Lakeland High School - Mirage Yearbook (LaGrange, IN)

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B. Senior Scott Weiland plays his baritone sax during a pep session. The stage band doubles as a pep band at LHS basketball games. C. Taking time out from daily routine, seniors Dave Hendricks and Fatima Tigmi discuss nothing and everything. Seniors used free time to converse in the commons when they didn't get caught. D. Junior Friends Jeff Taylor and Bill Park take time out to relax and become friends. Many students become good friends in their four years at LHS: how- ever most don't become this close. Reality ends trip to nowhere. As disinterest sets in, students who occupy seats in class begin the with- drawal from learning. It may be as harm- less as a temporary retreat into the fan- tasy world of daydreams or as serious as a complete withdrawal into the tripped-out world of drugs. It all adds up to an escape from reality. The anticipation of an upcoming activ- ity, the monotony of a classroom lecture, or the disappointment of a failing romance motivate most youth's fantasy flights. Many teens daydream about what they like in order to get away from what they don't like. However, for many escape artists daydreaming provides only a short term relief from everyday boredom: it lets them get away for awhile, but when they wake up everything is the way they left it. For a growing number of teenagers, a five or ten minute escape into a world of dreams is not enough. For them drugs and drinking offer retreat from problems they just can't face. Curiosity, boredom, and acceptance turn others to drugs. Taking drugs, in some ways, is related to social accepta- bility in some cliquesg it's part of follow- ing the gang. Dropping out with drugs is due primarily to rebellion, but the prob- lem is - not everyone is sure what they are rebelling against. Most teens want to experience every sensation there is to experience. With- drawing, through drugs, drinking, and daydreaming relieves teen pressures. But teens are discovering that running gets them nowhereg for as the trip ends and the daydream fades, reality sets in. I 2 Student Life Senior Rocky Aker walks the halls in costume during Back to School night to promote for the senior play. Rocky is a four year veteran of LHS stage produc- tions. 1 a .sail M ,s V i ,fs ' , W , 'W . 1 W. if ' hi-hiya, X ' f ' 1- . up 1 2 . . In ian.. ' :it X o 327' S . Hi Hi 1 . 'rf my 70 Y' H AIVV f J Q4 gf,-4, f as If' 1.- f' ' ,Y K ,.,.,.. 1 nfs'

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A. Newspaper articles seem to interest senior Todd Leer more in ICE class than class discussion. Todd works in the afternoons at Grants. B. After school on a warm Seprember day seniors Myron Noward and Mike James ski on Oliver Lake afrer a hard day at school. C. Looking over last years yearbook, juniors Chris Cords and Tom Potter remember all the happenings of the past year. Many memories are treasured in a yearbook. D. Enjoying Corn School, juniors Jan Fredricks and Kris Zynda take time to watch the parade. Corn School week was October 2-'I . E. Keeping warm during a home football game are junior Jana Pearson and senior Doug Harp. Dances are usually held after home football games. Studenf Life 1 l

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