Well I had Evelyn Dawkins for senior English and I almost didn't graduate either I even bought her sewing skills  at the faculty fund raiser and she made me a dress during my senior year She was really a good teacher  I was just more interested in other things  ha ! . . . talk about nervous -BUT after I graduated  and returned to KHS as a sub teacher she and I became friends!

I had Mrs. Crouch for sophomore English, a former Miss Tennessee. She was very attractive, but I was one who did not do well with her sarcasm, and that was her m.o. I did learn a lot of vocabulary from her for SAT's, and I had never received a C or a D before being in her class. As one who graduated from KHS and college with honors, you can believe that did not sit well with me. After I had her, she decided to have a baby and be a stay at home mom for a while. Does anyone else remember her? I also did not know at graduation if I would receive my diploma or not and I left the very next day for college. Happily, I must have passed the final. Kathie Price McMahon

I had Mr. Taylor for English.  Looking back, we didn't give him as much credit as he deserved for what he knew and tried to pass on to us.  I did reasonably well in his class if I remember correctly.  I had always had strong feelings about the study of English and I enjoyed many things we studied with him. 

There was a lot of information to cover . . . some things we studied I liked and others . . . not.  Victor, if you ever read this . . . I loved Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.  I hated reading Heart of Darkness.  There must have been some specified curriculum you had to follow or a School Administration policy on what had to be included but some of that stuff was really out there. 

Oh sure, I know there are people who are fixated on the "American" novel but I'm not one of them.  I personally couldn't care less who wrote what I'm reading . . . I'll read it if I damn well please.  Or perhaps everything we studied all came out of Mr. Taylor's head.  (Pause) Now there's a scary thought.

I only had Mr. Taylor for English, though.  For some reason I missed out on his Humanities class; guess my Guidance Counselor couldn't fit it in or thought I was already geeky enough as it was.  Anyway, I don't recall ever hearing anything about a Humanities Class until we were already Seniors.  I'd hear people say things like "Oh, we're studying the three classical column orders . . . or . . . Gee, did you know there were actually names for the different moldings and bands in an entablature?"  I'd say to myself "Shit!  I already know this stuff.  WTF aren't I in this class?  Hmm?" 

Anyone else remember him locking the door so that messengers from the office couldn't get in?  I laughed and laughed.

But my bottom line is that who would have known back then that my afinity for studying OUR native language led down a career path studying others' native languages.  And those two years of Latin in High School with Mrs. . . . I'm thinking . . . Stallings - that's it!- and Roger Allison were a pretty shrewd investment of my time.  I remember sitting in some military briefing at Ft. Meade, MD and this organization flashed their unit symbol up on the screen and it had their motto on it . . . something like "Suministramus Speculatoribus."  I said, "Oh, you supply spies?"  And the briefer almost fell over.  He said, "You speak Latin?!!!  What, do they keep you around to interrogate the Pope??!!!"  I think that he was actually serious.  I won't say the name of the organization . . . it probably isn't even there now . . . but they blew my mind with some of the stuff they showed me later.

Oh well, I remember having Mrs. Hand in maybe senior year?  She was not a person one could easily connect with.  Maybe it wasn't senior year, think I had Steve Mayes in my class and he was always getting me in trouble with her.  Hope some of our teachers come to the reunion, it would just add another fun dynamic, maybe they could tell us who they thought was really goofy from the student body. 

Anybody have Miss Loomis for English?  She did college prep english in my sophomore year.  Later, I heard she was a lesbian and had been committed to an institution, but no idea if this was actually the case.  Anyhow, she had a really wierd vibe and seemed to hate boys.  I wish I'd taken english from somebody else.

Sorry if this seems inappropriate in a thread on best memories at KHS.  For that, we'd have to talk about Hobgoods, etc..

