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Kids Are Human

D uring the sixth period radio station and the Ft. Lauder­
journalism class, as it dale Museum of Art, respec­
appears to the untrained tively. The comparative religion
observer, not much seems to class re-enacted a sacred
be going on. However, there is Hindu ritual, and music ap­
more than meets the eye in this preciation students produced a
thought-provoking class where commercial jingle, complete '
twenty students meditate on with a scored accompaniment,
their ideas before putting them for a local pet store.
on paper. About his humanities exper­
This and many other similar iences, junior Ian Duncan com­
scenes could be found on any mented, ‘‘The music class
given day in the diverse human­ taught me a lot about theory
ities classes that taught and history. I enjoyed listening
students to appreciate music, to and comparing music from
art, religion, the media, and, different eras and continents. I
above all, themselves. feel I also learned about myself
Humanities classes were not and my role in human society.”
like ordinary academic classes.
Students participated in
unique, often strange activities. For creativity class senior Demetrius
Mass media and art history Cross designs an emblem for the
took field trips to the K-102 distant, but approaching, 1 0 0th an­
niversary of the school.

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