Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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Future, Cont ' d problems that the future holds! A world full of problems that cause us all to worry. College, work, money, our future, national troubles, getting a car, and just being accepted by people for being yourself add to the pressures of life. Whatever the pressures are the individual must remember to be strong and face them head on. Thinking of the future. Tammy Scott and Jim Salatas talk about the times to come. Decisions, decisions. There are so many colleges to choose from that even picking one out is a problem.

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22 What ' s It AH About ? In The Future . . . “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”, isn’t that what our parents always say? They constantly remind us of the times when they were young, how lucky we are now and how bad they had it when they were young. Well, there are a lot more opportunities for young people now a days; but by no means does that mean we have it easy. Requirements to graduate are different, courses are harder, and the same pressures that they felt are still here. Our offspring will feel the same way some day, the pressure of being a teenage kid. “Wait till you kids get older with responsibilities.” Just the same, we do have many responsibilities. Some kids are responsible for getting jobs to help pay for the expenses of college. College itself is a big responsibility. The thought of going to college may be frightening or even exciting. We may not want to go, but our parents may be expecting us to. What will they say if we don’t want to go? Ever since we can remember they have been saving money for us to go to college. Now, how can we live in the same house, especially after we ruined their dream and let them down. The next step is out of the house, but who is ready to be on their own fresh from high school? Moving out means spending money on food and housing. If we do not have a job there is no possible way to afford these necessities of independent life because of todays high prices. Then there are always the loafers. They are constantly reminded of a job or money. Parents never see their point of life. They always seem to complain to them. There is another opportunity in which alumni can be a part of. Even if you’ve dropped out of school and never graduated, there is always the armed forces. That leads to the nation wide problem, called the draft. Any What are my parents going to say?! Receiving a failure notice always seems to bring on the lec- tures, and more time lost. boy or man 18 years or older could be drafted. Many kids think about what it would be like to fight in a war. This kind of pressure is brought on by the thoughts of the future. Some kids worry about the future of their kids. There are so many problems in the world now, just imagine all the problems to come for future generations. With the shortage of gas in the world, we wonder if our children will be able to get around as we do. Although there are many pressures after high school, the biggest problem is peer pressure during high school. They have an influence over us that makes us do things. “The thought of getting a job scares me when the word interview is S brought up. Nervous is talking to a 9 stranger that judges you on a first 9 impression.” B “Not living up to my expectations is frightening. Now when I have a problem I run to mom, but then what will I do? I ' m definitely not looking forward to being independent. I’m pressured about my grades because I have to go to college according to my parents. It ' s not K. really my decision. These are a few of the problems that high school kids see in the future. How many of the se seem familiar to you? Everyone will have to face them at some time or another. There’s no way to escape the U—

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What ' s It All About ? Survi ving The Life Surviving • it ' s taking all life can give, the good and the bad, and then coming up the winner. As we continue our everlasting journey towards shore, it sometimes seems that the problems outweigh the happiness; but as we become more experienced on the journey, we learn ways to deal with problems. When growing up, our parents were the ones we turned to when a problem arose. They seemed to be able to take care of just about any situation. Now we realize they don ' t know all the answers; however, we go to them still because they are eager to try to understand and help. Sometimes it ' s not comfortable to tell parents about certain problems, so we turn to friends. They may not be able to give an answer to the problem, but just sharing the problem makes it feel a bit lighter and easier to cope with. There are times when there is n o one who can help with our problems. At times like this we must go within ourselves to find the answers. We have to dig deep in our souls to decide what is right for us. When the problems and pressures become too much to handle, many of us find ways to escape and avoid them. Many simply avoid the problems. They block them completely out of their mind and pretend they don ' t exist at all. The problems get put off until they absolutely have to face them. This The Decision. Many students try to escape problems only to create others: all must make decisions. 24 Escapes