Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ነሃ orking 20 hours a week at The Purple Peacock adds pressure to senior Julie Thompson's already busy schedule. (Photo by Jayna Jarnagin) oing some last-minute cram- ming for his French | test is a real tension-builder for sophomore steve Beaudry. (Photo by Matt McGrigg) A sixth period Physics B Lab gives junior Peg Rohovit a chance to | catch up on her daily assignments. | (Photo by Anne Johnston) | | order to relieve his stress, junior Matt Zbaracki shoots a few hoops | at the Ames High ወሃጠ after school. | (Photo by Tari Moats) | . Stress Student Life 23

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:K. Kathleen Brewer It could make us choke in the middie of important soeeches; it made us shake with fear before finals; sometimes it even de- stroyed our relationships. The dark force preyed on students regardless of GPA or year. We feared it, we hated it, we looked for ways to deal with if ana we called it - stress. A lot of stress experienced by students dealt with ap- pearing before groups, es- pecially those filled with un- familiar faces. | was stressed at my first voice recital, junior Sara Scholten said. A lot of peo- ple are watching you and you don't know them. Working toward a good cu- mulative grade point in or- der to be accepted at an exclusive university also cre- ated tension in students’ lives. If. you're trying to get into MII Stanford or Harvard and you don’t get good TRESS Riding the emotional rollercoaster of tension and learning to cope “If youre trying ተዕ get into M.I. T., stanford or Harvard and you don't get good enough grades, They're not going fo let you in.” -Aaron Fultz, senior enough grades, they re not going to let you in, senior Aaron Fultz said. Stress didn't always come from the need fo achieve, as sophomore Eva Seiler found out. She kept her rela- tionship with an older man a secret from her mother for a year and a half. | was seeing him all the time and my mom didn't know about it,” Seiler said. It was real stressful . . . | finally had to say, ‘Forget it. This is |. | can't have a relationship with you anymore because its unhealthy for me and YOU. — Other students also searched for ways to cope with stress, A common relief from tension was physical exercise or listening to mu- SIC. | do active exercise, like shooting baskets in the backyard or throwing darts. Then lie in bed and listen ተዕ music - that'll usually do it for me,” senior Tim Kniker said. senior Paul Shevokas said that he dealt with stress just by relaxing and thinking about all the good things he had going for him. stress came and went with college plans, grade cards and finals. As students con- tinued to ride the emotional rollercoaster of tension, they searched for ways to cope. Sometimes the cure was ex- ercise, sometimes it was found in music and some- times they just took a close look and found it within themselves. L ike many students, freshman Danny Wilson listens to music in order to deal with his stress. (Photo by Sarah Jons)

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:Stephanie Wessman Baking cookies, walking TO the park and playing games. [hese were only a few of the activities 51ህ- dents used to entertain The children they babysar. Some did things with The children requiring more time - and energy. seeing mov- ies or swimming were popu- lar activities, but going TO Adventureland or creating a circus for the neighbor- hood children showed that some babysitters tried TO make watching kids more enjoyable. The children and | some- times act out stories like ‘Snow White,” freshman Mi- Gw wi | BY D p ነ - ፖ 4 ሠ፦ i - e ። d ግ ፦ ፡ chele Dietz HILD’S PLAY Or did babysitters enjoy it just as much? enart said. er le 1 want TO do some- other baby- special thing creative That sitters were things, and will maybe spark an kept ouf that way the | interest in the kids, later than in- parents will then they won't just tended. On call me qtwaremil;ve the aver- DACK © ‘Tenaya Darlington, sophomore 99e, iT wasnt later Some baby- than 3:00 a.m. sitters didnt need To do special things. They had oda experiences while Taking care of kids. Junior Anne Stinehart was watching a child who locked himself in the bathroom and threat- ened to swallow a bunch of aspirin. | knew that eventually he q get bored and wander out to see what was going on, so | just left him alone,” Stin- ፦ .5 ed obses fl, SEE ምላ H ne መ”. Lef b ZE ን ብጤ. ፡ kat ጨር is EL i A ej | am EM ` | 8 enge e hd CAN ` t አሓ: qv Am ef M m “ጄ “ማሙ -- ፆ - Fe “SG o entertain his sister, sophomore Chad Faidley reads a book about bad habits. (Photo by Anne Johnston) reating new toys proves fo cap- ture the interest of the child sophomore Angela Bassett is baby- sitting. (Photo by Sara Andersen) 24 Babysitting late doesn’t bother me, but it's boring, freshman Jenny Dally said. What upsets me is when they say ' be home by 2:00' and they don't really get home until 4:00 a.m.” However, babysitting did not have to be a negative experience. Some students felt that if was very reward- ing. | ike TO do something cres ative that will maybe spark an interest in the kids. That way they re not just watch- ing T.V. and sol feel good,” sophomore Tenaya Darling? TON said. 424 students were surveyed and 66 said they babysat, receiving an average OD $2.00 per hour. There was d dramatic contrast between the 42 percent of seniors that watched children and the 80 percent of freshmeng that did so. Student reasons for babysitting varied, Dut3 like junior Jenny Swordeng many liked being with little kids. | like to babysit be want to be a child p trist, and if gives me experience, Sworden an mg fr : à Big mg ምው E e e d | 4295 KS - i . t ሽ m D ፡