Kennedy High School - Profiles Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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You know you’re a . when . . . ecaH Kindergarten? You came home to Mom in tears. Somebody called you a fag. Then came the grades, and more names. He called me a gay. She says I'm a snot face. Tears again. You didn't know what a gay. fag. or snot face was. but you were sure that you didn't want to be one. The voice gave it away every time, along with the ya-na-na-na-na-na that usually accompanied the verbal defamation of your otherwise impeccable character. Name calling was the pits. So it was that you struggled to maintain composure through grade school and junior high. On good days — when nobody paid attention to you — you actually almost enjoyed yourself. Anonymity was where it was at. When you finally made it to high school, you thought name calling would've gone by the board. Too childish for sophisticated high school students, right? Guess again, bunhead. At least, now you know why you're called what you are. Or if you don't, read on. But please, no tears. What’s in a nickname? A lot when you’re the one called ‘snotface’ Teacher’s pet .. When you hold down a job just so you con afford to buy lavish gifts for your teachers. When you ore invited to your English teacher's home for Thanksgiving ■.. When people keep saying that you make fudge when you know you never eat chocolate. (Mtssy Majeres doesn't have a home: she Ives in the Faculty lounge.) A brain .. When you can no longer be ranked on the school's regular grodng scale. ... When your Analysis teacher asks to have you bronzed and preserved in the classroom os an example of a perfect student. ... When the SAT test people have you write their next exam. (OK. Kristi Scherber. you've impressed the grandparents You can put your books away now.) A sophmore A senior ... When you constantly remind people that you are a senior. ... When you think riding the school bus is beneath you. ... When you know those fun-figure ads were meant just for you ... When you spend more time out of doss seeing college reps than in class learning how to write a complete sentence (Where's Akce Holm? Oh. out of class, waiting for a college rep.) When your mommy walks yc to the bus stop each mornng. ... When you still sleep with your teddy bear ... When a night on the town means two games at Beanie's, an ice cream cone at Bridgemo and stH enough time to walk home before 9 p.m (Here's sophomore Steve Hagge and his bedtime buddies: Cookk Monster. Smurf, and Teddy.) 2® Stereotypes

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Gossip speeds through halls, assaulting victims, sparing no one Loti: Surprise quizzes ore a shock only to first-hour dosses. Gossip has a way of informing students in later classes of an the questions. Lesly Tuttle and Kim Posch share English answers. Below: AH someone had to do was to wear something that nobody else has That's enough to get Jenny Reed. Jeanette Toustgnant. Usa Johnson, and Laura Johnson talking. When it come to spreading the news, nothing was more helpful than the telephone. Sophomores Karen Botchelder (above center) and JaneUe Huston (above) exchange stories. Lett: With the Marching Band halftime show over. Kari Folkestad and HoSy Duis con get back to more important business: assuring each other that the new boy in math Hkes them. Gossip n

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A preppie A fox When you spend a great deal of time at the zoo — odmeing the a gators, of cotrse When you dye your hat geen and pink to go with the rest of your wardrobe When you'd rather D€ than not have a monogrommed jock. When your ifelong dream is to oe invited to Edna fre Bees to be cased Chip . Ov-' we cal him Jeff Lanenburg) .. When you haven't been home on a Friday night since you were 8 ... When everyone else tries to look Bee you When boys me up n the hols and offer to pay money to get one of your school pictures. When the footbal team would rather score with you than st Owatoma - y CarrpbeI rests up before next footbal scrimmage.) A jock When your only passing grade is in Weight Tronng. ... When yoes only social conftct involves having a footbal game and a hockey meeting on the same night .. When you hove so many medals on your letter jacket that you work out by lifting it instead of barbels (Weights. Dave Meier? Usuoly he has girts in his arms.) v » £ A partier ... When your bely is the result of too much beer — and not too much sex. ... When yax driver's tcense tsts yoir eyecokx as red ... When you're in constant demand as a guest speaker at the Johnson Institute. ... When you favorite designer label is ‘ Copenhagen (hey. Evan Church. Ya got mBr n cookies in that brown bog?) A loser A dud A nerd A punker mien you look up to preppies. When you Ske to wear your r's hand-me-downs. ; When your one and only date taking your cousin Emma orthodontist. j mien you comb your hair a fork | mien your mom makes you take ywer every month, ike Chris MacMahon's shorts are riding up agon.) ... When your teachers wonder who you are when they hand out the semester final exam .. When the nurse cats you in because your health records show no vital signs ... When the bus forgets you at your stop every morning. ... When in pubic, your own mother denies ever having met you. (Who's that? Tony Bachman? Never heard of him.) When your hobby is knitting. .. When you miss Masterpiece Theatre to watch Lawrence Wetk Christmas Special renns. ... When you spend Friday night shopping for a new wardrobe at your local K-Mart. ... When you have Woly Cleaver as a penpal (Among his friends Tom Jahnke doesn't stand out. Al his friends look that way.) .. When your favorite B-52's otxjm gets ruined by the grease dripping from your har ... When your English theme points out the differences between punk and new wave. ... When you vacation at Ragstock. ... When you shun earrings in favor of pins through your nose. (Jackie Morel dreams of being kidnapped by Adam and the Ants.) L • Stereotypes 29