(June 16, 2009) — Looking back on freshman year, every senior had to either endure or enjoy — depending on the perception of their teacher — a semester of health. Now that high school is almost done, the lessons are still supposed to be a part of every senior’s memory. Whether these lessons are important or not is a different story. Seniors who say the class is important agree that they learned something useful about their own bodies. Zachary Bolan said, “It’s a useful class. It’s troublesome, but it does teach you about your body, how to take care of it and how it relates to the environment.” The people who think otherwise all agree that the information taught in health class was either useless or too boring to learn. Some also think that the semester of college prep that came before health was better and should be extended to a full year instead of transitioning into health. Seniors also agree that the health teacher makes a big difference in determining the importance of the class. The teaching methods of Clark’s health teachers can be split into two groups: some have their students watch many sports related movies, while others have the students read the book and answer questions. Seniors who had the first type of teacher generally thought it added to the class’s importance by engaging the students, and in turn allowing them to enjoy the class while learning important lessons. However, most of the seniors who had the other type thought the class would have been a waste of time if they had just sat around watching movies. Bolan, for example, said, “If you’re just sitting around watching movies, it’s a waste of time. I probably just learned the lessons because Mr. Axelgard screamed it at us.” Another senior, Charlotte Anongos, who had the first type of teacher, said that the movies made the class fun, and that aside from watching movies they also read the book in order to learn all the required material. Surprisingly, even though many seniors say the class is important, some think that if the class were removed, it wouldn’t make a big difference. Though there are some good arguments to keep health class in the curriculum, like Anongos’ argument that in health class “some people learn to get rid of misconceptions,” many seniors agree with Jeremiah Garcia’s argument that “you really should have learned what you needed to know in middle school.”