Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1988, Page 20

Description:	I believe thatEnglish isimportantbecause it tellsus about theHumanConditionthroughoutthe ages. —Fran MatthewGo ahead. Make my day., says Mrs. Pugh, as she brings another errant English student back in line,ETs Invade EnglishDirty slimey savage creatureswho dont bathe regularly havedescended from their parentplanet Furballous to take overDebra Homings class ... or atleast assist in teaching it. Thisclass, new to the Englishdepartment, is a science fictionwriting course. The one-semester course consists mainlyof writing stories but the classalso reads stories and watchesmovies. In addition, The classtakes the material they read andwatch, and analyzes thescience-fiction themes,explained Horning.Another addition to theEnglish department this year (amuch nicer one than theFurballous natives) is LindaHancock. Hancock teaches onefreshman and three juniorgeneral English classes. Someof her previous positions wereteaching remedial reading atIndian Creek high school andteaching on and off at Ivy Tech.Hancock said she had a verypositive first impression ofSouth. (Obviously, she hasntmet the dirty slimey savagecreatures from Furballous yet).Hancock said she found Southsstudents to be very boisterous;they obviously like to have agood time.Other English classes offerethis year included generalgrammar and compostionclasses, personlized reading anda class on speech-giving. W-131and L-102, college level coursesoffer students a chance toobtain college credits while stillin high school. Hopefully it willhelp me a lot when I get tocollege, commented seniorLaura Farmer.The addition of Hancock andthe science fiction writing coursegives South students morevariety and guidance in theEnglish department.20
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