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Page 2 THE FULL MOON Choosing A Career. March 9,1981 By CHRIS FREEMAN Before leaving high school, the average student has made sev eral visits to talk with one of the guidance counsellors. Most of these visits occur in the senior year, and deal with college plans. However, the guidance depart ment is now broadening its ser vices to include every student and to make more information available to all students. Needs A Little Guidance In a recent survey of seniors on the effectiveness of the guidance department, over one-fourth of those surveyed said that too often they had to wait some time to see a counsellor. To partially ease this situation, boxes will be plac ed on the guidance office doors so that students who simply wish to leave messages or applications with a counsellor can do so with out waiting in line. Mr, Ken Edwards counsels another unruly student. Many students reach college without knowing what career they wish to enter, and therefore find that they do not have the pro per high school background when they do come to a career deci sion. Because of the high level of competiveness in many career fields, the student who chooses the proper high school and col lege curriculum to prepare him for his chosen career has an ad vantage. To help students at Senior High prepare themselves for jobs or careers, Mr. Edwards and Mrs. Smith are now meeting individually with all students to determine class registration for next year. Mr. Edwards says that by talking with each student indi vidually, the counsellors hope to guide rising seniors, juniors and sophomores to proper course choices which will meet gradua tion requirements and personal needs. In an effort to make students more aware of the various career fields open to them and the re quirements of these fields, the guidance office will soon estab lish a career information center to be located in a partitioned area of the library. This center will be open to students during all school hours as well as before and after school. Present plans are to in clude catalogues from virtually all two- and four-year colleges Mrs. Jeneece Smith never tires of helping students. and technical institutions in North Carolina, along with the Occupational Outlook Handbook Dictionary of Job Titles, and En cyclopedia of careers. These ref erence books can be very val uable in making a career or col lege decision, but often are not used by students, according to Mr. Edwards. All students will be allowed to check out catalogues and informational guides over night if they wish to do so. Other reference materials to be found in the career center will in clude a cassette and filmstrip series on many vocational and professional careers; the Job- Bank, a listing of jobs available in Charlotte and the surrounding area published daily by the Em ployment Security Commission; and the Co-ordinated Occu pational Information Network micro-fiche system. This system contains information on most col leges, universities, and technical schools in the United States and on many career fields. All these reference materials will be available to any student to use at his own convenience. In formation previously available only from the guidance office will now also be found in the career center. By decentralizing these materials, the guidance depart ment hopes to expose more stu dents to the guidance information and to free the guidance counsel lors to do more personal counsel ling. Editorial Final Exams — Necessary or Not? By: ANN NOVAK necessm’””ThplhrriB^nf®‘* students is, “Why are exams havl S'pril Iw ,?it , '’f® matter and they hare had exams, for those students who nave had outstanding attendance and who have made eood erades This policy would allow an average student to achieve a reward of ^ student would not have to re-learn the is as foHowsf^ already studied throughout the year. The proposal A student with an “A” semester average may have a maximum nf four excused absences. A student with a ‘‘B” seSIr averaSL Lv ^ maximum of three excused absences. A student with a “C” Snt^wfthT“n’'^f^ ^ niaximum of two excused absences. A absence semester average may have a maximum of one would be a good idea because a student who has average grades and who has had good attendance would not have to take a long and hard exam. Exams only test a stu- ^ much a student can remember of the thines which they have already learned and been test^Si on. Exa^ very mental and physical burden, which are really unnecessarv Stu flrf fh knowledge throughout the year from other tests soenftL nt^M hpf ^ "‘udent have to tests a sfnSl cramming for a test, which really only nnf Lo ^ to memorize? Most students feel if thev have one or tl a sadden c?am to 0 nights dnd know sll of th6 answers for an py;im aica in ^ average grade. a verv common nrnw ^J^^^il has created an excellent answer for a very common problem and question. nah.” (Didinary ^p£.ofi[E '^x.txcLo’LciuxcL’LU ^A/loViS By TAMMY DWIGHT THE FULL MOON Albemarle Senior High School Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Kenneth Russell, Co-Edifor, and Feature Editor Lydia Williams, Co-Editor and Sports Editor Tammy Dwight, News Editor Paula Cox and Maria Dennis, Business Editors Chris Hartsock, Exchange Editor Miss Sandra Pollard, Advisor SENIOR STAFF Janet Efird, Susan McDonald Dan McKeithen, Jenny McIntosh Greg Underwood JUNIOR STAFF Tracy Morgan, Ann Novak David Smith Photographers Chris Freeman, Joey Walters The Full Moon is published nine times during the school year by the lournalism class of Albemarle Senior High School and is printed by Press Prmtmg Company of Albemarle. A recent encouraging trend in the film industry is the new-found popularity of movies which cele brate the idea of the family as a unit. “Ordinary People” is a realistic portrayal of a family struggling to cope with a crises — specifically, the death of a son. The movie is filled with touching moments between father and son; mother and son; and hus band and wife. Each character is affected differently, according to their personalities. Perhaps, this is why the movie is such a suc cess, because the characters are real and identifiable. Mary Tyler Moore plays the cool, calm unaf fected mother, who is unable to show her true feelings towards either her younger son or her hus band. Donald Sutherland plays the loving, caring father who realizes, through his experience. that he may not love his wife. All the realizations, however, stem from the son who survived, play ed by Timothy Hutton. He does a fantastic job as the guilt ridden younger son. From his visits to a psychologist, played by Judd Hirsch, he learns how to cope with his feelings-about himself and his parents. Hutton’s perfor mance as a young man deter mined to find himself is excellent. Judd Hirsch portrays a caring concerned psychiatrist, who be comes a good friend. Due to the sensational performances by these actors, the movie is an ex cellent experience and deserves the six academy award nomina tions it is up for. Unlike most movies today, “Ordinary Peo ple” is worth $3.50 and, in fact, is a movie that everyone should see simply for the experience. ^pringtim^ Siaaking CPucrtlfe Jfnur-SjEaf Cllouer By TRACY MORGAN Spring begins this month. With It, comes the procession of butter cups, bare feet, birds chirping, blue skies, April showers, and all ot the things associated with spring including the four-leaf clover. As warm weather arrives and days become longer, it is amaz ing to see the number of people crouched on their hands and knees in desperate search of. . . what? Obviously, they seek a four-leaf clover, but for what pur pose? Why, to find “good luck” of course. Since ancient times, people have considered the four-leaf clover to be one of the most com mon symbols. Superstition has it that If a young girl is lucky enough to find one, she should pin it to her door. This assures her of marriage to the first bachelor that enters. This belief may be authentic and at times even profitable, but It does seem that one stands the risk of suffering severe eye strain in search of this good luck charm Also, it is possible that one could look for hours on end and never even catch a glimpse of a four- eaf clover. Instead of gaining all this good luck, one might easily only gain a very painful back ache. ' As for me, I think I’ll just take my chances and let Fate decide my future, be it good or bad. But for those of you who enjoy this type of sport, spring is just around the corner, and there are plenty of four-leaf clover just waiting to be found. Happy Hunt-
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