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Glenwood visit big part of psychology study

by Cathy Cvitak
typical day at Glenwood State Mental Hospital isn’t Other classes in the Social Studies department use dif­
A so typical when bus loads of RHS students come to ferent methods to educate the students.
visit. As a learning experience, the Psych/Soc. classes The Introduction to Social Studies classes take a tour
spend a whole day with the people at the hospital. of Omaha every year. Most students are surprised to find
Activities for the day included playing a game of bas­ that they really haven’t seen that much of the city that
ketball, sitting in on a reading class or sharing a lunch they live in.
with the person assigned to you. The U.S. History classes hold a re-inactment of the
“ It wasn’t quite what I expected, but it was an unforget­ Continental Congress. Each class represents a section of
table experience,” said senior Mike Helton. the 13 original colonies. During the three day meeting
After spending the day there, the’director of the hospi­ they discuss such problems as taxes, slavery and human
tal talks to the visiting students and answers any of the rights.
questions that they may have about the people there. The World History students cover a broader spectrum of
Ralston students also get a tour of the hospital and the history. They study man from evolution to World War II
living quarters. and beyond.
"The thing that scared me most was that in this room In the past the Social Studies Honors Seminar classes
were a couple of kids that had become retarded because have gone to Chicago with the Contemporary Literature
of an injury,” said junior Tracy Johnson. classes. This year they have no plans of going because
Most students that visit Glenwood find it to be an excel­ there are so few students involved in those two classes.
lent learning experience and a real eye-opener. “ It really The Social Studies department is a really busy one, to
makes you think,” said Helton. say the least.

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