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To the editor:
For years, Rappahannock County has been debating on whether it is justified in improving and expanding the high school. During those years of debating, conditions have worsened. As a graduate of Rappahannock and a college stu, dent, I feel I must speak out at last.
Before graduating, I had nothing to compare RCHS with. Other high schools were bigger, but as far as academics were concerned, I knew nothing about how RCHS compared with other schools. Meeting other students has opened my eyes.
Mr. Robert Eastham’s letter of October 30 stated that it was “more important to take a course than just to be offered it.” If the facilities at Rappahannock were improved, students may not only take offered courses more often but be interested in them enough to pass them with higher grades. The teachers at Rappahannock make the lectures interesting but including hands-on experience may result in a higher enrollment in the offered subjects. Hands-on experience would also aid in understanding the course material.
In my biology lab at the College of Charleston, I am amazed by what the other students did in high school. Not only was the ceremonial pig dissected at their schools, but many other animals were used for study. They have much more knowledge of anatomy than I do, and it makes a difference. The biology labs were better equipped and were the reason many students chose biology as their major.
Most of the students who are at college have taken a chemistry lab where more than just Bunsen burners were used. This is another disadvantage of Rappahannock.
The chemistry lab at Rappahannock is a classroom with five or six tables in the back. Experiments have to be set up and taken down at the beginning and end of every class due to the lack of space. The physics classes and chemistry classes have to share everything. This wastes much valuable class time.
The cafeteria’s conditions are just as poor. Not only does Rappahannock have a cafeteria for dining, but also a hallway, one classroom, and the parking lot
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