Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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If meat butchers recruited in biology they would find new hopefuls. Although Pete Klovanish may not slice a pork ..1 L. i. t — J: I By being abseAt, lenior 1 finds taking altelt witho to look over h neighbo little harder. M IV ' f There ' s no escaping it; tests, worms add to fear syndrome You don ' t expect me to slice open this worm after eating spaghetti? We ' re having a surprise quiz, take everything off your desks. What do you mean you need to go to the john now? I ' ll hold it until I get home. I hate fighting through that smoke in the john. Whether it ' s being afraid to dissect an earthworm, take a test, or relieve yourself because of forgotten fog goggles, everyone is confronted by fear. Locks on lockers show the fear of having books stolen, (mainly because they have to be paid for,) and the threat of pilfered lunchmoney. Finding a favorite picture of your boyfriend with a penciled-in mustache is as horrorfying as discovering secret love notes missing and mysteriously surfacing in the next issue of the Panther Press. Locks kept intruders out and decreased the chance of having personal articles become another entry in a long list of unrecovered items. A warning bell in the morning causes students to fear being late for school and having to serve a detention. After hearing this alarm, students rush to their first period class and if the clock wins, long lines must be braved to receive a tardy pass, which ironically makes them miss even more time from class. Arriving as early as 6 a.m. for class scheduling, some students waited in line for hours to sign up for the classes they wanted. But to their dismay, when they made it, the classes were filled. Becoming involved in extra-curricular activities is also a fear of students. If it ' s an organization that gives public appearances, such as sports, band, drama and cheerleading, courage has to be mustered to try out and that courage must be displayed while performing. Students even fear being called upon in class. Perhaps it ' s because they don ' t know the answer, they were daydreaming, talking to a friend, or catching up on the sleep missed last ni ght because of a long trig assignment. Fear is a part of life. It won ' t go away. Just like the smoke in the johns, there is no avoiding it. Beep. Would you please send Roger to the office immediately. Thank you. Gated hallways serve as one factor of narrowing down vandalism to a minimum as well as keeping trespassers out.

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Bronson s sidekick pulls school disappearing act She may not be a Charles Bronson who escaped by means of a helicopter in the movie Breakout, but she ' s just a crafty, sly and devious. She ' s the kind who prides herself in never attending all six periods in one day. She ' s a class dodger. And here is an account of one day in her life. As the alarm rang, she painfully realized that today was Monday. Resolving that she must extend the weekend, she clomped down the stairs, moaning and groaning, in a effort to sway Mom into calling in sick for her. Mom felt her head and took her temperature. Struggling, she tried in vain to push the mercury up past 98.6 . Result: 98.5 . On the way to school, she weighed the possibility of hitching a ride to Southlake Mall. At school she chatted with friends until she remembered she had a test first hour. Despite a high bid of $5 to smash her writing hand so she couldn ' t take the test, she trudged into the room. There she tried to memorize exponential notation in three minutes when it had taken the teacher three weeks to teach it. Faking an illness should have earned her an acting award, but instead it yielded a pass to the john and a reprieve from the test. Music from WLS aided her escape from a boring second hour lecture. She appeared attentive, but closer look would have revealed a small wire that piped music from a concealed radio to her ear. In third hour they dissected worms. She ' d always been squemish about looking at them, but cutting them open was out of the question. Careful insertion of a pin into her finger resulted in blood oozing out and a pass, this time to the nurse. Fourth period created no problem. Since she had first lunch, she could go out to eat and then drive around. However, when she slipped into class with only five minutes remaining, the teacher was Body casting requires talent, imagination and patience and provides Sharon Benath with a constructive means of escape from the demands of other classes. 20