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With the skill of practiced secretar-
Practice Pays Off ies, Bernie Moreno, Diane Stoddart,
a n d Carolina Panza try to attain their
g o a l o f forty-five w o r d s per minute.
A lthough students learn
much in conventional
academics, such as ver­
bal and math courses, extra
skills are needed to teach them
how to cope with the problems
of everyday life. That is where
practical arts played their part
in education.
Students learned skills that
would aid them in the rigorous
years to come: how to repair a
leaky toilet; how to bake an
apple pie for grandma’s birth­
day; how to rewire a lamp
without getting electrocuted;
how to get rid of ring around
the collar; how to build a
doghouse; and how to type.
Students were required to
complete an eighteen-week
typing course and a practical
arts sequence (home econ­
omics and practical physics) in
order to graduate.
Junior Justin Sayfie com­
mented about his typing
course, "I wasn’t able to take
typing when I was in eighth
grade, and I'm glad the admin­
istration is forcing me to take it
now. I've learned to type
forty-eight words per minute.”
Erica Zeig, a freshman who
took the practical arts
sequence, said about the
experience, "I feel I've been
well prepared to take care of
a household through doing
such practical tasks as cooking,
sewing, laundering, building,
wiring, and plumbing. Although
I may never have to build a
doghouse, it's nice to know I
can.”

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