Pompano Beach High School - Beanpicker Yearbook (Pompano Beach, FL)

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For the first time since ducktails and sockhops, Pompano High has an en- forced dress code. Through possibly a private revelation from divinity, per- sons unknown have ordained that the epidermis between the hips and the lower rib cage, including a natural phe- nomenum commonly and affectionatly known as the “bellybutton”, is uncouth and therefore not permissible in the classroom. One can almost hear the anguished screams of individuals out of large sums of money because of back-to- school sales in non-allowable clothes. Another major change in administra- tion is the new student government. Christened “Student Senate’, it consists of class officers, Student Relations com- mittee, and Student Senate officers. The inefficiency and apathy of this body was underwhelming. At the begin- ning of the second semester, a new sys- tem of committees was put into opera- tion with astonishingly good results. The over-all “biggee” of the year was, of course, the energy crisis. Gas-less weekends, school in the dark. and other bizarre measures taxed the patience, as well as the pockets of students. With these problems come also a bit of light. All these problems have forced us to mature much faster than our parents. Perhaps, this will aid our country to face its problems.

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Since Ducktails and Sockhops. . . At Pompano High, a much touted new broom swept the floor of our adminis- tration and formed geometric patterns with leftover dust pleasing to the eye and the ten-year evaluation committee. If not for the tenacity of our new broom, you couldn’t have been able to tell the broom was new at all. For the first time, students were able to pick their class hours and teachers. In the mad scramble that ensued, many students discovered they had a choice of one class, given at one hour, with the wrong teacher. A noble experiment, to say the most.

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Our country has been progressing at lightning speed for the past twenty years. Now our inventive minds have caught up with us. Our resources have dwindled down to almost nothing. In the past few years, we have had an abundant supply of energy resources. Now we realize that our present habits will no longer allow us to take advan- tage of our remaining fuel sources. When t his crisis first hit us, we wit- nessed a public panic at full peak. Cars lined up for blocks to get gas, some- times waiting for hours. The panic seemed to create more of a problem than there really was. Searching for answers, we looked to other methods of transportation. Bicy- cles, motorbikes, and economy cars be- came extremely popular. Car pools also Sunday, gas-less Sunday partially helped the situation. If we are going to overcome this crisis, we may have to take a step backward in time. In many cases, the old manual way will have to replace the new auto- matic way. If the crisis is to be met and the prob- lem eliminated, we are going to have to work together again. An “every man for himself” attitude will not solve the problem which we face today.