Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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e Past We Shared P l MF A id I :- Pg' Q g 'I X ,. V EER AD we g ' x if 4 A . 415,35 ev l 'Q' ov 1' Eb ri Xt ,li if 'mfg -1 2 , QW' 1X 2 X? 'I A '- H 1 fit Ili A A od. Being accepted, pushing tor a position in a circle ot people in the halls, or knowing the Popular People was very important to us, It was practically a pecking order as we put Them on a pedestal. 'I DEfENTl0N P P Joss? VQAE35' 'HR' ,Wil mart ,f gy ,s 1 f r tt Q2 l x s f 7551 :5 1 all K l Q lf tl ii r O , I To us, our teachers always looked about 70 years old, and the classroom looked like a playground. Shooting rubberbands, spit- wads or paperballs, Putting tacks in chairs Cor gum under themj all became part ot the classroom scene. ea '7 4 Aff 59-,guy l a G SZ? J ' as 9 . Q 6 I if X f ll, 'X kc 5 V 3. f 'O Q l . i J 9 It Q lx ! It Love was walking arm-in-arm, passing notes, trading l.D. bracelets, sharing a soda or dancing cheek to cheek at a party. l I s SOUL -rl-FN Police patrol in the halls wasn't unusual in some junior highs. Fights, fires in the lockers and bathroom shake downs only increased the problem. shared past 39

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I X I 'i ii f ' gb X - X . Xi . , . . . V' What a difference a day made. At seventeen m H 'I 0' - VI Gsfef HYI I QOT to Q0 only claim to the adult world was admission to Fi 1 ' -fx 'hh ' n Q a d drink to my rated movies. And then over night- zap - all of I eart e :-1 1:--1 . 1 - ' fQ0Od to DUY that a sudden I was eighte 1 a .e e al for anything -- lwas an ADULT. 3 XQXE s I could vote, drink, own propert an ev-.--1 I. money all on my own. My '1f-W'-55?'1'--.e etely inalienable . . . well, al rn Q I- roof there were still ru I In away, I was glad for - - - ic io . could fall back on the chains when necessary.-L. wasn't really ready to organize my whole life -I school lite seemed enough. I didn't plan to X! change the structure of the world, but its weight on my shoulders left me mingled with excitement and apprehension. xy It sure was a rude awakening, all the talk of ff being an adult. A career and job, a home and bar, a husband or wife and children to follow. I was up 'I to my neck in questions, and the answers were allx 4 my own. 5 The future was staring me in the face. Our f carefully molded groups of friends would go ' separate ways. Oh, we all promised to ' touch, but I knew not everyone would A - - ' - y then I was a little sad and a little scared. I With hope and the newly-claimed adult rights, I was ready for graduation to launch me into my future. I i. I Funeral and know that if that waitress asked for an I.D., I could whip out one that I wouIdn't be hassled about. I used up my whole week's paycheck, but that's okay just this once. I was celebrating, after all. I want to go out and try another club this weekend. I don't plan on drinking or spending as much, but it is a certain ' sense of freedom. l've got to get out of the house. I dontt think I end another evening listening to my lvlom ,A owresponsible I should be now. Maybe I 'Baile register to vote, but I'm registered with that bottle, and that's all l'm worried about now. Besidesfrfhimc l'm better adjusted than my parents. They want me to vote, but I can't reme 0 , m l - last time I saw them head for the I .f' polls. Boy, nd the money. I don't have a saving's ac .o. ttoi school next year, but l'll work this ummer anpltry to earn some money. Vmjust not going td worry. Money always seems to come rom somewhere when I need it. Besides that, l'm not going to get prematurely gray like my folks over worrying about material things. l'm eighteen now and I can decide what lwant to do with my life. I may make a few mistakes, but l'Il learn. And what's more important, l'll do it on . y own. lt's my life - especially now - and l'll live it my way, one day at a time. o Qnclrea turning 18 41