Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Working at a fast food restaurant, such as McDonalds, is one of the jobs frequently held by high school students. The need to open checking and savings accounts increases as with the number of students holding jobs and earnings larger amounts of money increases. Job well done-7

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A new 280ZX, that exquisite silk dress, or a complex Hi-Fi stereo system—these are all items many high school students dream of owning. However, what we want and things we can afford are two entirely different matters. During the past few years, there has been a steady increase in the number of high school students holding jobs. According to a poll taken by the LINKS staff this year, more than 80 percent of the students surveyed had a job. Most students worked in fast food restaurants, either as a waitress, waiter, busboy, or cook. The large percentage of working students seems to indicate their need for money. Society places a great emphasis on materialistic values. Generally, our desire to outdo our neighbors requires more spending money. Therefore, the need for high school students to work is much greater. The most common item that students spend their money on is food. This seems to correspond to the fact that the majority of students work in restaurants. Two other popular spending choices are clothing and entertainment It does seem to be true that people are much more clothes conscious than ever before. Students are turning more to nice dress pants and nice shirts, rather than old worn out jeans and t-shirts. And of course, students, as well as everyone, are spending more money on gasoline and their cars. Peer pressure influences many young people to spend their money. The old saying monkey see, monkey do enters into this concept. Often times, students must buy a product simply because their friends or everyone else has it. Advertisers also seem to have a way of encou- raging students to buy unnecessary items. The student is often led to believe that a certain product will make him or her more popular or better liked by others. There also has been a large number of students opening checking and savings accounts. Many are saving up for college or a new car. Of the students surveyed, the majority said they saved between 10-20 percent of their earning wages. The response from students was about evenly divided when asked if they felt they must give up some luxuries because of today's inflation. Some of these luxury items included: clothes, shoes, cars, candy and records. Taking into consideration all of the pressures relating to materialistic values, it is inevitable that the student must turn to the job market. However, it is still up to the individ- ual to decide what is important when selecting which products to buy. Money crunch Job well done-6

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A counselor's advice often eased the frustrations students experienced when making the decision to Possibly one of the most pleasant fringe benefits of taking seven classes rsan early morning donut in the lunchroom