Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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-- aw q 9 l w . Kw A - 7.: TBIQka l m: pVVlfia': S Homework, crossword puzzles, Sports Illustrated, table football, snoozing, eating, tic-tac-toe, doodling - How are all of these related? Simple, I've just spelled BOREDOM. The hour begins to drag. I find myself doing Biology or reading Sports Illustrated during Mr. Bietryis lecture on Sigmund Freud,s childhood development 0 am amazed at how much he knows about himl, playing tic-taC-toe with Rita or Dave while Mr. Peters instructs on how to write a term paper the Warrineris way, or exchanging jokes with friends as Mr. Troyer expounds the usefulness of Now don,t get me wrong. I'm not insinuating that these teachers are boring, merely that I am bored. You have probably found yourself in similar situations only with different teachers, and, you too, have probably resorted to one of the activities above. Sometimes they work; sometimes they just seem to make time pass even more slowly. Constant repetition brings boredom. This is especially true of school. We come to school about 180 days a year, get up the same time, ride the same bus, go to the same classes, the same hours, the same teachers, the same seats, the same classmates. It,s little wonder we suffer from occasional boredom. Boredom can even attack during our free time. Leisure hours, the time we students long for, often find us struggling for something to do. Some students participate in extra-curriculur activities. The many clubs and 14 sports at Rogers offer a variety of choice. Others, those who do not participate in these activities. either find jobs or pursue hobbies. Friday and Saturday night boredom blues are often cured by a visit to the movies, a stop at Pizza Hut. a stroll along the beach, or a quick jaunt up north to Michigan. Boredom? Unfortunately it happens to all of us. Even reading this could be boring. But heck, if you thought reading this was boring, imagine how I felt writing it! Anyone for tic-tac-toe? Kelly Robert Emmett Miller

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Jim Bitter has even given up on doodling Boredom strikes Mark W ilkerson, Ether Collins, and Melvin Peek during art class. Ginger Dickerhoff and Matt anvinski cumtem- plate something other than $minlngy.

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Are they worth it? For many Rogers students the afterschool job became a necessity. Making car and car in- surance payments and having spending money for Clothes, dates, dances. and in some cases drinking, all made a job important. But, as some work ing students found out, a job also meant long hours, missing school events, and a sharp decrease in homework time. Working students often found themselves low man on the totem pole because of age, inexperience, or both. Things they did for money included garbage collecting, clean- ing, and playing Easter Bunny. And money it was! According to 3 Catalyst survey, the average Rogers student earned $2.27 per hour. Working Raiders were found everywhere. A walk through the Mall often revealed as many friends as a walk through the school's halls. St. Anthonyis Hospital was the largest employer of students. Most of the 28 jobs found there were with the help of the CHO tCo- Operative Health Occupationsl work-study program. Other large employers of students were Sears, J.C. Penney and Bernacchi's. One way or another, the money students wanted andXor needed was earned. Junior Loretta Kwiecien balances tlw books at Hirsch Ford. Senior Mike Celebucki is glad to let friends have it their way at Burger King,