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At left , Mr. Stephenson stands in front of his classroom in 2005.
After a long time of renovation to building two, new restrooms had been added
between building two and the media center. Here he unofficially opens the
sidewalk path. |
Mr. Steve Stephenson began teaching at Southwestern in 1972. He has
announced his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 year.
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1972
- There was no air conditioning. When we turned on the fans,
papers blew everywhere.
- We did not use calculators and there were no computers.
- School was out at 1:45 and I could be home by 2:00.
- Yearbooks had no color pictures and cost $3.00.
- Kids would get paddled and hard.
- There were less than 400 students and everyone had a locker.
- The top 4 songs in 1972 were by Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, The
Temptations, and David Bowie.
- There was no rap music.
- A new corvette was under $6,000.
- Houses could be bought for under $15,000.
- The muscle car era was (unfortunately he says) ending.
- Teachers were paid once a month and annual salary for a new teacher
was $6,600.
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He offered some recollections about his first year here. Read the list at left. |
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