Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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SENIOR CATHY ROGEL AND HER = MOTHER, MRS. SANDRA ROGEL, enjoy a glass of Coke while talking over highlights of the day. COCO REY COR Ge MRS. ROGEL, MOTHER OF TWO NORTHEAST TEENAGERS, decides to make one of her routine room inspections. SOPHOMORE DEXTER STREET AND HIS FATHER, Coach Willie Street, share a couple of minutes in the Mark Smith gym talking about NFL coverage in the latest issue of Sports II- lustrated. Handling Parents

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| i, out themselves is a start for—— Handling parents Figuring out parents is tough for some teenagers, partly because the teenagers haven’t figured themselves out. Difficulty in ex- pressing what’s happening within them translates into difficulty in communicating with others, especially parents. The most common parent teen problem is what teenagers perceive as overprotectiveness. “What really bothers me is the way she keeps asking so many questions ab out everything — like when I am on the phone or talking to one of my sisters,” said LaTrice Riggins, a freshman. “What really bothers me about parents is that they don’t trust me. They feel insecure about me going out with friends. They always ask who they are and where we’re go- ing,” said Scherryl Miller, a sophomore. Sophomore Chernise Hoges said, “Their attitude . oe il | ib ’ SOPHOMORE ARIS LUCAS TRIES TO COME UP with a new excuse to keep from getting into big trouble with her parents. bothers me. They never listen long enough to understand. They always have to answer without having heard me out.” “It’s not that they are strict and overprotective. They want the best for me, and they don’t want me to get hurt. All they are trying to do is show their undying love for me,” said Alicia Rhodes, a junior. Teenagers are generally predic- table about what they would change in their relationship to their parents. “Td have them give me more money,” said freshman Clay Connell. “Quit treating me like a baby,” said senior Walter Solomon. “What I want is fairness, no punishment, my own telephone line, an allowance, and my curfew extended,” said freshman Tina Hazel. UNLIKE HIS SISTER, SENIOR DAVID LUCAS TRIES to get on the good side of his parents by doing extra ——chores around the house. Whieg=2 INFE? Handling Parents

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Sharing the best and the worst takes Avery best friend A best friend is someone special. Junior Audrey Watson said, “A best friend is someone who listens and tries to encourage you to do right. Best friends are very impor- tant because they let you in when everybody else puts you out.” Audrey found kindness and understanding, what she considers the two most important qualities, four years ago in Tijuana Hillman, another junior. Freshman Priscilla Howard’s best friend is senior Cathy Rogel. They met at the Lakeview Club Apartments. Priscilla said, “A best friend is a person you trust more than all of your other friends. You can tell her anything, and it will be kept between the two of you.” “My best friend, Bonnie Tribble, is someone I can rely on at all times. I can talk to her about anything,” said senior Summer Best Friends Bledsoe. “To make sure the rela- tionship survives tough moments, you just have to take one step at a time to work things out. Our toughest time was when a certain person came to Macon to live and tried to come between us.” Freshman Donna Tisdale’s best friend is Mandy Ward, another freshman. Donna said, “We get along great, but when we do fight or fuss, it makes us stronger for harder times and makes our love for each other grow.” Jeff Fowler has been best friends with fellow sophomore Chris Peavy for two years. He said, “We talk things out, and we make them work. When Chris’s aunt died, I was there for him because I knew how it felt. When I had problems with my girlfriend, he helped me with them. I love Chris as a brother.” SHARING THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE FRESHMAN YEAR, Denise Sem- melink and Michelle Durden find it— some trick they pulled on another—— easier to cope. AUDREY WATSON AND TIJUANA HILLMAN, both juniors, laugh over friend.