North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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H l Causing and relieving stress ou're sitting in class taking notes on facts you know will be on the next test. Behind you a young man chews on a pencil while to your right a bubble pops softly over the bubble gum chewer's face. Ahead of you a girl twists her hair. tYou are surrounded by poor unfortunates who have acquired habits.l Annoying habits are easy to come by but so hard to get rid of. If only medical science could come up with a cure for bad habits, short of electric shock treatments! The common cold will probably be cured before such common bad habits as described here. Have you ever had a conversation with a hair twister? Annoying, wasn't it? There you were try- ing to talk but your eyes kept going up to their fingers twisting through their hair. As you continue to converse, the suspense mounts. Will they pull their hair out? Will they be bald before they gradu- ate? They are probably not aware that as tension and frustration mounts, hair knotting begins. You know that they are not listening, even when they say they've heard every word, but they can- not repeat a single word you said. This person is the chronic day-dreamer. With scores of things on students' minds - academic and otherwise - al- most everyone can identify with the day-dreamer. Have you ever loaned a pencil to someone who returned it in such a condition that you were sure it had been attacked by beavers? Pencil chewers destroy thousands of pencils every year, leaving behind disgusting, wet stubs of wood. Although a helpful tool for relieving stress, the pencil chewer obviously didn't listen when his mother told him about all the diseases he could catch by putting unsanitary objects in his mouth! Don't they know that besides raising the risk of cavities, they also standing the chance of having that bubble pop all over their face? So what if it pulls their eyebrows off? They grow back, right? Maybe it is just an amusing way to entertain them- selves, or feed their sugar habits. Many of these habits seem to have therapeutic effects for the individuals involved, but can create stress and annoyance to others around them. Megan Weaver Habits i 105

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Trying to get her accounting to balance can be frustrating for Renee Trexler as she yanks on her golden locks. Students in the next class many wonder about the hairs left behind. Photo by C. Weaver. With only one piece of bubble gum, the bubble can't do much damage. Tammy Norris chews gum almost constantly except when teachers rule against it. Photo by J. Jones. Risking an 'ink explosion in his mouth, Walt Brotherton chews on his pen. Although many students doodle in the margins as they take notes in history class, Walt prefers to chew on something. Photo by C. Weaver. 104 f Habits W 'ages ..-f When tests are finished, and turned in, there's some time to day-dream. Ginger Leazer drifts off into her thoughts. Photo by J. Plummer.

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Always on the phone. Parents of high schoolers like Dionne Mitchell are always complaining that they can never use the phone. Photo by L. Jones. You can't come in. While Chris Crowell is watching T.V. and relaxing in his room, only his cat Shay is allowed in the room. Photo by J. Jones. s nervous sweat rolls down your face, you dart to that heavenly place that will get you away from it all - YOUR ROOM. A place of security, warmth, fantasy, it is also most often a disaster area. But would you have it any other way? No! Sitting on your bed, you sense it beginning to float higher and higher to a place where no parents have gone before - The Bedroom Zone. This is the place where you can be the winner of all arguments, the rock star or famous actor, and the creator of many fantasies. Some parents would just love to be a fly on the wall to catch a glimpse of you behind those four walls. 'fActually my mom would rather not come into my room, explained Chris Crowell, because the mess is too depres- sing for her. lf your room could talk, it could tell more about you than anyone else in the world. It has seen you asleep, awake, happy, sad, hysterical, silly, and occasionally serious. lt is about the only thing a teen- ager can call his own. Parents can't violate it and brothers and sisters dare not step one foot into it. Chevelle Jones said, lt's MY room and my sister knows better than to come in. Although family members are forbidden, pets and friends are usually allowed in. Your friends enjoy seeing all the new things you've done to your room and sometimes help with repainting and poster hanging. The main reason you enjoy being in your room is because it is a refuge from all the troubles of the world. It has the ability to soothe feelings bruised by others. Those others are often told to Get outta my room! Tammy Norris 4:-.M Wibff -.1 fi' P' 3 . ,xt , ,fm ' .ILL Some study in their rooms. While waiting on his girlfriend finish getting ready for school, Greg Watson does some minute homework in her room. Photo by C. Weaver.