Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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16 Inflation The value of a dollar - not much I remember when Skoal cost 450' a can, now it costs 850 a can, Mark Topping said. Mark wasn't a grandfa- ther reminiscing about the good old days but a high school senior com- menting on the increased cost of living during the last few years. The majority of students com- plained about increased gas and cloth- ing costs. There are longer intervals between buying things, senior Cindy Clements said. Going out was limited. 1 have to spend more money on gasoline instead of fun activities. senior Marlin West said. Dollar values had plunged dramati- cally during the decade to the point that a dollar in 1970 was worth about 50 cents in 1979. A combination of devaluation and increased interest rates. rising to 20 per cent this year. put a strain on families and teenagers. In a random survey of AHS stu- dents, the majority of students working made 252.90-33.50 per hour. Students indicated they spent 310-320 on enter- tainment and another 3510-3515 on gas- oline a week. Fewer students had been applying for work programs such as Distributive Education. vocational counselor Hattie Lee said. The decline was probably because of student's opportunities to attend ACE and the flexibility allowed for work hours there. she said. Cooperative Vocational Academic Education QCVAEJ programs were not included in thc decline. She said she thought the more relaxed requirements for these classes was probably the cause. Many students were not as inter- ested in their school work as they were in their own jobs. 1 go to work because I hate going to school, junior Bradley Pilkington said. Bradley gave up athletics to get into DE. The majority of students that d0n't get their work in on time complain about not having time to do it because of such late work hours. English teacher Beverly Creeney said. When jobs were not part of the school curric- ulum, grades often suffered. 'fy S' ,Aw 4. Iwi I. l' , gl! Zi E . t t 9 t Above: Filling up his self-made S350 custom-designed sis as he pays 816.50 for gas. truck, senior Mike Henry feels the sting of the energy cri-

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Where the .-kcliouis at here the actionis at Crazy Charlie: Bye. l'm leaving. Don't wait up. I'Il be home late. Mom: Where are you going. and who are you going with? Crazy Charlie: A bunch of the guys are going out to eat, and then. we'll decide what to do. We'll either be at a movie or at a dance hall. Mom: Well. have fun. be careful, and don't drink and drive, son. lShe watches him leave.l lAfter eating at the local pizza parlor. Passive Paul. Intelligent Ivan. Warped Willie, Middle-of-the road Miles and Crazy Charlie argue about where to go.j Middle-of-the-road Miles: I'm in a dancing mood tonight, let's go to Western Swing. Warped Willie: Yeah. that sounds pretty good. I'd like to see some pretty ladies tonight. Crazy Charlie: A movie sounds pretty good. l've been wanting to see The Deerhunterf' Intelligent Ivan: Look. before we get into a big argument, let's do this democratically. We'll vote on where to go tonight. Passive Paul: Who's driving. l'm out of gas. Middle-of-the-road Miles: l drove last week. ltis not my turn. Intelligent lvan: Well. what now? Where the action's at . . .that's where you'll find mel For the upperclassmen. dance halls. restaurants. shopping malls and the theaters. or a combination were favorite meeting places. Because of a problem with transportation. most of the freshmen had to choose activities where they could be more stationary. such as skating and play- ing electronic games. For those looking for action on Sunday afternoons. there were always pick-up games of football and softball on the schoolgrounds. Other more personal hangouts included friends' houses which were used for party- ing. studying or just a quiet moment away from it all. ln an unscientific sampling. students said they let their parents know where they were going: they were affected by the gas shortage. the bills for their activities were usually paid out of their own salaries or by dates: they usually stayed out until midnight or later: they either gath- ered in two's or small groups up to 103 and n st io activities were planned ahead of time. Left: When thcrcis nothing better to do. there's nothing better to do than to go kicker dancing. Sophomores Brenda Zaborowski and John Wendt are regulars at the dance halls. john spends most of his time tht-re playing in the band.