Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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« — - 2:1 •■ ■ . raditicns ft A Is eating breakfast a part of your daily schedule if so, what do you usually eat? ' . and Almost every morning 1 eat four eggs, two sausages, and cheese between two English muffins. Scott Callister. 12 I never eat breakfast in the mornings because I ' m always rushed for time, or I forget. Heidi Lynsky, 1 1 I don ' t usually have time for breakfast. I usually grab an apple or banana on the way out the door. NikiPelfrey, 12 Definitely! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I alternate between eggs and toast and fruit breakfast and cereal breakfast. Mr. Grange, faculty No, breakfast is not part of my daily schedule. There ' s no time!!! Sherry Rader, 1 2 No, breakfast isn ' t a major part of my day, but chocolate chip cookies start it ofTgrrreat! Chris Santos, 12 If I wake up late, I eat nothing. If I wake up at a decent time, then I eat cereal, usually Trix. JeffLawson, 10 No, because if I did, I ' d have to wake up even earlier. The crazy things they make that float around in milk aren ' t too appetizing anyway. Ms. Taylor, faculty The salad bar is one option for students like Sophomore Carrie Alcorn who prefer a nutritious lunch. . ) overweight Do you caCagorize yourself as B) underweight C) just right i: ' ». i ' 1 l. ' f 50 female students 50 ma le students

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BuHmiu The following story Is the result of an interview with a Carson High School student. I ' m sure you ' ve heard. Several people have bulimia. But no one you know, right? Well, maybe, but I doubt it. Several students right here in your own high school are bulimic. They pass you in the hallways everyaay, and yet you probably aren ' t even aware of their problem. Well, I am one of them. Bulimia, an eating disorder that involves eating a large quantity of food and then purging, became a problem for me when I was 1 3 years old. All the girls dieted then. I started by trying many fa d diets, from eating two small meals a day to eating a salad when I couldn ' t possibly go without food any longer. mat starvation soon turned into anorexia. I was thin, but not thin enough; an obsession with con- trolling my body soon took over my life. I ' m not sure how or why, but from anorexia, I turned to bulimia. Binging and purging were all just a game to me then. I could eat whatever I wanted and how much I wanted and get rid of it whenever I felt I had eaten too much. I didn ' t realize it, but I was set- ting my own trap. In striving to be thin, I would starve myself to such an extent that losing control of my eating habits was inevitable. To make up for all the food not eaten during the day, I would eat everything in sight, even if I was no longer hungry. Extreme guilt and fear of gaining a single ounce of weight were the results of my im- pulsive behavior. And vomiting was my quick and easy solution to the problem. As with most disorders, side ef- fects accompanied bulimia. My greatest sufferings were depres- sion, low self esteem, insomnia, and the need for isolation. With these side effects came an unrealistic attitude. School work and daily responsibilities were no longer important to me. Trying to please everybody became a game for attention and acceptance. Yet in turn I neglected what I really wanted for myself. It ' s been four terrible years of this lifestyle, but I ' m happy to say that I ' m on my way to recovery. First, I have recognized and con- fronted my problem. Second, I have scheduled ac- tivities during the most tempting hours of the evening. Third, I have talked to others about my problem. Friends and a self-help group in Reno have motivated me, taught me to never stop trying. They have also showed me that with bulimia, I lost more than a couple of pounds. I lost my grip on life. lews you finallv managed to get up by 6 am . . . your boss finally gave you an entire weekend off... you finally got your car to run . . . you finally finished your homework . . . you finally earned enough money to buy that certain stereo . . . you were finally invited to the prom . . . you fmally got tickets to the sold-out concert you really wanted to go to . . . le Bad News it ' s a weekend . . . your mom scheduled you to have all four wisdom teeth pulled on Friday afternoon. it has a flat tire. it ' s two weeks late and can no longer receive credit. it ' s taken so long to earn the money that the store no longer carries that stereo. you ' re a sophomore in college. the man sitting in front of you is 7 feet tall and wears a cowboy hat. 46

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QUESTION AND ANSWER; Q: What Do You Think You ' ll Be Doing in Ten Years: In ten years, I hope to be frolick- ing in the outback ot Australia. — Catherine Cuccaro, 1 2 In ten vears. I think I will be out of college, and I will have a good job. I hope to be making lots and lots of nione . and I will ha e mv red ChevA ' 4x4! — Jessica Graeber, 1 2 In ten years, I will be practicing law in a small town somewhere work- ing to own m own firm. Grissom. 12 — Shelle ' Time. — Ken Ozawa, 12 I will be driving expensive cars and making mone in the seven digits. ' — Pat Rondolph I ' ll be finishing some sort of school and waiting for mv certified check for ten million dollars from Publisher s Clearing House. Rooker Julie Living in my condo in Hawaii or eating out of garbage cans in the Bronx. — |eff er Weinert, 1 2 I will be a retired millionaire living in the forests of Colorado as an ec- centric and solitary hermit, heliskiing for excitement whenever I want. — Amy Smith, 12 Q: What Makes a Good Teacher? A 50od sense of humor. The know what thev re talking about and can get the point across in an exciting wav. The care personallv about each student. — Amber Andreasen, 1 A good teacher cares about his students ' education and future. ' — Julene Boardman. 10 A good teacher cares about students more than their p a checks. Thev are willing to come earl and sfa late to help students. — Chris Freeman. 12 A good teacher is one who treats the students with resp ect so the may treat him with respect too. — Krist Mat- sumura. 12 A good teacher will challenge a stu- dent until he has expressed his full potential. ' — Mike Vance, 12 One who takes pride in teaching the kids and not in their salarv. ' — Diane Vo.12 tarn Oa iim d hiaks as thot he is in deep thought whSe gazing over Ihe (Towded avenue at Kjnchtime. Mr. Coyfe leails to his govenHnent dass a stem that penaojs to their lesson from the Reno Gazette KMimal. 48