St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Snare hing for friendship and acknow ledgement, we reached out for people. Recognition and popularity w eren't all that we sought, for as w e merged into the high sc hool environment we gained a different insight into ourselves and our cohabitants. We learned that the depth of our relationships was more important than the breadth. Many of us learned to count on a few close friends who we could trust and w ho gave us the understanding we yearned tor to pull us through identity crises and semester finals. Our bond with these special friends provided us with an extra bit of confidence

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Inescapable pain and rejer lion w ere pari ot life's transitions. We went through stages ot boredom and depression much too often Distinct, anguished moments pressed themselves into our memories: breaking-up, being humiliated, experiencing someone's death, failing a driver's test, wailing unnoticed at the dance. Often, our depression resulted in devouring the refrigerator's contents, takings 14-hour nap or burying our brains in a scandalous novel. At especially bad times we needed triends, but it was then that they seemed to ignore us. Warming the bench, lonely Friday nights, or just Irving bummed out epitomized our deject ion. Indeed these were the melancholy days ot tears and aspirin. Theme • 11

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Hello l hear you and a grow ing tolling of self-worth. While uc solidified our (lose friendships w e stili pened ourselves lo new ones. • ause as we ompleted ourselves, w e enlarged ourcapat ity for others. Nearly every thing w e did brought us mn relationships Our i lapses often ton ed us to learn about peoph' w e had thought of a strangely different. Yet we found these (lassmates to have a side w e could relate to. Certainly, w e retained party on the weekend friends, but. most importantly, w e had gained a mixed group ot ac qudintances w hile keeping our close friends w ho would remain friends long alter high s hoof 3