Page 157 - PINE CREST 1985

English Speaks For Itself

W hen we Americans de­ of the trip to Britain, a unique
clared ourselves in­ learning experince in which
dependent from Bri­ students were offered a hands-
tain in 1776, the one tie we on visit to such Anglican
retained with the mother monuments as Shakespeare's
country was a common lan- birthplace and Milton's tomb.
guage. Throughout the traditional
Two hundred years later, the academic year students en­
English language was alive, forced their skills in grammar
well, and being taught at Pine and explored new worlds in
Crest. English was the only literature, composition, and
course to be required during all public speaking. One of the
six years of Upper School. most practical learning tools
1985 stood out with regard was the research paper, which
to English students as the year junior Lee Sanders described as
"a valuable learning ordeal.
In seventh-grade English, Rowena Writing the paper has taught
Ramnath notes the rhyme scheme and me the importance of organiza­
meter of Longfellow's poem "The
Wreck of the Hesperus." tion and coherent thought, a
lesson that has prepared me
Judiciously searching through their file
box, Chris Denison and Sam Kraemer for college and for life.”
look for evidence that will attack the
negative disadvantages during their
debate.

During Mrs. Bush’s sophomore English
class, Dirk Visser reads through the
fire-and-brimstone sermon "Sinners in
the Hands of an Angry God."
Senior Amy Jensen gets a chuckle out
of proofreading a friend's humorous
essay during the A.P. Language class.

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