Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Yfl GOTTA MAKE IT TO SPEND IT!!! 26 A lthough most Tech seniors are busy with college applications, SATs, schoolwork, exams, clubs and all the other activities ol normal seventeen year-olds, many find the time to work during the week in part-time jobs. Unbelievably, more than 60% of the senior class has or has had a part-time job during the school year. It comes as no great shock that most work for the money because senior year can be very, very expensive. Many like working because it gives them the feeling of being an adult. It also gives them a feeling of responsibility and independence that they might not otherwise have had. The jobs held are just as numerous and diverse as Tech seniors themselves. Alberto Cardenas works as a salesman at Benetton at the South Street Seaport. Cathy Yalof works as a waitress at a restaurant named Diane ' s Uptown. Stephen Fuller¬ ton works as a driver for U-Haul. Christine Eng works as an assistant hair designer at a beauty salon. Michelle Marshall works as an aerobics instructor at Living Well Lady. Some unusual things happen while on the job. After work, down at the Seaport in September, Alberto Cardenas was caught on film outside Benetton during the filming of an episode of Mike Hammer. Cathy Yalof once had Judd Nelson and Stephen Wright as her customers. One day, Stephen Fullerton met up with a gigantic car trailer whose mysterious occupant was the infamous Geraldo Rivera. To prepare for a client for exotic coloring, Christine Eng will experiment on her own hair. Christine doesn’t mind because she has fun seeing her hair indifferent colors. Sometimes red, gold, orange, and even green. There are some things Tech seniors don ' t like about their jobs. Joshua Rice, who works at Icee, an ice cream store in Soho, gets “extremely tired and has massive headaches when the store gets too crowded.” What Cathy Yalof hates most about her job is getting up early in the morning and going to the job and having to prevent herself from hitting some of the obnoxious customers. Unfortunately, doing homework and other school work can be difficult if one has to work 4 to 5 hours a day after school. Many who work make up the time and get a lot of their homework done in the morning before classes, on the train, in other classes, and late at night after work. For the most part, mpst Tech seniors are successful in handling both work and schoolwork, and are able to be normal at the same time. CHtifropifix cum.C oir

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BARGAIN BONANZA

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Joanne Miller: Tech’s Employment Counselor for part time jobs. T here always is some student within the school who needs a job. Once can still remember hear¬ ing a friend say, “Yeah well, I ' m looking for a job ... these very same people, or at least many of them search and search with no success. Enter Mrs. Miller, Tech ' s student job searcher. Hired by the New York State Job Service joint high school program, Mrs. Miller was assigned to Tech by her department manager. She basically acquires part-time, summer and full time jobs, the full time jobs are for students who aren ' t going to college right away or who are attending night school. Basically, Technites look for jobs with Technical Drawing, Machine Shop, Quality Con¬ trol Clerks, Lab Assistants and Clerical jobs. Mrs. Miller said the best job she has gotten to post was an actual designing position in an architectural firm with a pay of $6 an hour. The most unusual job she has gotten was training a nearby resident on how to use his computer at $10 an hour. Mrs. Miller has filled every job opening she has and about 50% of all applicants at Tech fill those jobs. With a view of the magnificent pictorials etched in the center section of the first floor, Mrs. Miller works a long 8a.m.to 3 p.m. day, trying to get as many jobs for Technites as she can. She gets most of the job openings through promotional techniques such as mailed informa¬ tion and personal visits. She has had this job for 19 years; 10 years in high school and 3 years at Tech. She says she loves Tech, loves the students and hopes to continue at her position until she retires. B CHtisf A-v Christine Eng ha