Millikan High School - Aries Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Students Shed Illusions As the country entered a new age of conserva- tism and earnestness, the nationis youth joined it. Students, once grandiose ideals of the '60's and '70's have changed to a more realistic outlook. This outlook was especially evident in the area of education. Students showed much more concern about their SAT and Achievement scores as the competition for college acceptances became fierce. Teen-agers took part time jobs to save for the spiraling cost of a college education Cwhich was approaching 512,000 at some institutionsj and to stay comfortable in a still bleak economy. A soaring divorce rate also had a great effect on students as more than twenty percent of 14 to 19- year-olds lived with only one parent compared with fourteen percent a decade ago. This high divorce rate combined with working parents forced stu- dents to share adult repsonsibilities. If I want to succeed. . .I have to do it myself Nobody will do it for me. These difficult economic and social conditions left students with a more pragmatic attitude. Stu- dents took greater interest in the future. This mature attitude resulted in an increased interest in classes such as Effective Living, job skills classes, and in increased awareness of current affairs which could affect them. These conditions also forced teenagers to be- come independent, and according to some sociolo- gists, more self-centered. Senior Tom Hodges stat- ed, If I want to succeed at anything, high school, college, money, or even my social life, I have to do it myself. Nobody will do it for me. It was all a sign of growing up faster. CENTER LEFT: SELL AT 30- Senior Jennifer Ler- man keeps up with the latest prices of the stock market. Most students found themselves becoming more aware of economics and politics as the stock market fluctuated wildly in response to Reagonomics. RIGHT: DO YOU HAVE TO COOK, TOO? - Kasie Kaminski and John Bartos compare similar life styles. Both Kasie and John live with only one parent-John with his father John Sr. and Kasie with her mother Claudia. 4 Opening Growing Up Faster RIGHT: HELLO MR. HAMILTON- Junior Tina Ling counts her savings for college Tuition costs have risen to Sl2,000 at some schools. BELOW: THE MOMENT Ol TRUTH- Senior Jeff Berke deciphers his SAT results. It was thought that reading thi score reports was more difficult than the test itself. CENTER RIGHT: POET IS Ti ECLOGUE AS. . .- Nine year old Jodi Ostrow tries to get a head start in preparing fo the SAT by puzzling over her brother Ken's SAT practice book. W. S f

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