Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Jobs for parents It’s not Curt Oelschlaeger’s fault if his parents have obnoxious friends-but’s he glad to clean up so they can sleep in. Gretchen Wood understands the difficulties some have with calculus, so she has patience with her father while trying to explain this problem. After a hard day of school, work, and cleaning the house, Laurel VandeWalle is happy to give her mother a massage so she can watch T.V. comfort¬ ably.

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Most lunchers congregate in the cafeteria for lunch, but these choose the suburb of the usual haunt, the picnic table, where they can escape the mobs. Here are Chris Niels n and lone survivors of thq footb wait for friends. Allyso garr Wad s as ell the last ley loyally Very devoted football players. Mickey Borcherding and Yung-Yu Ma. could often be found in their sec¬ ond home, the locker room. Curt Panther, Jodi L Williams participate sharing lockers so inspired. and Brett l gal act of whenever itly ill gethe Ang i the get 3y cai

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A golden generation When his father spills the slightest bit, Yung Yu Ma has to get busy and scrub the entire floor so the house looks real nice and neat. From day one they have sheltered, fed, clothed, and provided us with all the ne¬ cessities for a happy and productive life. They enrolled us in ballet lessons, went to our little league games, stayed up with us when we were sick, picked up our cor¬ sage for the big dance — our parents are truly remarkable; and they never asked for anything in return ... Ha! They condition and spoil us all our lives until we reach that golden high school age. Suddenly since we are “young and able” it is our obligation to repay them for every last dirty diaper, chaotic slumber party, and fender bend¬ er. We’re labeled as ungrateful, slothful teenagers who owe them the world. Being the beautiful children we are we ignore their unjustified remarks and answer their Showing the greatest trust and devotion to her fa¬ ther Margie Rexroth poses as a target for his favorite hobby of archery. every beckon call. When will they understand we love to be at their service, we live for the opportu¬ nity to hear their praise. It brings question to the mind why they doubt our sincere, adoring nature. If they would only supply us with the green means maybe we could reimburse their love tangibly so they would not question. We could buy them cars, take them to concerts, make their lunches, run their errands. Never again would they have to worry about doing their taxes, fixing the roof or cleaning up after themselves. They could spend all their time shopping and going to parties while we did every ... so maybe we’re not as devoted as we thought. What did you expect? Aaron Bare realizes his dad is very busy with his orthodontic appointments so he doesn’t mind help¬ ing out around the house with his little brothers braces.