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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Computerizing ur orld Our schools must augment the 3 Rs with the 3 Cs- computing, calculating, and communicating through technology, asserted Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. during his 1982 State-of-the-State ad- dress. In a call for S37 million in allocations, Brown said, The first priority must be to increase our commitment to math, science, and computer in- struction in high school. Millikan kept up with the new technological ad- vances by adding several computer systems. A computer in the Career Center enabled drafting students to gain skills in their prospective field. A word-processingftypesetting system faciliated a re- vamping ofthe Corydong equipment for the library reduced the paperwork in book-cataloging proce- dures. Mr. Howard's computer classes were very popular as students sought for more knowledge. Mini-computers tutored students in academic subjects and instructed them in computer opera- tion. The computers also helped administrators to prepare letters, reports, grades, and keep track of the academic progress of students. . . . I Beyond simple tasks, I comput- ers I do everythingj from home enter- tainment to writing speeches. Summer camps provided technologically-talent ed students with a chance to study more computer programming developments. Students from all over the nation and foreign countries participated in programs such as the Zaca Lake Computer Camp, located near Santa Barbara. Jeff Schwim- mer participated in the Zaca Lake program and claimed he benefited enormously from the exper- ience. Computers are such a large part of our lives, remarked senior David Rhodes. They have not only taken over the more mundane tasks of life, but perform a gamut of functions, from home enter- tainment to writing political speeches. In the United States the knowledge explosion was in full force as innovative ideas became reali- ties. Rockwell International made the production of robots a reality. IBM produced new computer networks to relay news and communication materi- al faster. In addition, Technicolor opened a chain of one- hour color photo developing stores to pro- vide quality prints quickly. ABOVE RIGHT: DlAL-A-DlNNER- Setting her mi- crowave oven for the defrost mode, Diane Nuttall waits for a TV dinner - ready in seconds. New owners must go to school for several weeks to learn about this ultra- fast way of cooking. RIGHT: SOFTWARE SUPER- MARKET- Looking for a computer program, Justin Weidner searches through the numerous books at A- VIDD Electronics in the Los Altos Center. Opening 6 Growing Up Faster