Oh yes, I do remember Ms. Loomis and now that you mention it, I did think she was sort of strange.  Did she have cat eye glasses and dark hair?  Maybe I have her mixed up with another one.  Wow, mental institution?  Well, you know now that I have lived with teenagers, I can see how they might be successful in driving even the most seasoned adult crackers.  But anyway, your note was too funny!!!  Wish we could find more of these teachers and get them to attend the reunion, so far we only have one who has RSVP'd. 

Yep, that's the beotch:  Cat glasses, short, controlled dark hair, prim, snippy & sarcastic manner, hated boys (me, in particular).  Reportedly shacked up with another female teacher who couldn't get dates, either.  Think:  Nurse Ratchet without the charm.

Come to think of it, KHS seemed to have quite the collection of repressed wierdos on the faculty.  We could probably go on and on about various teachers and administrators:  French, art, drama, PE, etc.  come to mind.  OTOH, there were some who got out attention in a positive way.  There was a lady math teacher some guys referred to as "Sweet Thighs" since math was the farthest thing from our minds in that class.

My biggest regret was not raising more hell there when I had the chance.  You can never have too much fun, y'know.

OK Bart, "Sweet Thighs"?  Who was this person???  Wow, I do also remember a lady we called "Skirt Buster" who was a French teacher and I cannot remember her name.  She was a short lady with red hair and she used to wear these very tight, short skirts.  She was also part of those cast of characters that were our teachers.  You are toooo funny.  I know it, we thought we were "bad' but we really weren't.  Yes, I think Loomis did hate boys, now that I think about it.  I need to get the annual out and refresh my memory on the names and faces.  Want to go back to KHS and run through those halls.  Maybe we will and film it.  Would love to have lunch there again, especially when they serve that spaghetti lunch with the salad and rolls.  My girlfriend, Mer Nealon, used to steal my rolls!!  LOL

I'd have to peruse the yearbook to figure out who Sweet Thighs was, but she taught algebra.  I flunked it the first time, partly because it was right after lunch, but more importantly because ST wore medium-short skirts and had great legs and blue eyes.  How, exactly, was I supposed to concentrate?  Well, I was concentrating, but damn sure not on quadratic equtions.  (Still ST must have made some sort of mathmatical impression on my young mind, because despite flunking algebra, I still managed 600+ on the math portion of the SAT.)

Anyway, to captue the spirit of that class, rent the the DVD of Catch 22, and fast forward to the pre-mission ops briefing where Gen. Dreedle (Orson Welles) shows up with his female "aide de camp" Dorrie Duz, a voluptuous blonde in a short skirt.  Watch the aircrews as they drool and moan.  Truly, that was us in algebra class.  Get the picture?

OK, I checked the '68 yearbook (pp. 30-31) for math teachers and Sweet Thighs is definitely NOT shown.  I think I took a class from her the year before, so maybe she's in that yearbook.  Had I taken math from any of the ladies shown on pp. 30-31, I'm sure I would have been able to concentrate on math with no risk whatever of distraction.  Trust me.  Chemistry with Miss Smith, otoh....

Yikes, I had forgotten about Catch 22, Rosarian?  Was that the guy's name?  I do remember Orson Wells as the General and his side kick, the blonde bombshell.  That entire movie was one that you could watch over and over and still not catch all of the jokes and the philosophies.  I'm smiling just thinking about it. 

Well, ST was probably not much older than us, wonder where this gal is now.  Hoping we can encourage some of our teachers to attend this reunion, I'm reaching out to some now.  Don't think I will be successful in finding ST for you but maybe, LOL

Well, if you're trying to find these people, maybe I should delete my posts--don't wanna get sued.

If you have a '67 yearbook, maybe she's in there.  I'm also assuming that the math teacher section of the yearbook shows all the math teachers, including any who were gp teachers and taught math as a sideline.

And, if you liked Catch 22 the movie, read the book every few years.  Some new wrinkle emerges with every reading over the past 4 decades.  Years ago, some of the guys I flew with in the AF were talking about Catch 22, and we were amazed at how well Heller captured some of the nuances of life in an operational squadron, esp. the organizational politics.  A masterpiece of modern American literature, methinks.