West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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SITTING IN HIS OWN Iiffle boofh of Shell gas sfafion, Jesus Lira, '84, waits for his cusfomers, gpnoro by w. Juakfmy DONNA RUSEIP, '84, has a Iiffle fime fo relax in befween rush hours of Taco John 's. rpnoro by W, Juakfnsg S O Ii, Ti i WHILE WORKING AT Orange JuHus, much of Kris SmIfh's, '85, fime Is spem' servicing cusfomers. rpnoro by A, Belgardej

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Timecords ond Texfbooks IT's The end of The school doy. STudenTs grob cooTs, slom lockers, ond sTreom ouT- side. NoT dll sTudenTs ore hedding home, however. lvldny ore hurrying off To work. In focT, over holf The juniors ond seniors held down porT- Time jobs. According To o survey of 'I00 sTudenTs, moinly juniors ond seniors, Token in socioi sTudies ciosses, 57 per- cenT sold They worked - The mojorify of Them working over 20 hours per week. This rdises o quesfion. Con sTudenTs work ond sTiII do well in school? According To The survey, 55 percenT of The working sTudenTs felT ThoT work did noT inTerfere wiTh school, while L15 percenT sold ThoT iT did. Of ThoT L15 percenT, mosT re- sponded ThdT work inTerfered wiTh school o IiTTIe insTeod of mosT of The Time. When dsked obouT work, Tohsho lvlocids, '85, sold, Ulvly job doesn'T reolly geT in The woy. I only work on The weekends during The doy. Terri Glosgow, '84, sold, My job never inTerferes wiTh my school work. I don'T geT behind in school over my job moinly becouse I only work opprox- lmdTeIy 'IA hours ci week. However, Down Ouderkirk, '85, soid, lvIy job someTimes inTerferes wiTh my homework. The hours I work ofTen keep me from geTTing iT oil done. IT does moke iT difficuIT To UI don'T mind sTudenTs working sensible hours porTicipoTe in school dcTivi- Ties. AbouT 54 percenT of The sTudenTs surveyed sold They did noT spend os much Time os They would like sTudying becouse of job obIigoTions. AbouT 419 percenT sold jobs prevenTed Them from going To school ocTiviTies such ds fooT- boil gomes ond donces. A whopping 400 percenT of The sTudenTs found ThoT noT one of Their Teochers would occepT working ds on excuse for IdTe homework. How do Teochers feel obouT sTudenTs who work? I don'T mind sTudenTs work- ing sensible hours, sold Ivlr. Mike CervdnTes, English Teocher, oIThough when d job sTorTs Toklng on full hours, iT becomes primory ond school work doesn'T. Working during The school yeor depends on The sTudenT ond how mony hours They work, sold Mr. John IVIcC5rdTh, socioi sTudies Teocher. If problems wiTh school occur, They hove To be Their own judge. I-low sTricT ore porenTs obouT work ond school? AbouT 6'l percenT of The sTudenTs sur- veyed soid ThoT Their porenTs hod no IimiTs on how much They could work or how low grddes could go before They would moke Them quiT. Toklng on o job gives sTudenTs mony responsibilifies ond benefifs: iT moy or moy noT give Them problems wiTh school. IT's cleor, Though, ThoT mony sTudenTs hove ledrned To deol wiTh work ond school. qwriTTen by C. Buckley ond L. I-loyesp Survey of 400 sTudenTs Do you work? Does work inTerfere wiTh school? 115 Do you spend os much Time os you would like sTudying? Yes No 96 57 A3 Are you Too Tired for school 55 The doy ofTer work? 36 641 Does your job prevenT you from 46 54' going To school ocTiviTies? AQ 5'l Working Sfudenfs I9