Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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@ EMBARRASSED, senior Phillip Page exits the wrong bathroom as senior Amy Bradley enters. Photo by Jerry Jane Walling If It’s Not One Thing It’s Another UMILIATION fm h my 6 drove off with all ‘Gosh! I I blushed when I got my books on top don’t my tongue stuck in a bottle ay tye elieve oe 9 : eather awn, that just happen- of grape Juice. said senior. Mean- ed to me! Blakeney Bobbitt while, sopho- This is an ex- clamation people hear all over school . .. Whether they are tripping and landing flat on their face in the middle of the cafeteria or walking into the commons with toilet paper on their shoe, embarrass- ing moments are familiar to most people. Students even remember certain “I could have died’’ moments from their childhood. Robyn Tenery, junior, recalled, ‘When I was in the f irst grade and had to ‘go’ really bad, my partner asked me why the floor was wet and I said, ‘I think the janitor spilled his bucket!’”” Unfortunately, there are few solu- tions to such embarrassments. “All I could do is laugh when I more Jerry Jane Walling explain- ed “What I always do is pretend it didn’t even happen.” Worst of all, the stupid things peo- ple do always seem to happen when they are trying to act their coolest. When trying to be “suave and debonair” on one occasion, senior pe Burke said, “I was getting out of a car and unknowingly caught my foot on the seat belt aad fell face first. Needless to say the beautiful girls across the street were impressed!” The truth is that embarrassing moments are a reality ... they are the moments that can hardly be con- trolled . . . or forgotten. Amy Bradley HUMILIATION 4 es |

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If It’s Not One Thing It’s Another OLLAR DAYS may pieaie please orrow five dollars? I pro- mise I will pay you back! Admit it. This phrase has a out of students’ mouths even when they did have some cash, right? Yeah, everyone knows the story; no money means no movies, no records, no tapes, and so on ... No money means no fun! This being the case, many students must face the big dilemma of OB- TAINING MONEY!! People solve this cash problem in various ways. The easiest and most popular method of obtaining money is asking the folks or setting up a system for an allowance. Most receive $10-$40 per week depending on the conditions of the tee with parents. “Whenever I need money to Bo out, I call my dad ‘Daddy’, and he usually gives in,”” said Lea McCon- nell, senior. If a weekly allowance fails to Dad, 6 Ten dollars always lasts me about a day.”’ said Lacy Hawn, freshman satisfy a students monetary neds, a job may become necessary. Baby- sitting, putting time in at a food place or a clothes store are the most popular choices. Working is the hardest way to obtain money. “When work gets really tiring, I try to remember that I am getting paid,” said Christy Abbey, senior. The last and most convenient solu- tion to the cash problem is borrow- ing from faa “T usually get money from whoever will give it to me,” said Scott Hammer, junior. After borrowing it though, students must repay the money and it is time once again for that big smile and “Did you have a nice day?” trick to get a dollar from Dad. So the next time the checking account is in the negatives, or the IMPACT machine spits out the card, or parents just smile and say “‘sorry”’, just remember that you’re not the only one... st, Amy Bradley @ USING the IM- PACT machine for some spare cash are sophomores Dorsey Fillmore, Jennifer Davis and Lisa Maddock. Photo by Jerry Jane Walling