West Monroe High School 1980 Yearbook (West Monroe, LA) - Full Access

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Novice aviator returns to her classroom
" There is more to flying
than this," remarked the
blonde mother of four as she
guided the plane in a series
of simple maneuvers.
"I held the 'stick' and
moved it back and forth and
from side to side," said the
in perienced pilot.
As a participant in an
aviation course at NLU, Mrs.
Marian Colvin " flew" in a
simulator at both the
ur>iversity and the Pensacola
Air Force Base in Pensacola,
Fla. The group of about 60
teachers, most of whom
were elementary teachers,
spent two days touring the
Naval Air Pilot Training
Center. At the Air Force
Base in Pensacola. many of
the students used simulators
to experience instrument
flying and loss of cabin
pressure.
As a part of the course,
Mrs._Colvin designed a unit
detailing the physiological and
psycological aspects of high
altitude flying.
Meeting for 3 hours daily
for 6 weeks earned Mrs.
Colvin 6 hours of graduate
credit.
For this biology teacher,
flying did involved more than
just the 'stick' as she did
experience a crash , only in
her simulator, of course.
Baclc in her natural surroundings, Mrs. Marian
Colvin shows the progress of water in a
stem.
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Student teachers demonstrate professional qualifications
" Student teaching experience gives the
teacher-in-preparation opportunity to
demonstrate his/ her professional
qualifications. This helps the student
teachers determine if he/ she truly wished
to remain in the education field as an
instructor at the end of this experience,"
commented Mrs. LaVerne Williams, typing
teacher who has had student teachers in
the past.
A desire to work with young people
and realization that is a challenge and
teaching is a challenging and rewarding,
experience are among qualities that make
a good teacher.
Student teachers are graded on
personal and professional qualities such as
apperance, voice-speech, poice, class
control, professional attitude, and
probability of success.
"There are three F's that I encourage
my student teachers to have while
teaching young people: Be firm; be fair;
and be friendly. With these three qualities
she will have no problems with discipline,
and the students will have developed the
trait of listening closely to every word
she states," said Mrs. Williams.
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Instant cash is biggest advantage of teacherjparent
" The most fun thing about
having a parent up here is
watching people put their foot
1n their mouth after saying
something about her to me
and watching them squirm
while they try to get out of
it," Barry Colvin said, whose
mother is Mrs. Marian Colvin.
All students and faculty
parents agreed on one thing:
Going to the same place every
morning saves gas. Money
~as the common denominator
which linked the students'
thoughts on the advantages of
parents being here.
As Lori Oglesbee said, "My
mother is always there when I
need her . . . with her
pocketbook openl" Mrs. LaVon
Oglesbee, Lori's mother, said
"The child can't get by with
anything." Mrs. Oglesbee likes
the fact that she is on the
scene when help is needed
and she knows what is going
on at school.
Blaine Bates, son of
Assistant Principal Ken Bates,
has a more difficult time
because of his father's
position. Blaine said that he
felt the extra pressure of
teachers expecting more and
the ready availibility of his
father for conferences.
Another point expressed is
that the parents can easily
check up on grades. Students
seem to like their parents
being here so they can easily
check out, also.
Other families include Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. John Causey, Mr.
lory Frey and Lisa, Mrs. Jerri
Pritchard and Chris and John
Bulliard, Mrs. Lou Nell Taylor
and Pat, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Williams, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Williams and Jay.
All in all, the students
found that having parents here
was more of an advantage
than a disadvantage.
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