The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1979 Page: 13 of 22
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recognition through acting.
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A common problem in
speech class is stage fright.
Mrs. Kernaghan has an easy
remedy for this. When a
student says, “I can't do it,"
Mrs. Kernaghan says, "You
have to.”
There are also many
exercises the class performs
to help them overcome stage
fright.
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Texas. Others pictured are an unidentified student, Mrs.
Judy Siefert, A.G. Crouch, Jr., and Dean Joe Phillips.
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learning in life.
"I guess the reason I teach
Speech is because I’m a ham
and they’re a captive
audience,” she said. “I love
to act. It’s an outlet that lets
youexpress emotions that you
normally couldn’t."
“I love it. i drama) so much
I expect them to love it. Even
when they're too old to be in
football or band, they’re never
too old to love theater.”
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daughter, Susan Johnsdn, also
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ads. When Mrs. Johnson was
very young, she performed in
her mothers plays. Now
Brandy Johnson, Mrs. Ker-
naghan's five year old
granddaughter, has been in
her plays, and Mrs. Ker-
naghan is waiting for 1*2 year
old Wendy Johnson to be old
enough to perform in her
plays.
Currently, the classes are
reading a play out loud. "I
Remember Mama," and later
will direct and act in a scene
"I feel like they're really
my own children because I
glow with pride when I see
them.* she said.
The school is very
think you're ever too old to time to do anything else.” .
learn," she said. In the little spare time she
Mrs. Kernaghan has per- does have, Mrs. Kernaghan is
formed in several community busy reading and finding
plays. In one such play, she material for the coming
was required to sit in a year’s classes.
wheelchair throughout the The students studied and
performance, except the end, performed “The Death of
When she stood up at pie end. Clem Maverick,” this year,
choice of which grade level someone in the audience only it was revised to fit Elvis
"e wanted to teach. -She always gasped, "She -can Presley’s-death, with the
chose eighth grade. walk!” choir singing Presley’s songs.
"You really have to love She first directed when she Many times the class
them to work with them." she was ten years old. She had modernizes old plays to fit
said. "They’re very moody, just returned to school after a today.
They love other people and bout with polio. She felt she Another project this year’s
they're easily touched.” was given the directing job class did was write a play that
Mrs. Kernaghan earned her just so she would have a part attempts to answer the
teaching degree from Sam in the play Later she question. What will life be
Houston State University. She decided, “If I can learn to like in 100 years?" The
was teaching History and walk, I can learn to be an students wrote down their
Reading classes in Alvin when actress.” thoughts and Mrs. Kernaghan
This year, Mrs. Ker- wrote the notes into play
naghan’s speech classes have form. It is in accordance with
presented several plays and the Alvin Centennial. The
assembly programs, in- play will be performed by
eluding an annual next year's classes.
_ Mrs. Kernaghan says every
• she learns something
She enjoyed this class so Thanksgiving program that
much, she enrolled at the she usually writes. She only
University of Houston to writes the plays she needs for
major in Speech. "I don't her classes. "I don't have
new from her students. “I
used to say, ‘Why do you do
that?’, now I have to say,
'What am I doing that's
causing you to do that?' But I
also yell a lot. I expect them
to try to be perfect in what
they do.” , y
“They need to do their very1
possible best. When I see
them not doing their best, it
. distresses me.”
Mrs. Kernaghan explained
that speech, class teaches
students to work together.
Everyone depends on the next
person. “It is a lesson in
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Looney, Richard. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1979, newspaper, May 23, 1979; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1612203/m1/13/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.