Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Sophomores Begin to Drive On It! Drivers' Ed. Teachers: Take a Drive on the Wild Side! The following drivers' education teachers have agreed to share with the readers of the 1982 Annual their most memorable flirtations with that unappealing destination known as Accident City”. What follows is their truthful narrative. A srudenr was driving when she lost control of the car. The cor went inro rhe other lane, whereupon I had to break the hold of rhe student's hands and rake control. Everyone wos fine. —Mr. Bell While driving with o srudenr driver, a cor forced us off rhe road. We went over a curb, through weeds and finally sropped about six inches before o telephone pole. —Mr. Sloro While driving on Vollmer Road toward Governor's Highway, rhe student claimed rhe brake didn't work. I hit my brake, and we skidded to a stop after bumping rhe car ahead of us. No damage ro either car or students. —Mr. Neubauer The srudenr hit a large pothole. The end result wos a flor tire the student had ro change with rhe help of rhe other students in rhe cor. —Mr. Holt While driving north on Western Avenue approaching Vollmer Road on icy roads, we were going very slowly. The srudenr hit rhe brakes ro turn right on Vollmer, bur because of the ice, rhe brakes didn't catch, ond we ran inro a car. —Mr. Mason It wos o rainy day while we were driving down o srreer which hod been blocked off. To get around rhe area, we had ro go on rhe shoulder. The driver of rhe cor did not see rhe detour sign. I kept telling her ro slow down because this detour was coming up. Finally, I yelled: Hit rhe brake!” The girl went on rhe shoulder, ond she jerked rhe wheel ro get bock on rhe rood. The cor went inro o skid and faced three busses ond traffic before it skidded three rimes across rhe rood. The situation wos mode worse by rhe fact that rhe girl froze behind rhe wheel. I got control of the car, got it back on rhe right side of rrhe rood, ond we proceeded on our way. —Mrs. Leeper BUS RIDE by Ken Peters I do not like riding rhe bus. I do nor like it or oil. My first rime riding rhe bus was my last, I do recoil. I do nor know rhe proper word for rhe behavior that was displayed. It's nor in any diaionary I know, bur I ber ir's in Rogef's. I wirnessed a most amazing fear, something I rhoughr hard ro do; I sow three people in a seor rhar wos only built for two. I kind of rhoughr I'd be introduced ro rhe school I was ro orrend, bur insread I wos made aware of who likes whose friend.” And when ir was rime ro leave, I found ir hard ro do because you find ir hard ro leave a sear rhar’s adhered ro you. Inrroducron 5

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Freshmen Sophomores The following conversorion wos overheord on rhe firsr doy of school. Listen now os we drop in on Frieda Freshman and Alphonso Firsryear . . Frieda: Did you heor that they ore charging S5.00 for on elevoror key? Alphonso: Doy, inflation has really hit hard! Frieda: There must be a br of new Freshmen named Benjamin this year. Alphonso: Why do you soy that? Frieda: Because all I keep hearing is Hey, Bennie! Alphonso: There are so many doors in this school. I don't know which one to turn to. Frieda: Well, all I know is rhor rhe locked doors are rhe ones that open into rhe bathrooms. Alphonso: Yeoh, I hod trouble with those borhroom doors too, bur, you know, they must have done a lor of reconstruction of rhe school over rhe summer. Frieda: What do you mean? Alphonso: Because when I went upstairs looking for rhe fifth floor, just like a really big kid rob me, it wasn't there; it had been moved across rhe street! r FRESHMEN REVEAL MOST EMBARASSING MOMENTS I went into o Junior doss, and rhe teacher didn't coll my name. She finolly asked me whor grade I was in, and when I told her that I was in rhe ninth grade, she said: Tm sorry; this is a Junior cbss. Everyone was laughing or me. —Ausanra Beosley I forgot to go to ninth period and went on to tenth period. Then, when I found our it was real- ly ninth period, I was embarassed to tell rhe teacher what had happened in front of rhe other students. —Carmen Camarena I went to rhe Chorus for Juniors and Seniors instead of rhe Freshman Choir. I gor my second se- mester schedule mixed in with my firsr semester schedule. I coubn'r find rhe cafeteria or rhe bathrooms. I couldn't even find rhe front entrance. —Tamara Piquion I walked right over rhe Trojan head, and this teacher was furious. To top it off, I totally missed my Algebra class. I went through a moss of confusion, bur I survived it. —Chris Griffin I wos looking for my girl friend when I saw a girl who looked like her. I came up behind her, covered her eyes, and said: Guess who? She rurned around with a dirty look, and it wasn't my friend. I was so embarassed! —Bay Jomes I couldn’t find my way around rhe school. I woub always come ro cbss late, and my classmates would all stare at me. I went ro o Senior class and stayed almost ro rhe end of rhe period. It was terrible. —Shanrelle Macklin During gym class we were running our on rhe rrock. I fell, and I was embarassed. Everyone saw me fall, and I didn't know what ro do. I just felt so embarassed. —Nn.rmn Dnrrientosj

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When Sophomore year arrived, the ice hod been broken. One's inter- ests and circle of friends hod expand- ed. A person's social life begins to im- prove quickly when transportation 6 Introduction