Franklin High School 2002 Yearbook (Franklin, TN) - Full Access

Group Effort. Joey Garrison and Lance Lauda gather in math lab to help Leanna Gomez with a math problem. Many students took advantage of the opportunity to go to a math lab during their tudy hall for some extra help and better understanding. ...Or 2 Thumbs Down Math was overall the most dreaded subject for students at Franklin High. Not only was it sometimes incredibly boring and challenging, math was the one subject students were guaran– teed to have homework in. Teachers felt that there was not enough time in the school year to cover everything students needed to know. The conse– quence resulted in students having homework every night. A common question students asked their teacher was "When are we ever going to use this?" Of course, teachers always had a response. Math came into play at some point, in some way, everyday. For some students math came easy, but for others it was very challenging. Math was a subject that students found if they weren't one of the luckyfewwho excelled in it, they ended up putting in much extra study time in order to succeed. When asked about his favorite thing in math, Rob Kneen explained, "The best thing about math is that I don't have to worry about predicate nomnatives." His statement summed it up for many students. "My Favorite thing about Math is the teachers, like Mrs. Brown. She's my fa– vorite!" ~JohnBoan "My favorite teacher is Mrs.Brown. She has been my teacher for two years and I believe that I have learned a lot in there. She ex– plains it very well." ~Michael BeUottie "My favorite teacher is Mrs. Parkhurst be– cause when she came to Franklin last year she kept me from fail– ing!" -Nicole Arnold "Coach Gleason is my favorite teacher be– cause he gives you a lot of chances to get extra points and you cannot fail his class!" ~Courtney Mayo I Know,l Know! J.D. Pritchett and Eric West eagerly wait for their teacher to call on one of them to answer to a que lion. Math 37