Warsaw High School - Ozark Echoes Yearbook (Warsaw, MO)

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EGGSPERIENCE Child development class is eggspecting a bundle Could it all have been a yoke? Oops! I mean a joke when Dr. Roberta Schnakenberg told her child development class that it w as time to make babies! The students were shocked. Mrs. Schnakenberg had taught for weeks on the proper care for children but they never thought she would go to that extreme. What the students didn ' t know was that she was planning on having egg babies. Each parent received their very own hard-boiled baby. From the time of birth until the baby reached four to five months (one day in class equal- led one month to the baby ' s age) the proud parents were able to take on responsibilties that a real parent might face. Just as a regular new born, the egg infants had journals where progression of their men- tal and physical growth were recorded. Dr. Schnakenberg gave us an overall look at the class: In child development we begin our class with learning about contraception, prenatal development, along with en- vironmental and hereditary birth defects. We discussed preg- nancy and delivery. At that time we delivered the egg babies. During the project we learned of development of children from 0-5 months. It is difficult to com- pare parenting responsibilties of an egg to a real newborn. But we continue doing this ex- perience at the request of students enrolled in child development. The project is concluded with a display of the babies in our nursery showcase window and a baby contest. Unfortuantely in real life babies aren ' t born in perfect condition. This was also true in child development class. Each year the doctor delivers egg babies that are premature, han- dicapped, breeched, and of course, healthy hard-boiled babies in eggcellent condition. In April of ' 87 Kelly Skiles gave birth to a handicapped egg. When she and little Eg- gweina went home from the delivery room Kelly began to dress her. The crack in Eg- gweina ' s skull kept getting deeper and wider. In a short time Ms. Skiles got fed up with her baby ' s condition and she threw it up against the wall. The death of Kelly ' s egg baby didn ' t get her out of doing any class work though. She had to make complete funeral arran- gements. I was so destroyed by my baby ' s death that Tiffany Ireland had to call the funeral home to make arrangements for the burial. Tiffany ' s baby died also. First it was kidnapped, then squished into pieces on the desk top. Kelly and Tiffany hel- ped each other through scrambled emotions. The semester in child development was quite an eg- gsperience, stated Missy Hudgens, and I learned the many responsibilties of caring for an infant. I feel more prepared for the future. All in all; it was quite eggciting. home economics QQ designed by chelle robbins In child development class Ranee Baker, junior, and Melissa Lee, freshman, discuss where babies come from, photo by Dustin Lear Ranee Baker, junior, patiently awaits the rising of her muffins while Cindy Wiimoth, junior, slaves away at the sink, photo by Dustin Lear

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Sophomoie Janolle Gross reveals to her classmates her capability ot making c pinota w; ' h her eyes closed. Photo by Kara Hash i Spanish Club members Stacy Taylor, Kristi Breshears. Amy Potter, and Toni Phillips, show what a mess mal ing pinatas can be. Photo by Kara Hash New club successful The answer, Tlie Romance language of the largest part of Spain and of the countries colonized by Spaniards. Que es Espanol? a Spanish club member would answer. For the first year of Spanish club, the members thought they were off to a good start. Spanish club was a new or- ganization at WHS. It had never before had so many interested in being a member. The memebers really enjoyed it and were glad to say they were a part of it. The Spanish club members all had Spanish names which was part of being one of the Spanish gang. Playing Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune , were part of the club activities. During the meetings, they did everything in Spanish: speaking, singing, and playing games. They put together a skit called, The House that Jack Built, and made pinatas for Foreign Language Day held inAprilatCMSU. There was only one set back to this organization, one had to have had one year of Spanish to be able to be in- cluded in all the fun. 79

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It ' s a boy! Dr. Roberta Echnakenberg has suc- cessfully delivered a bouncing baby boy for cfiild iss. Photo by Duslin Leer David Fajen, junior, shows Jim Mick, senior, and Timmy Leighty. junior, how to prepare a gourmet meal. Photo by Dustin Lear The one skill in life that everyone needs Homemaking. Whether it ' s a bachelor pad on San Francisco ' s Hyde Street, a ranch in Scottsdale, a room in a com- mune of back-to-nature thinkers, a home in Connecticut or a reconverted barn, it ' s a home. Home to someone. And that someone is a homemaker. Sooner or later everyone is a homemaker and needs the skills of suc- cessfully managing his or her like. Homemaking is more than cooking and sewing. It is learning how to establish goals within a family and achieve them, how to create a happy home. Traditionally, the homemaker ' s role has been thought of as the woman ' s role, in fact, the stereotype of the woinan tied to her apron strings and slaving over a hot stove all day has been with us far too long. That ' s changing, now. Slowly to be sure, but changing for the better. More and more family members are assuming their equal responsibilites as homemakers. Sharing in the home work, in the care and guidance of children, in the establishment of values in the home. And even where there is just a single person involved, there is still the need for a homemaker ' s skills. It ' s one thing in life everyone needs to know. How to manage your future. Future Homemakers of America 81