Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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he heortbreok of MONDAYS! oking to the deofening sound of olorm clocks, lents reolized, much to r dismoy, thot it wos tdoy morning. Memories nfinished homework thot been forgotten by Fri- night's footboll gome ed bock, olong with Jllections of newly eloped problems cous- ay weekend octivities. eluctont to foce ond e these problems, mony is neglected the coll of clocks ond slipped bock blissful sleep. Becouse of lines were noticeobly ter in front of the deons' e on Mondoy mornings iudents woited to obtoin ... precious odmits to closs. Some of us chose to stumble out of the coziness of our beds, however, in order to ovoid the dreoded third tordyf' Ponic struck os we reolized there were only twenty minutes to find o cleon poir of jeons, our missing shoe, ond ninety-five cents for lunch, o necessity since we hod skipped breokfost. The onxiety of moking it to school on time wos not eosed until we stepped on the bus. After thot, the motter wos out of our honds for opproximotely fifteen minutes. During thot time most of us dozed, doydreomed, or simply stored into spoce os the non-octivity of bus-riding numbed our bodies. For those of us who drove to school, troffic piled up, redlights held forever, ond gos gouges registered below empty, os precious seconds ticked owoy, bringing 7:45 o.m. neorer ond neorer. After moking it to school, in spite of the Mondoy blues, students oll shored o common dilemmo. Our eyelids fluttered, heods dropped, ond bockbones slouched in onticipo- tion of sleep. Mercilessly, teochers took no notice of our predicoment. Assignments were piled on, lec- tures commenced, ond we oll ogonizingly occepted the foct thot The heortbreok of Mon- doys hod struck us oll. THE SHUTTING EYE SYNDROME wos common during study periods in the Iibrory. Cindy Bennett took o short breok from her reseorch ossignment. TIME OUTS were token by seniors dur- ing free periods. Some went home to cotch o few winks, others, like Deon Gordello, found o convenient bench on compus, MON DAYS I 15

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W, .:' ix S ,Nr 141! MONDAY5 of the dog? onswer the oiorm clock mode every morning A The decision to get up - be horde-r to reoch on eoriy n- mornings. At 6:15 om. John V iils off his Qiorm in order ro prrixfe or school oY7145. SURRENDER in the fight ogoinsr ex housrion rry Hollenkomp propped his heod his orm during closs

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16 I EATING LISTENING TO THE JUKEBOX, John Jer- nigan, Missy Taylor, Joe Funkhouser, Jana Fentress, Chris Strathman, and Todd Brown await their thick and gooey pizza without a second thought of the caloric intake. WQIUJRGES 86 SCAC V I I like mine with lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57, and french fried potatoes . . Jimmy Buffet sang it meladical- ly in Cheeseburger in Paradise. Students cauldn't get to the fast-food drive-in fast enough to order. While others, counting calories, ate yogurt, with 135 calories, like it was go- ing out of style. The junk-food junkie gorged himself on cheeseburgers, not giving a se- cond thought ta the 1800 calories he was consuming. Everyone dieted, teachers, students, and parents. lt wasn't easy. Students cutting down an what they ate were often tan- talized by friends and family to increase their calorie intake, teasing them with milk shakes, pies, and creamy mashed potatoes. Several students agreed with Mary Pagac who said, Half the time friends and family encouraged me to eat, but the other half helped me with my diet. For those students who had no use for a diet and did not care for an overabundance of junkfood there were always school lunches, which gave students the basic nutrients of vegetables, breads, meats, and fruits. The non-dieting student could VANILLA YOGURT dripping with on- ly 135 calories a half cup was a cafeteria lunch filler for Cathy Schick. 2 S Z Ficas often be found at the concession stand eithe before or after school. The concession stand offerec chewy candy, Cakes, one crunchy, crisp chips, Evil crav ings, alias temptations broke down the walls c willpower and made students run down througl the crowded corridors to the jammed concession area Digging for nickels, dime: and quarters to purchase thi creamy candy bars ani bubbly Cakes, the studer' 'body' lost the war again: calories.