Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Above left: Karin Poindexter, sophomore, per- Far left: In power mechanics senior IVIarvin forms as a Pikette in the Christmas show at half- Barnett, junior Mike Handy and sophomores time of the Perry Meridian-Pike game. Roger Coffman and Pat Brooking work on small engines. ror wiia«

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Above: Jim Kurzawa, junior, in a typical test-tal - ing posture, concentrates on tiis Algebra III exam in Mr. Lenderman ' s class. Below: The Pike High School Marching Red Dev- ils perform their routine to the National Anthem prior to a September football game. But labels are not always complete. Surely, you tell yourself, there has to be something more to school than Fri- day afternoon pep sessions; after all, what causes all the commotion every nine weeks? There Is no denying that foot- ball players and cheerleaders are well-known around the school. But other faces, different kinds of faces, are recognized right along with them— people who couldn ' t make a lay-up if their lives depended on it, people who ' s looks will probably never knock ' em dead in the street, people who can ' t explain transformational gram- mar, who can ' t remember who said Nuts to the Germans, or who go crazy just like the rest of us trying to work geometric proofs. To really get a good look at our- selves, to really be able to form our own self-image, we have to ignore the labels other people give us. We have to take ourselves for what we are, not what others say we are.

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School. Some people like it, some don ' t. But one thing is the same for everyone— nobody minds too much when 2:15 finally rolls around. It ' s not too often that you see someone asking his sixth period teacher if he can learn for just a couple hours more. Sure, school is okay. It ' s a good place to see your friends, and it gives you something to do every morning at 7:45 when anyone in his right mind would be asleep. Sometimes you emerge from the building and find that you have actually learned something. But there are other things away from school— football and basketball games, parties, dates, and jobs. It ' s there on the outside that you ' ve got a chance to do what you want, not what some structured time schedule says you have to do. You can be yourself, not what some teacher or student would like you to be. •n the Above: Junior Chris Myers spends a Friday eve- ning In Pike ' s concession stand during a football game.