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"I  could  be  talking  to  someone  from  Florida  one

          minute, and somebody from Saudi Arabia the next."


          What  did  Aki's  Oriental  Gifts,  CJ’s   Warren,  who  worked  at  the  Marriott  hardware materials and helped custom­
        Ace  Hardware, and the  Marriott World   Worldwide Reservation Center, planned  ers if they  had any questions,  was very
        Wide  Reservation Center have in com­  to  pursue  a  career  somewhere  in  the  enthusiastic about his job.  “I like work­
        mon?  They were all part of the lives of   hotel industry.  At the Marriott, Warren   ing  with  tools  and  hardware,  and  also
        three  Ralston  High School  students in­  received  incoming calls for worldwide  helping people,” said Schendt.
        volved with that well-known four-letter   hotel reservations, and entered them into   One  common  advantage  shared  by
        activity:  WORK.                  a computer.  Warren thought her job was  these students concerning their jobs was
          Most  students  believed that  working   unique  because,  “1              that dealing with customers
        was a positive and enriching experience.   could be talking to  Variety      helped their social skills.
        "It  has  influenced  my  Japanese  lan­  som eone   from                     The only drawback men­
        guage," said Tony Bonacci of his job at   Florida one minute, and then be talking  tioned about employ ment was that home­
        Aki's Oriental Gifts, where he stocked,   to someone from Saudi Arabia the next.”  work  sometimes  suffered.  “My  job
        carried-out,  and  scaled  fish.  Bonacci   Many  students  found  ways in  which  sometimes  interferes  with  my  home­
        learned how to say such things as “Happy   their work helped them in everyday life.  work.  because  1  am  too  tired  on  the
        New  Year,”  mom,  dad,  and  “Thank-   "I've learned a lot about plumbing and  weekends  after  coming  home  from
        you" in Japanese.                 electrical, and if there is a problem at my  work,” said Carrie Warren.
         Some students at Ralston High School   house  or  a  friend’s,  1  can  fix  it,”  said   All  in  all,  it  seemed  as  if  the  pros
        had already found jobs that were associ­  Senior Trevor Schendt about his job at  definitely outweighed the cons when  it
        ated  with  their  career  choices.  Carrie  CJ's Ace Hardware.  Schendt, who sold  came to holding a part-time job.

































        ■taking  advantage  of  the  luxury  of
        juice  machines  during  lunch  is Junior
        Corey  Gill.  A juice  machine  put  in
        just  this year,  gave  kids  a  variety of
        drink choices.


                                         Hreshman  A m a n d a   Fritz   buys
                                         doughnuts  at the  Ram  Supply Store.
                                         The  student  store  was  run  by  the
                                         marketing  students,  and  headed  by
                                         teacher  Tracy  Hinchcliff.
                                                                           Baying for his lunch from the Mexican   juice,  just  one  of  the  many  things
                                                                           BarisFreshm anAnthony Calandra.   available for the  students to eat.
                                                                           Waiting  for  her turn  to  pay  is  Junior
                                                                           Delaney VanLangen buying a fruit
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