Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Time alters 'American Dream' Traditional values come under question The American Dream. Not long ogo. everyone knew what it was. and everyone tried to live it Vet times ore changing, and with this change comes o charge in hopes—o change in dreams ok) more particularly, a change in the American Dream Achieving the American Dream used to mean 2.5 children, a dog. a white picket fence around the lovely house ond manicured lawn, with two cars poked in the garage, of course. And. those who could not achieve this dream were deeply frustrated Now. as this American Dream is becoming more distant, another American Dream is emerging. It is fairly vogue, but it's much easier to ottom because the sameness and unrealistic beauty and perfection are not part of it. During the first quarter of the 1985-84 yea. o large cross-section of IHS students and staff surveyed. And. the results were somewhat surprising. LUhen given o choice. 76 percent said that public education was better than private. Mrs. le€tto Sprocklmg. a LHS science teacher, thinks there ae a vaiety of reasons fa this. Public education hos become os good os private education. Mrs. Sprockling observed.' so there is no reason fa private education. Next—where to live. Cighty four percent picked having o house. But the answer as to where to put this house was quite divided. Fourty-two percent preferred the privacy of the suburbs while 29 percent thought the convenience of the inner-city won out over pnvocy. Find whot would the Ftmencon Dream be without talk of mornoge and children? Fighty-four percent of the people plan to get married, and 75 percent plan to have children. Find, when it comes to kids, the common number seemed to be two. Rhonda Frank, an LHS junta, offered one opinion on why the response. People ae choosing two children instead of more because they 're afraid the wald can't feed more. Frank said. And. finally, a caeer to wrap it all up. Medicine, arts, law and business were the top choices with science, math, teaching ond athletics being populor second choices. Following the tradition of the American Dreom. large houses are still favored by students flmericon Dreom-17

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After mony yeors of educotion. lawyers hove gained Drawing o large proportion of graduates, medico! the respect of society careers ore o favored profession LINCOLN C Money is still o dominating factor in the American Dream Rising economic problems moke it difficult for senior citizens to ochieve the American Dream 16-Rmerican Dream

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Wide variety of music enjoyed Certain groups preferred over others ijoung people In 1983-84 enjoyed o • wide variety of musical forms. It could hove been rock, new wove, punk or even country. These people even hod specific groups they especially preferred. Junior Bob Stockman said he I iked country music. Some of his favorite singers ore UJoylon Jennings. Kenny Rogers, and Don Williams I like it because it's mellow and I can understand the words ' he said. For the new wave type of music Bret Riecke said. I like new music because the lyncs seem to soy something'.'' Bret, a junior, says he likes The Police. Joe Jackson and Pink Floyd. UJhen talking about his taste in music, junior Rolm Lemon said he's hod a stronge taste in music for a long time. I've liked hardcore, industrial since about ninth grode. He said he likes the meaning of the lyrics along with the fast-paced speed of the music. His favorite groups ore Chrome. Residents, and Crass. I like the guitar solos, and the volume. said junior Bryan Delaney about his rock music. He especially likes the music of Quiet Riot Rush and Ozzy Ozbourne. Instead of having a specific favorite form of music, senior Cory Miller, works with it He worked with the people at KFMQ-FM for about two months. He had a big part in the Q102 T-shirt and produced o Rocktober promotion. He also helped the DJ's ploy records. Cory mas part of an CBCC program at Lincoln High which is a type of appren- ticeship program. LUhether it is listening to or working with music, the preferences took many forms. Some like the lyrics, the meaning of the words or the volume Some, as Lemon soid, enjoy the speed. of it. Taking It easy, the bond gets o breok from the outside work 18—Music