Phoebus High School - Spectre Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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1 Ready For School? by Linda Heffers D id you ever wonder what a guy, or in this case a boy in high school does to get ready for school? Not much actually, but then do boys ever do anything? No, not too often. There are a few boys though who do attempt to make an improvement before school. But believe me it is nothing compared to what the women have to do. Most boys jump out of bed around ten minutes till 8:00 and throw on anything, probably the same pair of jeans they’ve worn for the past month. They run down the stairs and stuff cereal in their mouth or whatever it is they eat. Then they’re off to school. Ever wonder why boys are so tired and look like they’ve never slept? Well, if you didn’t wash your face in the morning, you’d look the same. But then you have those boys who spend endless hours‘in the bathroom, looking in the mirror trying to find a hair they can shave off. They come to school in a bad mood because they had to borrow their moms.tweezers to pluck the two they found. However, to the joy of us women, the boys slowly find their way to school. Maybe some of them will read this article and make it a learning ex¬ perience. We women can only hope! Bruce Davis gets in his early morning shave before school. It is important that guys look “sharp” for classes. 16 Seniors

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Life Before School by Linda Heffers G etting ready for school. How every student hates this repul¬ sive, annoying duty. The worst part about it is getting out of the bed. Yea, I know it’s hard, but it has to be done. I feel if the students are re¬ quired by law to be at school, we should at least have a machine to get us up and ready. But everyone knows schools were put on earth just to give teenagers a headache. Headaches, we’ve all had them. Now how many times have you ac¬ quired a headache because nothing goes right. Like my fictional charac¬ ter Besty Sue. Every morning Besty Sue drags herself out of bed and into the bath¬ room. Turns on the cold water, and sticks her head under. Suddenly, she wakes up! She then proceeds to take her shower. Already she knows its go¬ ing to be one of those days. The hot water isn’t working and its not exactly summer outside. After that terrifying experience she goes into the bedroom to discover that the dog has chewed her best pair of jeans. She has sworn that the dog is permanently going to sleep. Searching endlessly for something to wear and something to kill the dog with, she notices that she only has ten minutes to do her hair. Now she’s real¬ ly mad at the dog. Over and over she tries to do something with her mop, but it ends up looking worse each time. Finally it looks half way decent. Breakfast time! She can’t wait, then again she has to. The cat has decided to try her blueberry pan¬ cakes. Now she’s absolutely furious! She figured she better get out of the house before something else goes wrong. She grabs her books and stomps out¬ side. Hoping both the dog and cat ac¬ cidentally get in her way. So she can stomp on them. “No such luck,” she says to herself. Brooommm . . . the school bus passes her by. The dog, cat, and bus driver are definitely on her hit list. Besty Sue is forced to walk to school. She is only half an hour late when she arrives. Which in return she receives one day of detention. As she walks into first period she said to herself, “things could only get better . . . please!” Getting ready for school. Is it really worth it? Shelley Walker is shown here rushing to put on her make-up. Getting her brother and sisters ready for school keeps her occupied each morn¬ ing. Seniors 15

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ARTHUR EDWARDS FRANCES EDWARDS STACEY EDWARDS VIDA EDWARDS JOSEPH ELDER TAMICO ELEY DONALD EVANS NORWOOD EVANS ROWENA FAISON MAUREEN FAITHFUL VICKY FIELDS BERNA FINNELL VALECIA FLEMING RODERICK FOSTER ANGELIA FOXE MYRON FRANCISCO DAVID FRANKLIN ALONZO FREEMAN ALTHEA FREEMAN DERRICK FREEMAN SCOTT FREEMAN REGINAL GALLASHAW SHAWN GALLOWAY MARK GAMBLE CARESSA GARRISON DAVID GASKINS BRENDA GIBBS KENNETH GIBSON KENNETH GILCHRIST KARI GILES Seniors 17