Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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Teenagers are realizing earlier on in life that the world runs on money. They are joining the race while still in high school. A job, school, sports, plus other activities is a lot of work, but they ' re doing it all with positive results. Getting a job or becom- ing involved with some sort of volunteer work, like S.A.D.D. is really a step towards indepen- dence. Earning their own spending money, saving for a dream or college has become a way of life for most of the upperclassmen. Some commendable people work to help out their family with the bills or buy their own Melissa Mantel doesn’t get paid for working at the bookstore, but she does get experience. Break Away 18 Money % Money clothes and things they need. Others work only when they need money by watching other people ' s two year olds tear up the house or take care of yard- work in 100° and 80% humidity. Though it ' s not usually fun, the money always helps. A lot of kids do chores around the house that they may not be paid for, but consider what the par- ents go through to put food on the table and it all evens out. Family members have to help each other. When the time comes that kids do those help- ful things without being remind- ed, begged, screamed at or bribed; they ' re growing up. Once one makes the decision to become more independent and he gets that job, time he calls his own is limited. Every minute seems to count and he has to budget time like never before. People become more motivated and can ' t procrasti- nate or waste away hours of thinking about what they had to do before it’s too late. He real- izes how much time in his life was wasted in front of the televi- sion after school watching Scooby Doo” reruns he’d seen at least ten times before. Mow, when the working teenager gets home from school on those working days, he grabs some- thing to eat, changes into a uni form and puts school as well as personal life behind him for the time being. He’s there to prcr duce — to accomplish some thing just like everybody else in the workforce. Besides money, a job during the high school years provides valuable experience one can learn from. If he is lucky enough to get a job in a restaurant and someday wants to own one, his time and efforts there are not wasted if he discovers that busi- ness isn’t for him. It earned him money and helped him make a career decision. Learning to deal with people Potesta

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Novice Play Arsenic Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace was a delightful- ly funny mystery put on entirely by the students of Theatre Company. Student directors Michelle Bosten and Lisa Car- roll had a lot of work involved from choosing the show until its final perfor- mance. Arsenic and Old Lace is about two el- derly, kind-hearted sisters who run a rooming house and put their lonely ten- ants out of their misery by putting arse- nic in the elderberry wine. The sisters were Maura Young and Rhonda DeFord, the nephews were Thom Holicky and Mario Ortez. Both the audience and the crew had fun during Arsenic and Old Lace. ▼ Kelly Knicker Novice Cast Rob Palmer makes his debut as Jonathan Brewster, the murderous brother in the dra- ma. Thom Holicky, Maura Young and Darren Fields are about to drink the infamous elder- berry wine. Rhonda Deford, Martha Brew- ster, speaks to Maura Young who portrays her sister. Abbey, who is her partner in the murders. Yes! Break Away

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Lynn Blaskovich shows that mon- ey from hard work can buy many nice clothes. Potesta is the most important thing one can learn from a typical part- time job. This is no easy accom- plishment. One never knows when his patience will be tested on the job. Everyone has their moods, customers, bosses and co-workers. Sometimes such as in fast food or restaurant busi- ness, people have to work as a team. If something goes wrong, it reflects on everybody. Bosses tend to be the moodiest people of all. They have the highest ex pectations and if a worker doesn’t live up to them and keep the customers happy, he may find himself unemployed! Teenagers work very hard for less money than most adults. They handle it and stay with the jobs because they can forget their own problems, school and have fun at work. They make new friends. Old friends may feel threatened because of less time spent with them, but they’ll get over it. Occasionally one feels he is blowing off his family and feels bad that he can’t be there to visit people from out of town because he has to work. Other people just love to have a legitimate excuse to get away from “Old Aunt Harriet who pinches their cheeks and acts like they are still six years old!” There are two sides to every story! A lot of people in sports miss out on the money, fun and expe- rience one gets from working. They are dedicated to and need- ed by the school’s athletic de- partment and the school itself. That’s work too. Paid for by spirit and pride in their many jobs well done. Some get schol- arships, but everyone learns about being part of a team and to deal with members like a part-time job. It’s a lot of fun and hard work. Some people have a job and are in sports too, others must give up one or the other. From Sweats to Shades This is unfortunate because both are important to an emo- tionally developing teenager. A lot of teenagers really like their jobs. Some girls really don’t mind babysitting and giv- ing up going out on a Friday night to the game. They can al- ways catch up on Dallas” or watch another show on televi- sion. If the people have video recorders or cable they can catch a movie. If they like kids, they can always play games with them. In other jobs, one can meet people and joke around with co-workers and they get paid for it. So working really isn’t just for the money all the time, it ' s for independence and fun! ▼ Kelly Knicker Break Away 1 9