Forbes Road High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Harrisonville, PA)

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▼ Rob and Myron, grabbing books to take home to study. But, who's the guy in the middle? It’s FRIDAY! ▼ If he only knew what was in store for him. ▲ Homeroom — waiting impatiently for the final bell. ► Shelley and Brian start celebrating early in the school parking lot. But, what are they celebrating with? FRIDAY 2:30 — The 8th period bell rings. Just 45 minutes more and free at last!!! 3:17 — The end of 8th period. Mass hysteria breaks loose. Hallways are terrorized by anxious students, grabbing their books, making plans, and getting on the bus headed for home. 3:25 — The halls suddenly become desperately quiet. They are left with basketball players, cheerleaders, and club members staying after school for practice. The teachers are also feeling the home itch. 3:30 — The school heaves a sigh of relief. Janitors come out of hibernation to sweep the halls and scrape off the toilet paper stuck to the top of the bathroom ceiling. 4:00 — Students are home, grabbing a snack and trying to catch a glimpse of their friends, Rick, Roxy, and Beth of the Guiding Light, but still anguished over the death of Lujack. 6:00 — The diversification of Friday night begins Stu- dent A spends her time socializing via the telephone. Student B is anxiously awaiting for his her date to pick them up. Student C is just getting home from practice and decides that a night out would be going a bit overboard. Student D is the partier who has waited all week for this night. Student E is obsessed with getting good grades and burns the midnight oil studying. 8:00 — At school all's quiet. The school can now safely and quietly rest until Monday.

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T.G.I.F... . Thank “Goodness” ▲ It's Friday Mrs. Hummel, c'mon give us a break. ◄ I won't have time to take a shower tonight so . .. I'll just skip gym class, that way I won't be all smelly. ▼ Keith and Hayden look suspicious as they make plans. ▲ This is where the day begins, every day, day after day. ▲ You can tell by Chad's expres- sion, he's ready for the day to end.

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My Another Country I came here in the United States at midnight August 28, 1985. It took 9 hours from Tokyo to San Francisco. My first impression of U.S.A. was much alike Japan. August 30, I went to Forbes Road High School for the first time. In the morning, after the principal’s speech, everyone stood up and listened to the national anthem. I was so surprised that. I was also surprised to see the students chew gum and eat chocolates during classes. In typing or English class, I sometimes saw the man who was teasing students. It seemed that he wasn’t either teacher or student. I asked Susan what he did, and she answered, ‘‘Nothing.” I was taught that he was one of former students, and he returned to visit, which made me most surprised. I think most of kids at Forbes Road are very nice. And I also think that teenagers all over the world act the same. For example, we used to stick a written paper on someone's back. I found that kids here do the same thing. The other day I went to the restaurant with my American family. After I ate dinner, Mrs. Curfman asked me, “Are you ready for ice cream?” But I didn’t order one, so I asked her why she said that kind of thing. She explained that in that restaurant we could have salad, ice cream, soft drinks many times free. That system of restaurant seems for me like heaven! I wish we had the same kind of restaurants in Japan. In here, when I'd like to go to someone to visit, I can’t go by myself. I need someone to pick me up. I think this is very inconvenient. In Japan, when I wanted to go somewhere all I had to do was to take buses, trains, or subways. When I bought goods here for the first time, saleswoman requested more money than I paid for at first. I thought that she was wrong. But soon I understood that were taxes. In here, when you go to restaurants, you have to leave a tip. But in Japan, we don’t have to. I think the price of records and tapes are a little cheaper than in Japan. And the price are different from records to records in United States, but in Japan, the prices are all the same. LP Albums — 2800 yen (12 dollars) EP records — 700 yen (about 3 dollars.) Anyway, I like the United States of America and American people. They are very open-minded. The United States is my another country because my family, my friends, my teachers, and other people who I met live there. Kanako Koseki 7 .1 i ft it nW -7n(W? P.S. The United States of America is my another country. 10