite of Himself. 5

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Effective communication ranges from vocal In the English department, six classes offered to juniors and seniors carried the title Effective Communication. Students in these classes concentrated on reading, composition, and speaking to master the skills required for clarity in receiving and sending messages. But these courses also gave instruction in other forms of communication. Students learned to interpret nonliteral as well as literal signs and symbols. They studied body language, especially as it related to job interviews. And they learned how to evaluate and use all forms of rhetoric.

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Students keep teenage privacy by using Teenagers always think their group is unique. But teachers, especially those who have known and worked with young people for decades, know that the more teenagers change the more they remain the same — in attitudes, in actions, and in language. While private language codes, consisting of slang words and phrases, change every few years, the use of such language never varies. Young people hide their messages from adults by constantly changing. Sometimes they coin words. But most of their slang — and a sprinkling of vulgarisms — comes from movies, television and songs. 6