West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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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Is iT all work? When iT came To week- ends, WesT High's sTudenT body really knew how To make The mosT of iT. Even Though many sTudenTs worked, They Took The Time To enjoy, also. The majoriTy of sTudenTs agreed upon Their favoriTe pasTimes: going ouT wiTh close friends, spending minimal Time aT home, and an overwhelm- ing response for 'lparTying. Many felT The reason They parTied was because They needed Time To sTep off The fasT Track of The school week. AngeleTTe BenneTT, '84, said iT besT: l'ParTies keep you from building up so much Tension. Unwinding leTs you enjoy Iife a loT more. Spending Time wiTh good friends was a good way To relax and laugh a liTTle. Indeci- sion played a parT in weekend planning, buT Friday morning usually seT Things in order. Gossip abouT porTies would buzz around campus as Chris Snyder, '84, sTill rubbing his eyes, would say, Oh no! Only eighT more hours To decide who l'm going ouT wiTh To- nighTl Popular siTes for porTies were peopIe's homes Qwifh or wiTh- ouT parenTsj and parks, such as Emeis. The besT Times for bumper parTies and oTher geT TogeThers were before, afTer, and usually during baskeTball games on Friday nighTs. Good music, dancing, cuddling, and someTimes alcohol were The ingredienfs of a True bash, Teenage drinking was a concern of porenTs and The media. The group Chemical People and exTensive arTicles in The Quad CiTy Times pub- Iicized This foceT of a high school sTudenT's life. Doug Tamcke, '84, voiced his opinions on porTies. There isn'T really all ThoT much pressure To drink. I Think iT's mosTly up To The individual. A few unidenTified juniors concluded ThaT They didn'T go To all ThaT many parTies, buT They feIT a liTTle biT of peer pressure because of The sen- iors. Andy, a junior, admiT- Ted, Even if The seniors were really giving me a hard Time, I wouldn'T drink if I didn'T wanT To. IT seemed as if The sTudenTs who worked The hordesT dur- ing The week were The ones who really Tried To enjoy every minuTe during The weekend. QwriTTen by T. Blinkj EVEN WHEN HOMES weren'T available, sfudenfs sfill managed fo Hnd a place To parfy. gpnmo by A. from THIS LOCKED DEMONSTRA TES The affifudes of many sfudenfs as Friday approached. fpnoro by c. Collhsj 20 Weekends