Wando High School - Legend Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, SC)

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Michelle Ballenger is preparing to face the mad rush of parking lot traffic with Kathy Driscoll and her sister Amy’s Jeep. She's hoping to come out with no scratches. Lisa Thames rushes into her Bronco II in a desperate attempt to get out of the parking lot before the crunch hits, trying to avoid squeezing into line at the last minute. “I can’t wait ...” Hey! Wait a minute! Not EVERY- ONE drove to school! Freshmen and sophomores weren’t even allowed to drive. Many of them employed the County's luxurious busing sys- tem as a way of getting back and forth. With plush seats, central heat- ing and air, and courteous chauf- feurs, it was hard to understand why most underclassmen didn’t appreci- ate the service. Instead, many of them found other ways of getting to school. Students rode to school with friends or were dropped off by their parents. Still others rode bicycles or resorted to the oldest form of trans- portation known to man: foot power! Typical of many Wando students. Dana Wood- ward and Robyn Jones resort to bike riding to get where they need to go when a car isn't readily available.

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Tk Wkd h!o M To drive. Perhaps the single most important goal of every teenager's life! Driving represents maturity, a move toward adulthood, and inde- pendence from our parents. It's a very exciting moment when you are finally old enough to drive a car (or at least legally, anyway)! Tension builds as that fifteenth birthday draws nearer. You study for weeks on end in order to take the written test. Fifteen days later, you suffer through the grueling road test. Then, your permit, followed soon afterward by a ... yes ... a restricted license (though many of us know extremely well that the 6a.m. to 6p.m. rule was not always adhered to)! And, finally, one year later, at the age of sixteen, you get it ... your driver's license! The main word in your vocabulary becomes crooozing : cruising the beaches, trips to Myrtle Beach and Carowinds, real dates, and just spin- ning (or speeding) around town. And then what? As we all too quickly realized, our wallets, savings, and checking accounts began to spring large leaks. With car pay- ments, upkeep, insurance, gas, and annual inspections, driving became a very expensive pasttime. The ex- penses seemed to come faster than the money with which to cover them. Things got desperate, and eventually ... you popped the ques- tion: Mom, I had this little run-in with a ditch this afternoon! Do you think you could spare about $65 for towing and another hundred or so for minor body work? It had finally happened ... a return, to depen- dence upon your parents! How could this be happening?! Where does it all end?! Nowhere, my friends. Wel- come to the wheel world! Shawn Slater This classic Mustang is a beauty in red today, thanks to the patient care and work given it by David Noll This sporty car has become his pride and joy! What do you mean OUT OF GAS'?!'' de- mands Marc Sullivan of Todd Blaire. Stu- dents don't always consider little things like upkeep or having to buy gas! Transportation

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U Tk DogluxUb Don't we all wish we had a lot less work to do? With homework, house- work, and part-time jobs, there just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day! For many students this year, the stress was too much, so was born the Great Procrastinator. The Great Procrastinator is an evil demon who lurks in the minds of many a high school student, causing us to be late to class, to oversleep, and to stay up until 3:00 in the morning doing research papers for English. Though Wando students tried to fight the Great Procrastina- tor, sometimes we couldn't help but give in. Oh well, a little laziness never killed anyone! Shawn Slater Other things (perhaps girls) are probably on Robert Mosher's mind. We can at least be sure that his attention's definitely not fo- cused on English class. No. a tornado has not suddenly hit Mt. Pleas- ant! This is Helen Wooddy in her ' room.'' It seems like priorities have placed talking on the phone with her friends ahead of cleaning | up anything! “ PROCRASTINATING