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

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Dates, parties, food, sleep and sheer laziness obvi- Joy from getting out of class or overzealous school ously await these weekend hungry students. spirit. Rocky students display Friday afternoon en¬ thusiasm at a pep rally. Linda Ehrman, Kelly Collins and Tracy Firlus conjure up last minute plans for the weekend as Tracy tries to get through the mad rush of a Friday parking lot. 16

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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.

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Showing the usual lack of inspiration on a Monday morning, this class takes the cake for the most sleepers in one classroom. A startling contrast Monday morning. Each and every week the alarm sounded approximately three hours earlier than your body expected. As soon as your mind cleared, it was flooded with thoughts of parties past, sickness present, and tests in the up and coming future. Yes, everyone would have to agree that Mondays are excruciating. Just think; if Wednesdays came before Tuesdays then students everywhere would dread Wednesday morning. A day by any other name would be as dreaded. At Rocky, these days were so unbearable every forth one we were let out of school early to recuperate. Somehow we trudged on through these days to find ourselves head first in a work filled week. Performing our day to day duties we marched onward toward our weekly goal... FRIDAY! The one day you could stand the alarm clock. Hopefully, the day went by quickly but usually 2:30 lasted for eternity. Friday was the day you would finalize your weekend plans--you could also arrange a last minute date. The administration occassionally joined the festivities and scheduled assemblies and pep rallies. Undoubtedly, Fridays were the most anticipated days of the school week. The 3:00 bell signified the end of tests, soybean burgers and conjugated verbs for two whole days. As we know though, all good things must come to an end which was our realization at the end of eve ry glorious weekend which resulted in another dreaded Monday! The ever looming Monday morning gives some of these students a second look at whether they want to enter the school or not Used to a different time zone, foreign exchange student. Leonardo Campos, wants to stay warm and snug in bed with teddy while the rest of us attend classes.