Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Shaving wilh Ihe hope of escaping without wounds. Qaig Rich prepares foe a night on the town Dating was a refcef from the upbeat pace of schooi foe many students after a hard week It's finally Friday and Amy Roberts along with Tom Broad leaves school to prepare for the upcoming weekend At times when school dragged. Friday was the only thing that gave students incentive DATING 15

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Let's go catch a flick Getting prepared is half the battle Great - it’s 6:00pm. If I have to pick her up at 7:00. 1 better go and take a shower...Wonder what’s on the tube? Let’s check it out... Oh no! It’s 6:30 and I’m going to be late. I better get my butt in gear! I can’t believe it took me ten minutes to take a lousy shower. How’s my hair ever going to dry in time! If I use the dryer. I’ll look like a giant ball of lint. Forget it- just put some clothes on! Why can’t I find just one pair ofsocks without a hole in them? She probably won’t sec them anyway. It’s 7:00 - I’m supposed to be there! Where’s my wallet? I know I put it in this room He’s coming at 7:00. I’ll never be ready in time! Maybe he’ll be late. No. he’ll never be late on a first date. Now. what do I wear? These jeans would look really great with that sweater. No. it is too hot for that. Possibly those dress pants and my silk blouse? No, positively too dressy. Forget it, I can come back to this. I’ll go jump in the shower. Oh no. Mom...where’s my hair dryer? Wait...never mind I found it.” Oh my gosh. 6:30 and my hair looks like this. Almost lime lo go, and David Corlett plans a date with lisa Scheanon for »he weekend Dating was not offered as a class, but a lot of ime was spent planting for it dumg and after school somewhere. Mom! Where is my wallet? If I could find it, 1 wouldn't need help. Never mind.” There it is, under that pile of dirty clothes. Finally. I’m on my way. I’m only fifteen minutes late, she won’t care. It better not matter. she is the one getting a free dinner and movie. I should have stayed home tonight. I wonder if this will really be worth all the trouble? ’’Hello, Sir, I’m here to pick up your daughter... Yes, I know. I’m always late.” Craig Rich Hopefully it will curl okay. Back to clothes. I guess I’ll just wear these jeans and this shirt. That will look okay. Besides, I have to do my make-up. First the base, then the powder. Now some blush and a little bit of eye shadow to give some coler. Some eyeliner to open my eyes and - dam I streaked. I’ve got to rub it off quick and start again. The doorbell; he's here! My lipstick, where’s my lipstick! ’’Yes, Dad, I’ll be right down!” leant Van Alen liptfkk and curling irom just don't mi , as Jeanne Van Alen fnds out With school work and other activities, when students fnafy got the chance to date, beng on tme was a problem

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11 Do I hove to ? Parents place pressures on kids Parents were great for a lot of reasons - help with homework, love, understanding, and. of course ...money. On the other hand, many times we felt great pressure from them, especially around report card time. If our grades were low. or lower than Mom's and Dad’s standards. we found ourselves listening to ’’You spend too much time with your friends...” or ’’You don’t spend enough time on your homework...”. We also faced other pressures from parents. Many times Mom and Dad got suspicious of our friends and The library » usually found to be a peaceful place to study for sophomore Tonya Flinn Some students (fed not need to be hassled as much by their parents to study and receive good grades their activities. Then we heard. Trouble comes in groups.” Why do you always go over her house?” Who’s going there with you?” Although we realized that these statements resulted from our parents’ love and concern for us, often that realization didn't help. Parental pressure sometimes had an adverse effect on us and our friends. Occasionally it resulted in stress on us. causing grades to fall because we tried too hard or because we acted out of spite. It was a dilemma we all found difficult to resolve. Kathy Davies till Snitcher While chained to a desk, Mariah Ganci 6 being forced to do her homework by her mother Kathy Ganci Sometimes parents resorted to forceful methods to make thee kids study