Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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While displaying her dancing yearbook talents for patrons at the Harrison Branch Library, jill Wagner returns books to their proper places. Tracy lohnson cheerfully folds a mini skirt (lill Wagner ' s sister ' s Christmas present) so her Marshall’s customer will be pleased. After placing a loaf of bread and a carton of eggs at the bottom of the lewel ' s bag, Scott Lindholm searches for some canned goods to add to the collection. Student Life Part-time )obs 27

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STUDENTS WITH JOBS rr hey Work Hard for the Money Teachers and parents are always telling us that school is our job until we graduate. Therefore, anyone working part-time in addition to go- ing to school all day is indeed moonlighting. Why do we moonlight? Let ' s think about that for a minute. Is it the prestige of carting groceries to peo- ple ' s car trunks? Or is it the powerful feeling we get when we say, May I take your order, sir? Maybe it ' s how good we feel about ourselves when our bosses give us little self- improvement lectures on punctuali- ty. No, let ' s face it, it ' s the paycheck! Aren ' t we all money-grubbers at heart? Sometimes, though, all the fun, friends, and school activities missed make money seem relatively unimportant. However, without the experience we gain from jobs (which will be one of the things a future employer will look for), our first step into the real world could be quite a rude awakening. What a bummer it is to make plans to go somewhere and then have to cancel because we forgot that we had to work. It ' s even more of a royal drag to have a few days off of school and then find out we have to sub for the person we least like at our job. Truth be known, paying taxes is probably not high on our lists of things we ' ve always looked for- ward to do. On the flip side, when we do find time to go out with our friends, we have a lot more cash to wave in front of them. Unless, that is, our parents make us stow it all away in the bank. Let ' s cut them some slack though. We do have futures to think about. No, not hog futures — our futures — and money in the bank could give us a big head start when we ' re out on our own. So remember this when a juicy job offer comes up: Money can ' t buy true friends or happiness, but hap- piness and the truest of true friends aren ' t putting us through college, either. 26 Student Life Part-time Jobs

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TEACHER STUDENT FAMILIES A 11 In The Family You can ' t lie about your report card. When you get in trouble your parent is always the first to find out. You never have to worry about forgetting your lunch money. You always have a ride home.” It ' s a great conversation starter. What is the unique situation that inspired these comments? They were told to us by students who have parents who work at Hammond High School. We have four parent-student teams who are lucky, or perhaps unlucky enough to be working and attending school, respective- ly, at H.H.S. Since it i s a special situation, our on-the-job DUNES staff reporters did some in- vestigating into the pros and cons of being at the same school. Among the four parents we spoke to is our junior Counselor, Mr. Monberg. When asked if he tries to teach his children at home, Mr. Monberg replied that he, personally, did not, but that his wife often helps their kids with homework. Mr. Monberg is a very dedicated counselor in that he worries about the students that he deals with, especially when he sees good potential going to waste. We wondered if Mr. Monberg might try to set higher standards for his children because of his work in education, but he replied in the negative, saying, ”1 try to fit the standard to the child, not the child to the standard. Mr. Monberg ' s son. Senior Mike Monberg, believes that there is a good and a bad side to having his dad around all of the time. One not-so-good aspect is that his father is always able to find things out before he does, such as grades! Our second parent is Mr. Ball, who teaches Art. Mr. Ball has a son, a daughter, and a niece attending Hammond High. Although Mr. Ball is a talented artist and an art enthusiast, he has never tried to restrict his children ' s interests. I exposed them to art but never forced them into it, he said. Senior Dan Ball comments that having a parent work at his school is less difficult than he thought it would be. He says that the only real problems are that his dad could easily find out if he were to ditch, or to lie about his grades. Of course I would never do either of these, so I don ' t have to worry, states Dan. Thirdly, we have Mr. Green, who teaches Social Studies, and his daughter. Junior Kelly Green, who is a cheerleader and very active in school events. ”1 don ' t expect more from Kelly than she can perform, af- firms Mr. Green. The Greens say that they do talk about school quite a bit at home, and that they have a good home relationship, as well as a good school relationship. Our fourth and last parent-student team is Mrs. Pacosky and her daughter. Junior Debbie Pacosky. Mrs. Pacosky is a secretary in the of- fice and told our reporter that their both being at H.H.S. does not really make a big difference in their rela- tionship, but that it does make it easier for Debbie to depend on her. We are lucky to have these special parents and students who can relate well to this situation. Many students who don ' t have parents in school with them say that they wouldn ' t care to be in that situation. Perhaps, however, one would have to try it before one would really know if it would be good for him or not. This is the Ball Gang, known for stealing some of the greatest art treasures of the world. (The leader — Mr. Ray Ball, his daughter DeAnna, his son Dan, and his niece Cheryl.) 28 Student Living Teacher-Student Families