Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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Daily Routines Student Life

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if ou need it! Do you often find yourself caught up in the everyday cycle? Do people fall asleep when you tell them of the day ' s adventures? If you think that you might be one of these creatures of hab- it, just take the following quiz to tell you how much spice to add to your life! 1. When your alarm clock rings do you a) Brush your teeth. b) Eat a healthy breakfast that ' s good for you. c) Stay in bed until the last possible minute so you can rush to school. 2. When your hands are full of books, but you need that five-thousand page book from your locker do you . . . a) Wait until you get to class then borrow someone else ' s. b) Take it anyway: you can ' t afford a C, much less a D. c) Don ' t really care and leave it in your locker. 3. In class you look at the clock and realize that there are five minutes left. Do you . . . a) Slowly start to put your things away. b) Stay in your seat and continue working. c) Head towards the door since you packed up your things 10 minutes ago. 4. When you are going from one class to another do you . . . a) Arrive safely just before the bell rings. b) Have your stuff out and ready be- fore the bell rings. c) Always arrive late as a result of talking to your friends. 5. The end of the school day is near. You have one class left but your friends want to go to the beach. Do you . . . a) Lie and tell them you have a test. b) Lecture them about ditching. c) Grab your suit and towel and go. Now that you have completed the quiz, give yourself three points for ev- ery C answer, two points for A answers, and one point for B answers. RESULTS ONE-FIVE points — Are you really liv- ing? Up until now you have existed — now it ' s time for the spice to come in. ELEVEN-FIFTEEN points — You ' ve learned the art of living dangerously. Keep up the good work. story by Chris LaCoste. Sharor) Ludeking: lay- out by Kevin Thomas: photos by Jack Elloitt- t ASOUND ASLEEP li n, hnbiuco LjlLhe. ionio A THAT HORRIBLE MOMENT when the alarm A WAITING ' TIL THE LAST MOMENT finally Tom z ' s. I usually go to bed at 11:00 and wake up at shatters the silence, I wake up to music but I gets out of bed. The worse thing is getting out of 6:00. want to go back to bed. a warm bed, 38 Student Life Daily Routines

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HOW WOULD VOL HANDLE AM INPLANMED PREGIMAIMCY GIRLS BOYS Get married and have the baby Have an abortion Have the baby and not get married Have the baby and give it up for adop- tion 53.4 0 45.6% 17.9 30.6 14.5 11.7 14.2 12.1 toM. cRiWRood to pomdood Thousands Join — every day! never would have thought this could happen to me. What am I going to do? How am I going to tell my parents? These were common feelings among girls who became pregnant while they were In high school. Some Walnut High School students were among those girls faced with the same dilemma. In 1987, studies showed that more than 3,000 girls became pregnant each day. At this rate, 39 out of every 100 girls was expected to become pregnant at least once before she reached the age of twenty. When a teenage girl became preg- nant, she was faced with making adult decisions. For the first time in my life, I was forced to make a big decision. It was hard — mostly because my decision would change my life, said one stu- dent. Family planning programs like Planned Parenthood of America were available to help teenage girls with un- wanted pregnancies. They provided confidential counseling to those who took advantage of their services. 40 Student Life Teen Pregnancy I felt like I had no- thing in connmon with my friends anymore. While I was worrying about my future as a mother, my friends were worried about boys, clothes, arid school. I had a ittoBp responsibilities to think aboU iy Planned Parenthood Community Educator Caroline Reta saib. Most teenagers don ' t take the time, to con- sider their futures when they dacide to become sexually jctive. When they find out they ' re pregnant, they ' re forced to think about their future. But now they have a baby to consider also. For many girls, being pregnant meant leaving school. If she decided to keep her baby, she most likely continued her education at a continuation school or through home studies. For most, It kept them from doing things they normally would have been able to do, like cheerleading or partici- pating in sports. All in all, they were iso- lated from what their friends were do- ing. I felt like I had nothing in common with my friends anymore. While I was worrying about my future as a mother, my friends were worried about boys, clothes and school. I had a lot more responsibilities to think about, said one student. Most teenage girls who became preg- nant believed deciding whether to have the baby, terminate the pregnancy, or put it up for adoption was the biggest decision they had ever had to make. But whatever her decision, each indi- vidual girl felt it was the best thing for her to do. sto ry by Gloria Sarichez: layout by Grace Do- mingo 1