Southwestern High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Taking hie half hour lunch break, Mr. John Darnton, history teacher, has the correct change to give the cashier. Waiting patiently in line for 10 minutes, he had plenty of time to look for it. Despite the fact Freshman Jason Russell dresses his hamburger like they do at McDonalds, it still doesn't taste the same. Amazingly, Pete Garty, Freshman, packed away a whole Harpo’s pizza for lunch on October 27,1986. He also did it on October 28, October 29, October 30... Trying to give all his french fries a name before he sits down to eat his lunch. Senior Tim Burgess needs help 16 finding a seat.

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Time To Eat! Along with the sixth hour mandatory day for Freshmen and Sophomores came the Southwestern lunch program. Senior Keith Allen said “I think that it’s pretty funny that after waiting all this time, they (Freshmen) have to still take a sixth hour.” The sixth hour day and the new lunch program seems very strange to most upperclass- men. It changed the format of the school day that most Jun- iors and Seniors were accus- tomed to. This year the whole student body was confused during the first week, not just Freshmen. Southwestern now has three lunch hours, A, B and C. A lunch begins at 11:30 and lasts until 12:00. B lunch begins at 12:30 and lasts untill 1:00. At 1:30 C lunch begins (along with the end of the day for most Juniors and Seniors) and lasts until 2:00. Sound confus- ing? It was! There are many different feel- ings about the lunch program. Some students enjoy the food while others take time to go to Mickey D’s. Freshman Chad Starnes feels, “The cafeteria food needs help. Junior Courtney Pouncy agrees, “The lunch program is alright but could be improved. The food is not enough to make you sick but it’s not enough for me to brag about.” It seems that most people are cooperating with the lunch program, but there are still flaws that need to be worked out. Michele Graves

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Job Success Brings Reality A job! Everyone wants one until they actually have to work at one. Then a person changes his mind. Students are always saying if they had a job they could have money for the necessities such as movies, shopping and even owning a car. Co-op offers many students a chance to develop a resume before high school graduation. Alicia Johnson has had many different jobs such as answer- ing the phones, working the word processor, and in general working as an accountant sec- retary. When asked if her grades were being neglected by having a job she replied, “Just being a Senior has dropped my grades.” Another point of view on having a job came from Sonya Sanders who worked at the Social Security office down- town. She was involved in many different jobs such as running the copy machine, answering the phone, filing, mailing and shipping packages to different places. She doesn’t have a problem with her grades but says the sur- roundings were negative. “The fellow employees didn’t get along very well and there were always rumors spreading.” The Skill Center also offers job training. After classes there. Senior Wayne Wodtke works at Curtis Flowers and hopes for a career in the floral industry. Most students find employ- ment in the fast food industry. Although the work is hard, the money is better than baby- sitting or mowing lawns. Wanda Harvav